This lighthearted romp through Royal India presents a world of Maharajas, palaces, imperiled art obj...read more
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This lighthearted romp through Royal India presents a world of Maharajas, palaces, imperiled art objects, and the foreign collectors who will stop at nothing to possess them. Peggy Ashcroft and Larry Pine star as two rapacious art collectors who come to the decaying Art Deco palace of a young Maharaja (Victor Banerjee) to examine a legendary collection of Indian miniature paintings. While vying with each other to get the pictures away from the royal couple—nicknamed Georgie and Bonnie as children by their Scottish governess—they must also divine the true motives of the Indian curator of the collection (Saeed Jaffrey), who, in league with the Maharaja’s beautiful sister (Aparna Sen), may be working against them. Amidst the backdrop of lavish tourist entertainments, Christmas parties, fireworks, and even an English ghost, a desperate game of palace intrigue will determine the ultimate resting place of the priceless paintings.
Production Company: LWT, Merchant Ivory Productions,
Country: India, United Kingdom
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1h 25m
Not available for United States
1
1
The Favourite
Slumdog Millionaire
The English Patient
Cabaret
The King's Speech
The Artist
Schindler's List
All Quiet on the Western Front
Oppenheimer
Gravity
Gandhi
A Man for All Seasons
Behind the Candelabra
The Last Emperor
Ben-Hur
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