5/31/2023 0 Comments Bhowani junction book reviewSo, with a few minor tweaks, the movie changes the book into a much more palatable story! Plus, the movie has Stewart Granger and Ava Gardner who cannot enter the book. The end of the book is also changed in the film. Bhowani Junction is a 1956 British adventure drama film of the 1954 novel Bhowani Junction by John Masters. Yuk!! While it does explain Victoria’s (and the town’s) outrage at the incident ( I thought the film made too much of the Indians’ indignation), it makes Savage appear crude instead of clever and resourceful. In the book, he has sweepers urinate on the agitators. many decades.The novel is a swan song on the last days of the British Raj. Savage removes the Congress agitators from the railway tracks by getting some sweepers to throw dirty water on them – cleverly playing on their caste superstitions. Bhowani Junction has captured the imagination of the public for the last. Savage comes across as rather too full of himself, and a not very likeable character For example, in the film, Col. The quote appears in the review of Bhowani Junction in Tribune November 9, 1956. Short review? I’d much rather stick with the film. 3 The novel is set in the fictional city of Bhowani, located on the way. Since this movie is such a favourite of mine, I sought out Bhowani Junction, the book. This film is based on the novel Bhowani Junction – a part of the Savage family saga by John Masters.
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