Heat and Dust is a 1983 English-language Drama Romance movie written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant under the banner of Merchant Ivory Productions. The first is set in British India of the 1920s, and deals with an illicit affair between Olivia, the beautiful young wife of a British colonial official, and an Indian Nawab. Heat and dust stars Greta Scacchi, Shashi Kapoor, Julie Christie, Zakir Hussain, Christopher Cazenove, Julian Glover and Leelabai. The film is based on Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. The music was composed by Richard Robbins along with Zakir Hussain. Cinematography was done by Walter Lassally and editing by Humphrey Dixon. The motion picture has a running time of 133 minutes. It was released on 29th February 1996. Heat and Dust was made on a budget of £2 million and at the box office it grossed only $1 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Curzon Film Distributors. The first is set in British India of the 1920s, and deals with an illicit affair between Olivia, the beautiful young wife of a British colonial official, and an Indian Nawab.