Based on Thomas Hardy's classic novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Trishna is a beautifully shot, classic tale of love and tragedy set across modern day rural Rajasthan and the thriving metropolis of Mumbai.Trishna (Freida Pinto) meets a wealthy young British businessman, Jay Singh (Riz Ahmed), who has come to India to work in his father's hotel business. After an accident destroys her father's Jeep, Trishna goes to work for Jay, and they fall in love. But despite their feelings for each other, their relationship must remain a secret due to the conflicting pressures... of a rural society which is changing rapidly through industrialisation, urbanisation and, above all, education.Their problems seem to be solved when Jay takes Trishna to an exciting new world of dance, vibrant life and possibilities - Mumbai. But Trishna harbours a dark secret that threatens the very heart of their love affair, and inequalities remain at the centre of their relationship that will lead her to question Jay's intentions towards her. [show more]
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Michael Winterbottom transposes the tragic tale of 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' to modern-day India in this loose adaptation of the Thomas Hardy classic. Freida Pinto stars as Trishna, daughter of a rickshaw driver in a remote Indian village. When she takes a job at a nearby holiday resort, she meets and quickly falls in love with rich young British businessman Jay (Riz Ahmed), who offers her a job at his father's hotel in Mumbai. But when her father is severely injured in a car accident and her love affair with Jay begins to unravel, Trishna's life soon spirals into despair and hopelessness.
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