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The Mystic Masseur (2001)
Directed by Ismail Merchant
Drama, Comedy · 1h 57m
Circa 1940 in Trinidad, still a British Colony, lives Ganesh Ramseyor, of East Indian origin, along with his wife, Leela. He longs to reach out to people, especially to Hindus, in order to promote the Hindu Faith, and be known as a writer. He does get considerable success, so much so that he becomes famous as a miracle worker, having cured a man of sharing intimacy with his bicycle; prevented a man from believing that he can fly; and convincing a young woman to end her fast. His fame spreads all over the island and thousands throng to seek his blessings, which he does dole out quite benevolently, without charging any fees from the poor and the needy. He then decides to spread his wings by challenging the local politician Pandit Narayan Chandrashekhar alias Cyrus T., and takes over The Hindu Organization, thence opening his way to a seat in the prestigious Member of the Legislative Assembly
Cast
Aasif Mandvi
Jimi Mistry
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Om Puri
Ayesha Dharker
Sakina Jaffrey
Zohra Sehgal
James Fox
Rez Kempton
Crew
- Director
- Ismail Merchant
- Writer
- Caryl Phillips
- Novel
- V.S. Naipaul
- Director of Photography
- Ernest Vincze
- Original Music Composer
- Zakir Hussain, Richard Robbins
- Editor
- Roberto Silvi
- Producer
- Nayeem Hafizka, Richard Hawley
Details
- Release date
- 2001-10-05
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- India, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Production
- Merchant Ivory Productions, Pritish Nandy Communications