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Key Features:
Time travel, Forbidden love, Historical romance, India, War, Romance, Marine biology, Impossible love
Tone:
dramatic, earnest
Target Audience:
Romance fans, History buffs, Drama enthusiasts
Emotional Arc:
Intrigue → Romance → Bittersweetness

The Lovers

2015-03-13
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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.

Genres
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Romance
Cast
Josh Hartnett, Simone Kessell, Tamsin Egerton, Alice Englert, Bipasha Basu, Abhay Deol, Tehmina Sunny, Shane Briant, Steve Nicolson, Atul Kulkarni
Crew
Ajey Jhankar, Roland Joffé, Roland Joffé
Rating
4.787(75 votes)
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7.5

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Dangerous Liaisons
7.2

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Return to Rajapur
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Shakespeare in Love
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One Million Years B.C.

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Endless Love
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Needle in a Timestack

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The Lovers on the Bridge

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Heropanti
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5.7

Two young people find love despite the violent landscape in which they live.



Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

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Four Lovers
5.895

Mutual attraction leads two married couples to swap bedtime partners.



The Go-Between
6.8

British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress her, Leo becomes the "go-between" for Marian, delivering secret romantic letters to Ted Burgess, a handsome neighboring farmer.



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The Ottoman Lieutenant

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The Sleeping Dictionary

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The Lovebirds
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Love at Second Sight
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Yossi & Jagger
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One True Loves
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The Hundred-Foot Journey

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Ek Tha Tiger
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Double Lover
6.1

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The Taste of Things
7.088

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4.84

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6.1

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Christopher and His Kind

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6.784

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5.7

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The Vampire Lovers
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6.1

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Voices of a Distant Star

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5.9

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Warm Bodies
6.5

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7

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Endless Love
7.335

Sparks fly when a humble housekeeper crosses paths with a wealthy surgeon, but a devastating truth puts their relationship to the test.



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A wealthy, possessive husband's investigation reignites his young wife's past love, leading them to plot against him. As obstacles fall away, their passion faces a new test.

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