[Note: I don't usually review individual films here but at "1000 DVDs" and "1000 Great Films", but this blog is always seeking more films about or from India, so I'm also posting this here, as we have many fans from India]

The French master Jean Renoir discovered Ms. Rumer Godden's novel about living in India, The River, but couldn't find anyone to back the film as the story lacked the usual