Saeed Jaffrey reprised his role as Mr. Hamidullah in David Lean's film version A Passage to India (1984). Ishaq Bux (Qasam Ali) played Selim in the same film.
The original Broadway production of "A Passage to India" by 'Santha Rama Rau' (born in Tamil Nadu, India) opened at the Ambassador Theater in New York on January 31, 1962 and ran for 109 performances.
Director Waris Hussein was already planning on going to India on vacation before the filming, and was asked by the BBC to do some exterior shots whilst he was there. He was given a 16mm camera to carry with him, and filmed exterior shots in his hometown of Lucknow.