Road to Hollywood
Santosh Sivan's `Road to the Sky' is a period film with an international cast. Shot in Munnar, it focusses on the dilemma of people who straddle two worlds.The film is set in 1937 and has a cast that includes actors from the United Kingdom, United States and India. Road to the Sky is jointly produced by the U.S.-based Echo Lake Productions, Adirondack Pictures and Santosh Sivan Productions of India.
It is about a British planter (Linus Roache), who wants to build a road to the hills to commercially tap the produce of the high ranges, mainly spices. He is assisted by an Indian (Rahul Bose), who wants to be like the planter and live in his world. But he has his roots in his village and customs.
The film explores the relationship between the planter, his wife (Jennifer Ehle), his lover (Nandita Das) and his aide. Finally, Rahul's character understands that he has to make a choice and it is not quite possible to live in two worlds.
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