The Mystic Masseur
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Director Ismail Merchant Duration | 6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama Running time 1h 58m Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Caryl Phillips , V. S. Naipaul Release date 2001 Initial release March 29, 2002 (United Kingdom) Songs Partap Meets the Pundit Cast Aasif Mandvi (Ganesh Ramseyor), Ayesha Dharker (Leela G Ramseyor), Om Puri (Ramlogan), Zohra Sehgal (Auntie), Jimi Mistry (Pratap Cooper) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Mystic Masseur is a 2001 Merchant Ivory film based on the novel of the same name by V. S. Naipaul. It is one of relatively few films directed by Ismail Merchant, who is better known as the producer in the Merchant Ivory partnership, and addresses issues of Hindu subculture on the island of Trinidad.
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The movie was the first film adaptation of a novel by Naipaul. It was filmed in Trinidad and was released in 2001, to lukewarm response. The screenplay is by Caryl Phillips. The film features performances by Om Puri and Aasif Mandvi, and original music by Zakir Hussain.
Synopsis
The novel by V. S. Naipaul moves between farce and acerbic social commentary on Trinidad, the country of his birth. The characters are mainly members of Trinidad's Indian community. The protagonist is Ganesh Ramsumair, a frustrated writer who rises from poverty on the back of his dubious talent as a "mystic" masseur, known as Pundit Ganesh, who can cure illnesses. In the end he becomes a successful colonial politician, under the name G. Ramsay Muir.
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