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A Passage to India

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

Director

David Lean

Year

Genre

adventure, drama, history

Box Office

$27,187,653

Production

EMI Films,John Brabourne and Richard Goodwyn Productions,HBO Films

Awards

Won 2 Oscars. 22 wins & 27 nominations total

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Adela Quested

Dr. Aziz

Victor Banerjee

Mrs. Moore

Richard Fielding

Professor Godbole

Ronny Heaslop

Turton

Mrs. Turton

Antonia Pemberton

Major McBryde

Ali

Hamidullah

Major Callendar

Mrs. Callendar

Amritrao

Stella

Das

Rashid Karapiet

Hassan

H.S. Krishnamurthy

Selim

Guide

Haq

Mrs. Leslie

Ingenue

Clerk of the Court

Dr. Panna Lal

Anthony

Begum Hamidullah

Mr. Hadley

Indian Businessman

Mellan Mitchell

P & O Manager

Court Gallery Member

Courtroom Spectator

Club Member

Club Member

Bit Part

Club Member

Train Passenger

Richard Winter-Stanbridge

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Mrs. Moore Adela Quested Ali Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed Richard Fielding Turton Professor Godbhole Das Major Callendar Major Mcbryde

I do think it's too bad of Ronny
not to be here to meet us. - A Passage to India

I do think it's too bad of Ronny not to be here to meet...

"No more than
two annas each." - A Passage to India

"No more than two annas each."

You know, Mr. Turton,
when we get settled in, - A Passage to India

You know, Mr. Turton, when we get settled in,

Could Ronny really
have become a sahib? - A Passage to India

Could Ronny really have become a sahib?

Hello, Mother. - A Passage to India

Sorry to desert you, but we had to welcome the great man back. - A Passage to India

Sorry to desert you, but we had to welcome the great man...

That was Turton.
Turton? - A Passage to India

That was Turton. Turton?

McBryde When he first came Hamidullah said he was quite a good fellow - A Passage to India

McBryde When he first came Hamidullah said he was quite a...

Ronny, is that a body? - A Passage to India

Ronny, is that a body?

Why do we spend so much time discussing the English? - A Passage to India

Why do we spend so much time discussing the English?

Here we are, then. - A Passage to India

Here we are, then.

ADELA:
Are those the Marabar Hills? - A Passage to India

ADELA: Are those the Marabar Hills?

Having listened very carefully
to the evidence, I find you guilty - A Passage to India

Having listened very carefully to the evidence, I find you g...

Well, how did it all go? - A Passage to India

Well, how did it all go?

My dear life rarely gives us what we want at the moment we consider appropriate - A Passage to India

My dear life rarely gives us what we want at the moment we...

This chitlhljust arrived for you
from Major Callendar. - A Passage to India

This chitlhljust arrived for you from Major Callendar.

I have to report to his
bungalow posthaste. - A Passage to India

I have to report to his bungalow posthaste.

Madam, this is a mosque.
You have no right here. - A Passage to India

Madam, this is a mosque. You have no right here.

I am right, am I not? - A Passage to India

I am right, am I not?

There are bad characters about and leopards may come from the hills - A Passage to India

There are bad characters about and leopards may come from...

I think l'd better
go back now. - A Passage to India

I think l'd better go back now.

And... now. - A Passage to India

Uh, I wish I were a member.
I could have asked you in. - A Passage to India

Uh, I wish I were a member. I could have asked you in.

There you are.
What have you been up to? - A Passage to India

There you are. What have you been up to?

FIELDING: And you? You've never been up for English tea. - A Passage to India

FIELDING: And you? You've never been up for English...

Oh, good afternoon.
Very nice of you to come. - A Passage to India

Oh, good afternoon. Very nice of you to come.

My only consolation - A Passage to India

My only consolation

This is one of the most unnatural affairs I have ever attended - A Passage to India

This is one of the most unnatural affairs I have ever...

Good You're speaking about power - A Passage to India

Good You're speaking about power

God has put us on earth to love and help our fellow men - A Passage to India

God has put us on earth to love and help our fellow men

Mr. Fielding?
FIELDING: Oh, hello. - A Passage to India

Mr. Fielding? FIELDING: Oh, hello.

Mr. Fielding?
Yes? - A Passage to India

Mr. Fielding? Yes?

I do so hate mysteries We English do - A Passage to India

I do so hate mysteries We English do

Well, there must be something
to account for their reputation. - A Passage to India

Well, there must be something to account for their reputatio...

You can take it from me,
that picnic will never come off. - A Passage to India

You can take it from me, that picnic will never come off.

Aziz was dressed in his Sunday best but he'd forgotten his back collar stud - A Passage to India

Aziz was dressed in his Sunday best but he'd forgotten...

Aziz was dressed in his
Sunday best from head to foot, - A Passage to India

Aziz was dressed in his Sunday best from head to foot,

I don't know why
I get so het up. - A Passage to India

I don't know why I get so het up.

Ronny.
Yes? - A Passage to India

RONNY: You never said we would be married. - A Passage to India

RONNY: You never said we would be married.

We're being awfully English
about this, aren't we? - A Passage to India

We're being awfully English about this, aren't we?

Sometimes I think too much fuss is made about marriage - A Passage to India

Sometimes I think too much fuss is made about marriage

Adela, are you all right? - A Passage to India

Adela, are you all right?

Now we must go back - A Passage to India

Now we must go back

It's going to be hot. - A Passage to India

It's going to be hot.

Ah. Congratulations, Heaslop.
We've just heard the good news. - A Passage to India

Ah. Congratulations, Heaslop. We've just heard the good...

And he does not need three chairs He's not three Englishmen - A Passage to India

And he does not need three chairs He's not three...

But how is England justified in holding India - A Passage to India

But how is England justified in holding India

AZIZ:
Mr. Fielding? - A Passage to India

AZIZ: Mr. Fielding?

You've come after all. I was afraid...
How kind. How very kind. - A Passage to India

You've come after all. I was afraid... How kind. How ve...

What's that for? - A Passage to India

What's that for?

I wouldn't have missed
this for anything. - A Passage to India

I wouldn't have missed this for anything.

Rather a strange place to do the cooking - A Passage to India

Rather a strange place to do the cooking

I always feel rather embarrassed when people I dislike are good to me - A Passage to India

I always feel rather embarrassed when people I dislike are...

I feel rather embarrassed when
people I dislike are good to me. - A Passage to India

I feel rather embarrassed when people I dislike are good to ...

You cannot imagine
how you honor me. - A Passage to India

You cannot imagine how you honor me.

Sometimes I shut my eyes - A Passage to India

Sometimes I shut my eyes

AZIZ:
Come. Hassan, Abdul, Selim. - A Passage to India

AZIZ: Come. Hassan, Abdul, Selim.

Mrs. Moore. - A Passage to India

Dr. Aziz, - A Passage to India

What's happened? - A Passage to India

What's happened?

Miss Quested! - A Passage to India

Miss Quested? - A Passage to India

Morning, Mrs. Moore.
MRS. MOORE: Mr. Fielding. - A Passage to India

Morning, Mrs. Moore. MRS. MOORE: Mr. Fielding.

Aziz is an innocent. - A Passage to India

Aziz is an innocent.

I can't get my clothes off. - A Passage to India

I can't get my clothes off.

CALLENDAR:
You'll be better very soon now. - A Passage to India

CALLENDAR: You'll be better very soon now.

After we've seen off
Mrs. Moore, - A Passage to India

After we've seen off Mrs. Moore,

TURTON:
Fielding. - A Passage to India

TURTON: Fielding.

Please, Mother, come along.
I will not. - A Passage to India

Please, Mother, come along. I will not.

I've had 25 years' experience here I have never known anything but disaster result - A Passage to India

I've had 25 years' experience here I have never...

Oh, I hate these damned festivals. I'll be glad when it's over. - A Passage to India

Oh, I hate these damned festivals. I'll be glad when...

If he had assaulted her he'd scarcely bring the evidence back with him - A Passage to India

If he had assaulted her he'd scarcely bring the...

That's his wife.
How do you know that? - A Passage to India

That's his wife. How do you know that?

She's been complaining
about an echo in her head. - A Passage to India

She's been complaining about an echo in her head.

GODBOLE:
Ah. - A Passage to India

Excuse me but nothing you do will change the outcome - A Passage to India

Excuse me but nothing you do will change the outcome

That there's a certain member here present - A Passage to India

That there's a certain member here present

She's old You mustn't forget that - A Passage to India

She's old You mustn't forget that

She's old.
We mustn't forget that. - A Passage to India

She's old. We mustn't forget that.

You mustn't upset yourself, my dear.
The verdict's a foregone conclusion. - A Passage to India

You mustn't upset yourself, my dear. The verdict's...

What are you doing here? - A Passage to India

What are you doing here?

I want to state what I believe to be a universal truth - A Passage to India

I want to state what I believe to be a universal truth

This is no way to defend your case I'm not defending a case - A Passage to India

This is no way to defend your case I'm not defending a...

"l heard a voice from
heaven saying unto me: - A Passage to India

"l heard a voice from heaven saying unto me:

Mrs. Moore! - A Passage to India

I'm sorry. - A Passage to India

Please tell the court
exactly what happened. - A Passage to India

Please tell the court exactly what happened.

AZIZ:
Miss Quested! - A Passage to India

AZIZ: Miss Quested!

Miss Quested? - A Passage to India

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Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

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Director: David Lean

Writer: E.M. Forster, Santha Rama Rau, David Lean

Production: EMI Films,John Brabourne and Richard Goodwyn Productions,HBO Films

Genre: adventure, drama, history

Year: 1984

MetaScore: 78/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: $27,187,653

Released: 01 Feb 1985

Awards: Won 2 Oscars. 22 wins & 27 nominations total

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