Heat and Dust

An investigator explores the life of her great-aunt Olivia, who moves to India and begins an affair with the Nawab of Khatm before spending her last years in solitude in Kashmir. Heat and Dust is a 1983 English-language Drama Romance motion picture featuring Greta Scacchi, Shashi Kapoor, Julie Christie, Zakir Hussain, Christopher Cazenove, Julian Glover and Leelabai. The movie is based on Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Merchant Ivory Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Ismail Merchant. Heat and Dust is written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and directed by James Ivory. Curzon Film Distributors acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Heat and Dust was released on 29th February 1996 and takes a screen time of 133 minutes. Heat and Dust was made on a budget of £2 million and at the box office it grossed only $1 million. Cinematography was done by Walter Lassally and editing by Humphrey Dixon. The music was composed by Richard Robbins along with Zakir Hussain.