Wilson's Bridge

The TV series' unnecessary treatment is again obvious, but not so bad. Ruskin Bond's original story, of course, was sentimental, with a scary aspect of a ghost rider cantering down a ghostly bridge. This aspect is avoided and the emphasis is on the village wife of Wilson, who re-enacts her own suicide on dark nights. The plot wraps itself around 2 modern couples, and the tragedy that occurs is indeed sad. Loose ends appear, as to the purpose of a photograph of the dead lady... one of the female protagonists appearing in a bra, for no good reason... the old house of Wilson uninhabited for a hundred years, yet containing household knick-knacks in pretty good condition.. but let us not quibble.