Miss Beatty's Children
| Miss Beatty's Children | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Pamela Rooks |
| Produced by |
NFDC Doordarshan Rooks AV |
| Screenplay by | Pamela Rooks James Killough |
| Based on |
Miss Beatty's Children by Pamela Rooks |
| Starring |
Jenny Seagrove Faith Brook Protima Bedi |
| Music by | Zakir Hussain |
| Cinematography | Venu |
| Edited by | Renu Saluja |
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Release date
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1992 |
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Running time
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112 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | English |
Miss Beatty's Children is a 1992 English drama film directed by Pamela Rooks in a directorial debut, with Jenny Seagrove, Faith Brook and Protima Bedi in lead roles. The film set in 1936 in South India, was based on Pamela Rooks own novel by the same name.
At the 40th National Film Awards, the film won the award for Best First Film of a Director and the Best Cinematography for Venu.
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.
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