Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. The search leads back to the early 1920s, when Olivia, recently married to Douglas, a civil servant in the colonial administration, comes to live with him in India. Slowly, Olivia becomes fascinated by India and by the local ruler, a nawab who combines British distinction with Indian pomp and ruthlessness. This fascination is not without risks: the region is being ransacked by a group of sanguinary bandits, and intrigues are opposing the prejudiced British community led by Major Minnies and Dr. Saunders against the nawab. As Anne delves into the history of her grand-aunt, she is led to reconsider her own life.

Starring:

Amanda Walker, Barry Foster, Bobby Bedi, Charles McCaughan, Christopher Cazenove, Daniel Chatto, Greta Scacchi, Jayant Kripalani, Jennifer Kendal, Julian Glover, Julie Christie, Madhur Jaffrey, Nickolas Grace, Patrick Godfrey, Praveen Paul, Ratna Pathak, Sajid Khan, Shashi Kapoor, Sudha Chopra, Susan Fleetwood, Tarla Mehta, Zakir Hussain

Genre:

Drama, Romance