The Far Pavilions

TV Mini Series
1984
5h 15m

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7.0/10

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Story of forbidden love in 1800s India set against the revolution for India's freedom from England.Story of forbidden love in 1800s India set against the revolution for India's freedom from England.Story of forbidden love in 1800s India set against the revolution for India's freedom from England.

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Nominated for 4 BAFTA Awards
- 6 nominations total

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Trivia
The Far Pavilions (1984) was HBO's first mini-series, the complete version runs for 300 minutes, and the parts were titled "Return to India," "The Journey to Bhithor," and "Wally and Anjuli" (The current DVD release splits each of these parts into two, creating six parts each of about 50 minutes, adding a credit section at the newly created break in each part, and removes the title card names of the original parts). It was also was the most expensive at the time, budgeted at 12 million dollars.

Goofs
Most of the prop "jezails" carried by the Afghans were modified British Martini-Henry rifles.

Alternate versions
The 1986 UK video incurred 12 seconds of BBFC cuts. The newer 1998 VHS and DVD versions required a 1 second BBFC cut to remove an illegal horse fall.

Connections
Featured in The Many Faces of Christopher Lee (1996)

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7/10

Haunting Suttee Ceremony

This mini series was an unexpected eye candy one summer, for the lazy Sunday afternoons when we didn't expect something special to be broadcasted.

I was fascinated with the fairytale-like story and the wind of adventure blown into it. Amy Irving was (as always) likable but I found Ben Cross too stoic and a bit cold. Omar Sharif brought an air of nobleness to an otherwise cruel environment.

The most breathtaking scene was the suttee ceremony that haunted me for weeks after. Even though I know now that some women did it voluntary, it is the cruelest custom I ever heard...