Trishna
Drama based loosely on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles. The affections of a beautiful young Indian woman are pursued by the son of a rich entrepreneur who gives her a job.
Trishna is a young woman living in a small village in Rajastan. When her father is incapacitated by a road accident, her family look to her to become the main breadwinner. In steps Jay, the son of a rich entrepreneur who, smitten with Trishna's beauty, decides to help her and give her a job at one of his father's hotels. Here, Jay starts to restlessly pursue Trishna's affections, but are his intentions as pure as they seem?
In English and Hindi.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:04Kasabian
Shoot The Runner
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00:20Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Haq Ali Ali Haq
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00:50Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Sanson Ki Mala Peh Simroon Bhajan
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01:04Example
Kickstarts
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01:31Portishead
All Mine
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Trishna | Freida Pinto |
| Jay | Riz Ahmed |
| Anurag | Anurag Kashyap |
| Bhaanumathi | Meeta Vashisht |
| Mr Singh | Roshan Seth |
| Vijay | Harish Khanna |
| Devshri | Leela Madhauram |
| Pratiksha | Pratiksha Singh |
| Sandeep | Neet Mohan |
| Marc | Marc Richardson |
| Sam | Sam Hastings |
| Kalki | Kalki Koechlin |
| Amit | Amit Trivedi |
| Director | Michael Winterbottom |
| Writer | Michael Winterbottom |
| Author | Thomas Hardy |
