# Movie about India, forbidden romance

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 3, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-about-india-forbidden-romance/642907 "2012-12-03T21:49:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-about-india-forbidden-romance/642907/1 "2012-12-03T21:49:47Z")

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I saw this movie when I was in high school so circa 1998? Anyway, it was about a young English girl who lives in India, I think she is supposed to be an orphan, and is being raised in a nobleman’s house hold. She falls in love with a young Indian boy who is working at the estate as a gardener/servant. He is a poet I think, and eventually the girl gets pregnant. I think I remember them trying to run away together but she loses the baby and they end up parting ways. It was on PBS when I saw it, maybe a BBC program? Does this ring a bell to anyone?

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**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-about-india-forbidden-romance/642907/2 "2012-12-03T22:01:31Z")

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I should add, it obviously took place during early 1900s, when India was still part of the British Empire.

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**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-about-india-forbidden-romance/642907/3 "2012-12-04T11:41:30Z")

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This could’ve been one of Rumer Godden’s books adapted by PBS. I forget the title but it starred --oh, the guy that played Sayid on LOST and also was in The English Patient… Sorry I can’t look it up on IMDb as I’ have a truly crappy wifi connection right now. It could’ve been An Episode of Sparrows but I really don’t remember off hand. I love all her books.

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**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-about-india-forbidden-romance/642907/4 "2012-12-04T11:45:36Z")

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**The Peacock Spring** , not An Episode of Sparrows.

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**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-about-india-forbidden-romance/642907/5 "2012-12-04T13:10:24Z")

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> [@toast\_pakora](#):
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> **The Peacock Spring** , not An Episode of Sparrows.

You are wonderful! I remember that pretty well, except for the orphan part. Thanks so much!

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**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-about-india-forbidden-romance/642907/6 "2012-12-04T13:27:24Z")

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Well apparently it isn’t put on video so I won’t get to see it again any time soon except for clips. Darn.