A Passage to India

6.826

163 minutes

12/14/1984

Overview

Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore, befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed.

Cast List

Judy Davis
as Adela Quested
Victor Banerjee
as Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed
Peggy Ashcroft
as Mrs. Moore
James Fox
as Richard Fielding
Alec Guinness
as Professor Godbole
Nigel Havers
as Ronny Heaslop
Richard Wilson
as Mr. Turton
Antonia Pemberton
as Mrs. Turton
Michael Culver
as Major McBryde
Art Malik
as Mahmoud Ali
Saeed Jaffrey
as Hamidullah
Clive Swift
as Major Callendar
Ann Firbank
as Mrs. Callendar
Roshan Seth
as Amritrao
Sandra Hotz
as Stella
Rashid Karapiet
as Das
H.S. Krishnamurthy
as Hassan
Ishaq Bux
as Selim
Moti Makan
as Guide
Mohammed Ashiq
as Haq
Phyllis Bose
as Mrs. Leslie
Sally Kinghorn
as Ingenue
Paul Anil
as Clerk of the Court
Z.H. Khan
as Dr. Panna Lal
Ashok Mandanna
as Anthony
Dina Pathak
as Begum Hamidullah
Adam Blackwood
as Mr. Hadley
Mellan Mitchell
as Indian Businessman
Peter Hughes
as P & O Manager
Yash Agnihotri
as Court Gallery Member (Uncredited)
Duncan Preston
as Club Member (Uncredited)
Richard Winter-Stanbridge
as Train Passenger (Uncredited)