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Heat and Dust ()

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Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. As Anne delves into the history of her grand-aunt, she is led to reconsider her own life.
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  • Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 8 nominations.
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Douglas Rivers - The Assistant Collector (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
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Olivia, his wife (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
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Crawford - The District Collector (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
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Mrs. Crawford - The Burra Mensahib (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
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Saunders - The Medical Officer (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
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Mrs. Saunders (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
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The Nawab (At the Palace in Khatm)
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Begum Mussarat Jahan - The Nawab's mother (At the Palace in Khatm)
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Harry Hamilton-Paul (At the Palace in Khatm)
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Major Minnies, the Political Agent (At the Palace in Khatm)
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Anne (1982 in Satipur Town)
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Inder Lal - Anne's Landlord (1982 in Satipur Town)
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Ritu, Inder Lal's wife (1982 in Satipur Town) (as Ratna Pathak)
Tarla Mehta ...
Inder Lal's mother (1982 in Satipur Town)
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Chid (1982 in Satipur Town)
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Dacoit Chief
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Lady Mackleworth
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Maji (as Parveen Paul)
Jayant Kripalani ...
Dr. Gopal
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Chief Princess
Daniel Chatto ...
Party Guest (as Dan Chatto)
Geoff Heinrich
Ishak Khan ...
(as Ishtiaq Khan)
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(as Deep Bedi)
Baba Ghaus
Leelabai ...
Leelavati

Directed by

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James Ivory

Written by

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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ... (novel)
 
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Connie Kaiserman ... associate producer
Rita Mangat ... associate producer
Ismail Merchant ... producer

Music by

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Richard Robbins

Cinematography by

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Walter Lassally

Editing by

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Humphrey Dixon

Editorial Department

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Mark Potter Jr. ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Susie Figgis

Production Design by

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Wilfred Shingleton

Art Direction by

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Maurice Fowler
Ram Yedekar

Costume Design by

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Barbara Lane

Makeup Department

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Mohammed Amir ... assistant makeup artist
Jeffrey Haines ... assistant hair stylist
Carol Hemming ... hair stylist
Gordon Kay ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Peter Manley ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Kevan Barker ... assistant director
David Nichols ... second assistant director
Gopal Ram ... third assistant director

Art Department

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Agnes Fernandes ... set dresser
Tom Freeman ... property master
Jayant Paranji ... assistant property master
Agnes Goveas ... set dresser (uncredited)
Drew Struzan ... poster artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Ray Beckett ... sound recordist
Brian Blamey ... dubbing editor
Tony Bray ... assistant sound editor
Richard King ... dubbing mixer
Steve O'Brien ... boom operator
Vali Patel ... sound grip

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Costas Charitou ... titles: Camera Effects Ltd (uncredited)
David Smith ... optical cameraman: Camera Effects Ltd (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Christopher Cormack ... still photographer
Mulchand Dedhia ... electrician
Tony Garrett ... assistant camera
Rajesh Joshi ... second assistant camera
Sheik Juddin ... electrician
Manilal ... gaffer
Morgesh ... electrician
A. Natarajan ... electrician
Gyanchand Rikki ... camera grip
Janardhan Rumde ... electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Lovleen Bains ... wardrobe assistant (as Loveleen Baines)
Mary Ellis ... assistant costume designer
Ibrahim ... second wardrobe assistant
Sarah Armstrong-Jones ... wardrobe assistant (uncredited)

Location Management

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Deepak Nayar ... location manager

Music Department

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Hariprasad Chaurasia ... musician: fute
Zakir Hussain ... associate music director / musician: percussion
Nishat Khan ... musician: sitar
Ustad Sultan Khan ... musician: sarangi (as Sultan Khan)
Harry Rabinowitz ... conductor
Michael Reaves ... musician: piano
Vic Flick ... music arranger (uncredited)
Zakir Hussain ... composer: additional music (uncredited)
James Ivory ... musician: tampura (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Jane Buck ... continuity clerk
Renée Glynne ... script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Paul Bradley ... assistant to producer
Prashant Gupta ... assistant to director
Shama Habibullah ... production coordinator
Riaz Hafizka ... production controller
Saeed Jaffrey ... dialogue: Urdu
Harish Khare ... dialogue: Hindi
Rambali Mishra ... runner
Mick Parker ... synthesizer
Piyush Patel ... production assistant
Zakiya Powell ... unit publicist
J. Rathore ... production accountant (as J.U. Rathore)
Nancy VandenBergh ... production assistant
Jean Walter ... production secretary
Crew believed to be complete

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. The search leads back to the early 1920s, when Olivia, recently married to Douglas, a civil servant in the colonial administration, comes to live with him in India. Slowly, Olivia becomes fascinated by India and by the local ruler, a nawab who combines British distinction with Indian pomp and ruthlessness. This fascination is not without risks: the region is being ransacked by a group of sanguinary bandits, and intrigues are opposing the prejudiced British community led by Major Minnies and Dr. Saunders against the nawab. As Anne delves into the history of her grand-aunt, she is led to reconsider her own life. Written by Eduardo Casais

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Also Known As
  • The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur (United Kingdom)
  • At the Palace in Khatm (United Kingdom)
  • 1982. In Satipur Town (United Kingdom)
  • Heat & Dust (World-wide, English title)
  • Chaleur et Poussière (France)
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Runtime
  • 130 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Producer Ismail Merchant has said of the film's financing problems: "Halfway through the shooting, some of the finance committed to the project failed to materialize, and we found we were suddenly penniless. The cast and crew continued to work despite the fact that they weren't being paid, but that couldn't go on indefinitely. There was the strongest possibility that we would go under. We would lose not just the film but our whole company [Merchant Ivory Productions]". Renowned European banker Sir Jacob Rothschild viewed a rough cut of the unfinished film and in a rescue package acted as a completion guarantor so the picture could be completed. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Never Cry Wolf/Rumble Fish/Heat and Dust/Educating Rita (1983). See more »
Quotes Olivia, his wife (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur): You have these set notions about what English women are supposed to stand. Why should anybody tell me what I can stand and what I can't stand? Well, if you want to know, the only thing I can't stand is English women. Memsahibs.
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