This lighthearted romp through Royal India presents a world of Maharajas, palaces, imperiled art objects, and the foreign collectors who will stop at nothing to possess them. Peggy Ashcroft and Larry Pine star as two rapacious art collectors who come to the decaying Art Deco palace of a young Maharaja (Victor Banerjee) to examine a legendary collection of Indian miniature paintings. While vying with each other to get the pictures away from the royal couple—nicknamed Georgie and Bonnie as children by their Scottish governess—they must also divine the true motives of the Indian curator of the collection (Saeed Jaffrey), who, in league with the Maharaja’s beautiful sister (Aparna Sen), may be working against them. Amidst the backdrop of lavish tourist entertainments, Christmas parties, fireworks, and even an English ghost, a desperate game of palace intrigue will determine the ultimate resting place of the priceless paintings.
Credits
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures Cast
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures Crew
Name |
Department |
Humphrey Dixon as Editor. He was 21 (now 24) years old
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Editing |
James Ivory as Director. He was 50 (now 96) years old
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Directing |
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala as Story. She was 51 (85) years old when She died
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Writing |
Ismail Merchant as Producer. He was 41 (68) years old when He died
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Production |
Jenny Beavan as Costume Design. She was 28 (now 74) years old
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Costume & Make-Up |
Melvyn Bragg as Editor. He was 38 (now 85) years old
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Editing |
Melvyn Bragg as Executive Producer. He was 38 (now 85) years old
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Production |
Walter Lassally as Director of Photography. He was 51 (90) years old when He died
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Camera |
Javed Siddiqui as Assistant Director. He was 36 (now 82) years old
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Directing |