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Heat and Dust( 1983)

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Julie Christie

      Anne

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      Greta Scacchi

      Olivia Rivers

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      Shashi Kapoor

      The Nawab

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      Nickolas Grace

      Harry Hamilton-Paul

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      Christopher Cazenove

      Douglas Rivers

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      Zakir Hussain

      Inder Lal, Anne's landlord

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      Julian Glover

      Crawford

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      Susan Fleetwood

      Mrs. Crawford

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      Patrick Godfrey

      Dr Saunders

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      Jennifer Kendal

      Mrs. Saunders

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      Charles McCaughan

      Chid

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      Madhur Jaffrey

      Begum Mussarat Jahan

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      Barry Foster

      Major Minnies

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      Ratna Pathak Shah

      Ritu

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      Tarla Mehta

      Inder Lal's Mother

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      Sajid Khan

      Dacoit Chief

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      Amanda Walker

      Lady Mackleworth

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      Praveen Paul

      Maji

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      Jayant Kripalani

      Dr Gopal

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      Sudha Chopra

      Chief Princess

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      Daniel Chatto

      Party Guest

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      Ismail Merchant

      Indish Guy (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Apr 01 2024
    It's not really too surprising that it was only Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's adaptation of her own novel that garnered any attention on the awards circuit from this film. Otherwise, it's a rather sterile story of mischief amongst the Raj that rather left me cold. The plot centres around the investigations of "Anne" (Julie Christie) into the goings-on in the 1920s that involved her lively great-aunt "Olive" (Greta Scacchi). Now this lady had only recently arrived to be with her new husband "Douglas" (Christopher Cazenove) and is swiftly immersed in the upper-class colonial lifestyle that sees her hobn...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • based on novel or book
    • family history
    • india
    • extramarital affair
    • british colonial
    • parallel story
    • 1920s
    • british raj
    • uttar pradesh