Heat and Dust (film)
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| Heat and Dust | |
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| Directed by | James Ivory |
| Produced by | Ismail Merchant |
| Written by | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (based on her novel) Saeed Jaffrey (Urdu dialogue) |
| Starring | Julie Christie Greta Scacchi Shashi Kapoor Zakir Hussein Christopher Cazenove Jennifer Kendal Susan Fleetwood |
| Music by | Richard Robbins Zakir Hussein |
| Cinematography | Walter Lassally |
| Editing by | Humphrey Dixon |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures (US) |
| Release date(s) | 1983 |
| Running time | 130 min. |
| Language | English Urdu Hindi |
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Heat and Dust (1983) is a Merchant Ivory Productions award winning film, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based upon her novel, Heat and Dust. It was directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant.
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[edit] Plot summary
For a full length summary see: Heat and Dust.
[edit] Cast
[edit] The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur
- Christopher Cazenove - Douglas Rivers, the Assistant Collector
- Greta Scacchi - Olivia, his wife
- Julian Glover - Crawford, the District Collector
- Susan Fleetwood - Mrs. Crawford, the Burra Mensahib
- Patrick Godfrey - Saunders, the Medical Officer
- Jennifer Kendal - Mrs. Saunders
[edit] At the Palace in Khatm
- Shashi Kapoor - The Nawab
- Madhur Jaffrey - Begum Mussarat Jahan, the Nawab's mother
- Nickolas Grace - Harry Hamilton-Paul
- Barry Foster - Major Minnies, the Political Agent
[edit] 1982. In Satipur Town
- Julie Christie - Anne
- Zakir Hussain - Inder Lal, Anne's landlord
- Ratna Pathak - Ritu, Inder Lal's wife
- Tarla Mehta - Inder Lal's mother
- Charles McCaughan - Chid
[edit] Rest of cast
- Sajid Khan - Dacoit Chief
- Amanda Walker - Lady Mackleworth
- Praveen Paul - Maji
- Jayant Kripalani - Dr. Gopal
- Sudha Chopra - Chief Princess
- Dan Chatto - Party Guest
- Geoff Heinrich
- Ishtiaq Khan
- Deep Bedi
- Baba Ghaus
- Leelabai - Leelavati
[edit] Trivia
According to the Museum of Broadcast Communications there was "a cycle of film and television productions which emerged during the first half of the 1980s, which seemed to indicate Britain's growing preoccupation with India, Empire and a particular aspect of British cultural history" [1]. In addition to Heat and Dust, this cycle also included The Jewel in the Crown (1984) and A Passage to India (1984).
Director James Ivory performed tampura for score music with Zakir Hussein's sitar.
