A Passage to India
| Release Date: | Dec 1984 |
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| Genre: | Adventure / Drama / History |
| Awards: | Won 2 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 24 nominations |
| Cast: | Judy Davis (Adela), Victor Banerjee (Aziz), Peggy Ashcroft (Mrs. Moore), James Fox (Fielding), Alec Guinness (Godbole), Nigel Havers (Ronny), Richard Wilson (Turton), Antonia Pemberton (Mrs. Turton), Michael Culver (McBryde), Art Malik (Ali), Saeed Jaffrey (Hamidullah), Clive Swift (Major Callendar), Ann Firbank (Mrs. Callendar), Roshan Seth (Amritrao), Sandra Hotz (Stella), Rashid Karapiet (Das), H.S. Krishnamurthy (Hassan), Ishaq Bux (Selim), Moti Makan (Guide), Mohammed Ashiq (Haq), Phyllis Bose (Mrs. Leslie), Sally Kinghorn (Ingenue (as Sally Kinghorne)), Paul Anil (Clerk of the Court), Z.H. Khan (Dr. Panna Lal), Ashok Mandanna (Anthony), Dina Pathak (Begum Hamidullah), Adam Blackwood (Mr. Hadley), Mellan Mitchell (Indian Businessman), Peter Hughes (P & O manager), John Michie (Bit Part (uncredited)), Duncan Preston (Club Member (uncredited)) |
Circa 1920, during the Indian British rule, Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed was born and brought up in India. He is proficient in English, and wears Western style clothing. He meets an old lady, Mrs. Moore, at a mosque, who asks him to accompany her and her companion, Adela Quested, for sight-seeing around some caves. Thereafter the organized life of Aziz is turned upside down when Adela accuses him of molesting her in a cave. Aziz is arrested and brought before the courts, where he learns that the entire British administration is against him, and would like to see him found guilty and punished severely, to teach all native Indians what it means to molest a British citizen. Aziz is all set to witness the "fairness" of the British system, whose unofficial motto is "guilty until proved innocent."