Miss Beatty's Children

1992 Indian film

1992 (1992)

Running time

112 min.CountryIndiaLanguageEnglish

Miss Beatty's Children is a 1992 English-language Indian drama film directed by Pamela Rooks in her directorial debut, with Jenny Seagrove, Faith Brook and Protima Bedi in lead roles.^[1]^[2] The film set in 1936 in South India, was based on Rooks' own novel of the same name.^[3]

At the 40th National Film Awards, the film won the award for Best Debut Film of a Director and the Best Cinematography.^[4]

Plot

In 1936 in South India, Jane, an English schoolteacher comes to Trippuvur to work with Mabel Forster, a Christian missionary, who runs a mission school, and works towards young girls from being sold into temple prostitution. She has Kamla Devi, a senior temple woman as her opponent. Once when Mabel has gone away Jane finds herself trapped in a local controversy. She rescues an Anglo-Indian girl and takes her to Ooty, but back in the town she is accused of kidnapping. However she manages to find help with an American doctor, Alan Chandler. Eventually she adopts Amber, and rescues several more children.

Cast

Jenny Seagrove as Jane Beatty
Faith Brook as Mabel Forster
Protima Bedi as Kamla Devi
D. W. Moffett as Alan Chandler
Barry John
Emma Sanderson
Rituraj Singh
Catherine Stevens
Cecil Qadir

Bibliography

Pamela Rooks (1989). Miss Beatty's Children. Clarion Books. ISBN 8185120358.

References

^ "Pamela Rooks". Chaosmag Database. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
^ "Miss Beatty's Children (1992)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2014. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
^ "Found in translation". The Hindu. 13 September 2004. Archived from the original on 9 May 2005. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
^ "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2014.