The Lovers is an epic romance time travel adventure film. Helmed by Roland Joffé from a story by Ajey Jhankar, the film is a sweeping tale of an impossible love set against the backdrop of the first Anglo-Maratha war across two time periods and continents and centred around four characters — a British officer in 18th century colonial India, the Indian woman he falls deeply in love with, an American present-day marine biologist and his wife.
Costume
Bipasha Basu's warrior queen looks absolutely stunning.
Cinematography
India looks gorgeous, at least.
Director
Roland Joffé
Josh Hartnett
James Stewart / Jay Fennel
Simone Kessell
Clara Coldstream
Tamsin Egerton
Laura Fennel
Alice Englert
Dolly
Bipasha Basu
Tulaja Naik
Abhay Deol
Udaji
Tehmina Sunny
Sonubai
Shane Briant
Governor of Bombay
Steve Nicolson
York
Atul Kulkarni
Raoji
Roshan Seth
Mahesh Jadu
The Assassin
Andrea Deck
Allie
James Mackay
Charles Stewart
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Roland Joffé hadn't directed a theatrical feature in nearly a decade; this was his attempted comeback.
The Maratha history is wildly compressed and romanticized, with actual figures like Tulaja Naik reduced to love interests for British men.
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