Heat and Dust + Sitar Performance

Prior to the film there will be a sitar performance by internationally acclaimed sitarist Jonathan Mayer, and a pre-recorded introduction by guest curator Anupma Shanker.

Adapted by the British American novelist and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from her Booker Prize-winning novel, and winner of Best Screenplay at the 1983 BAFTAs, Heat and Dust is a sensual and evocative Merchant Ivory classic that traces the intertwined stories of two English women living in India more than fifty years apart. Starring Greta Scacchi, Shashi Kapoor.

Screening as part of our SAHM film season: https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/season/south-asian-heritage-month-2025/