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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:45 am 
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Heat and Dust
1983/India, 130 Minutes
Adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from her Booker Prize-winning novel

Director: James Ivory
Producer: Ismail Merchant
Screenplay: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, based on her novel
Photography: Walter Lassally
Music/Music director: Richard Robbins
Associate music director: Zakir Hussain
Production designer: Wilfred Shingleton
Costumes: Barbara Lane
Urdu dialogue: Saeed Jaffrey
Hindi dialogue: Harish Khare
Casting: Susie Figgis
Editor: Humphrey Dixon

Cast: (The 1920s: In the Civil Lines at Satipur) Christopher Cazenove (Douglas Rivers), Greta Scacchi (Olivia), Julian Glover (Mr. Crawford), Susan Fleetwood (Mrs. Crawford), Patrick Godfrey (Dr. Saunders), Jennifer Kendal (Mrs. Saunders). (At the Palace in Khatm) Shashi Kapoor (the Nawab), Madhur Jaffrey (the Begum), Nickolas Grace (Harry), Barry Foster (Major Minnies), Amanda Walker (Lady Mackleworth), Sudha Chopra (Chief Princess), Sajid Khan (Dacoit Chief), Daniel Chatto (Guy). (The 1980s: in Satipur town) Julie Christie (Anne), Zakir Hussain (Inder Lal), Ratna Pathak (Rita, Inder Lal's wife), Tarla Mehta (Inder Lal's mother ), Charles McCaughan (Chidananda), Praveen Paul (Maji), Jayant Kripilani (Dr. Gopal), Leelabhai (Leelavati).


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Thanks to JamesBond007 here are screen shots from the DVD;

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I am finding Merchant Ivory films very interesting and intriguing!!thnx


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arsh wrote:
I am finding Merchant Ivory films very interesting and intriguing!!thnx


Good entertainer! When you get hold of this DVD pay attention to the charactor of Charles McCaughan (Chidananda). I find this side role very amusing, especially his antics and his symbolical usage of the banana! it's fascinating to watch and get into the minds of wannabe Western Hari Krisnas coming to India for spiritual enlightenment only to be disillusioned in the end. Or in the case of our " Chidananda " proving Western stomachs sometimes are no match for Indian spices! :lol: There's also the short film "Auotbiograhy of a Princess" Here you get the feeling that James Mason is mis-cast. He looks excruciatingly uncomfortable and you can empathise with his awkwardness. Really, some one of his caliber! :roll: , it's a far cry from his performance in "Genghis Khan" or " Lord Jim" where he is at his best! By the way that's the maestro Zakir Hussain as Julie Christie's love interest! :lol:


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