Aziz offers to host an excursion to the local Marabar Caves. Moore meets by chance another Indian local, Dr Aziz Ahmed, a widower who is surprised by her kindness and lack of prejudice.

They are encouraged when the local school superintendent Richard Fielding, introduces them to the eccentric elderly Hindu Brahmin scholar Professor Narayan Godbole. The ladies are disappointed to find that the British community is very much separated from the Indian population and culture with a growing Indian independence movement in the 1920s. Adela intends to see if she can make a go of it. Heaslop is the City magistrate in Chandrapore, the anglicized spelling of Chandrapur.

Moore, the mother of Quested’s intended bridegroom, Ronny Heaslop, Mrs. Peggy Ashcroft won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal as Mrs Moore, making her, at 77, the oldest actress to win the award, and Maurice Jarre won his third Academy Award for Best Original Score.Īdela Quested is sailing from England to British Raj India with Mrs. Receiving praise as Lean's finest since Lawrence of Arabia, A Passage to India received eleven nominations at the 57th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Lean, and Best Actress for Judy Davis for her portrayal as Adela Quested.

This was the final film of Lean's prestigious career, and the first feature film he had directed in fourteen years, since Ryan's Daughter in 1970. The film explores themes of racism, imperialism, religion, and the nature of relationships both friendly and marital. When newcomer to India, Adela, accuses Aziz of an attempted rape within the famed Marabar Caves, the city is split between the British elite and the native underclass as the budding friendship between Aziz and Fielding is tested. Set in the 1920s during the period of the British Raj, the film tells the story of the interactions of several characters in the fictional city of Chandrapore, namely Dr Aziz, Mrs Moore, Adela Quested, and Richard Fielding. The screenplay is based on the 1960 play of the same name by Santha Rama Rau, which was in turn based on the 1924 novel of the same name by E. A Passage to India is a 1984 epic historical drama film written, directed and edited by David Lean.

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