Backwaters

“BACKWATERS” Synopsis A wealthy British couple, Andy, a writer, and Lili, a soap-opera star, get into a car accident, returning home from a big party at Lilis American step-brother, Jasons sprawling estate in the English countryside. The accident leaves the wife paralyzed below waist while the husband who was driving, miraculously escapes unhurt. Months of treatment and physical therapy don’t improve Lilis condition. She is bitter and angry and holds her husband responsible for her condition. Consumed by guilt Andy takes her constant beratings quietly. The marriage is undergoing tremendous tension. The doctor suspects the paralysis to be psychosomatic; perhaps alternative medicine should be considered. Jason recommends that the couple go to KERALA on a vacation. He had gone there before to shoot a documentary for the Discovery Channel. He suggests that Kerala’s Ayurvedic Herbal massages may heal her injury and a vacation together may heal their marriage. The couple arrives in Cochin and rent a houseboat on the backwaters. They hire a masseuse who starts the wife’s herbal therapy treatment. While she undergoes her massage, the husband goes for long walks pondering his situation. During one such walk along the backwaters, he notices a very beautiful dusky woman bathing in a waterfall. This is Sara. He is unable to take his eyes off her, watches her with guilt. Next, he sees her as a dancer at a felicitation organized by the hotel to welcome his wife. Andy keeps running into …