Trishna is a 2011 British
drama film directed by Michael Winterbottom, starring Freida Pinto and
Riz Ahmed. The story is an adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s novel Tess of
the d’Urbervilles
Story
Trishna tells the
story of one woman whose life is destroyed by a combination of love and
circumstances. Set in contemporary Rajasthan, 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, they cannot escape the
conflicting pressures of a rural society which is changing rapidly
through industrialisation, urbanisation and, above all, education.
Trishna’s tragedy is that she is torn between the traditions of her
family life and the dreams and ambitions that her education has given
her.
Starring
Freida Pinto
Riz Ahmed
Riz Ahmed
