March 2, 2008 http://pakistaniat.com/2008/03/02/ava-gardner-in-lahore-for-bhowani-junction/comment-page-3/ --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar wrote: > March 2, 2008 > > http://pakistaniat.com/2008/03/02/ava-gardner-in-lahore-for-bhowani-junction/comment-page-3/ > > Quote from the review "*Stewart Granger* who was the British Colonel [Savage] in charge of the whole mess in Bhowani, said that Bhowani Junction was one of the few films he was really proud to be associated with. He has a struggle to, he really does see the Indians as human beings and not just “wogs.” ". As most will know Bhowni Junction was one of a series of novels by John Masters outlining the association of the Savage family with India from the C17th up to the time of independence and partition. I recall being impressed by them at an early age, believing that they portrayed a sympathetic view of the life of the Indian populace under the British Raj, I wonder if those who have read the books and know more about the subject than I hold a similar or contrary view. As for Ava Gardner - I remember her making a film (The Snows of Kilimanjaro) in Kenya at about that time. A scene was shot on the beach, at Diani I believe, where her co-star, Gregory Peck, had to be stood on a wooden crate beside her to enable him to hold her in an impassioned embrace. Yours Aye Andrew Sellon. If the Mahometan did persecute the Hindoo with impunity, is this any precedent of safety to a government that offends every feeling both of Mahometan and Hindoo at the same time? You have a tiger and a buffalo in the same inclosure; and the tiger drives the buffalo before him; - is it therefore prudent in you to do that which will irritate them both, and bring their united strength upon you? Rev. Sydney Smith 1771-1854, Canon of St. Paul's. .