The Holy Man (Mahapurush) ( Mahapurush: The Holy Man )

The Holy Man (Mahapurush) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Mahapurush: The Holy Man
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Bengali ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Bengali ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
71 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1965 and produced in:
India ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Satyajit Ray

Written By:
Satyajit Ray
Rajshekhar 'Parashuram' Basu

Actors:
Charuprakash Ghosh ..... Birinchi Baba
Robi Ghosh ..... Birinchi Baba's assistant
Prasad Mukherjee ..... Gurupada Mitt
Gitali Roy ..... Buchki
Satindra Bhattacharya ..... Satya
Somen Bose ..... Nibar
Santosh Dutta ..... Professor Nani
Renuka Roy ..... Nani's wife
Satya Banerjee ..... Nit
Haridhan Mukherjee ..... Gane
J. Banerjee
Dilip Bose
Jagat Chakraborty
Ila Chatterjee
Santi Chatterjee
Shrikanto Chattopadhyay
Shailen Ganguli
Nirmal Ghosh
Ajit Gupta
P. Pal
Nani Sardar
Prabhat Sarkar
Aditya Singh
Mani Srimani

Synopsis:

A retired lawyer meets a holy man Birinchi Baba (Charuprakash Ghosh) and his assistant (Robi Ghosh) on his way back from a pilgrimage and is totally taken in by his supernatural life. The holy man is on first name terms with Buddha and all the gods of the Hindu pantheon. What the world calls 'Cruci-fiction' he calls 'Cruci-fact' because he has seen it with his own eyes! He even starts giving orations to an audience of the rich and famous at the lawyer's residence. The gullible lawyer decides to get his entire family initiated into the guru's fold including his unmarried younger daughter (Gitali Roy) who is being courted by a young man (Satindra Bhattacharya). His group of intelligent and rationalist friends (Somen Bose et al) decide to take matters in their own hands # and hatch a plot to expose the smooth-talking charlatan.

A story of a devout Hindu man who falls victim to a charlatan posing as a holy man by asking him to find his daughter a husband, the lightness of this sharp, quick-witted comedy belies a cutting criticism of Indian post-war society.

A devout Hindu family falls victim to a charlatan posing as a holy man.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 01 October, 2013.

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