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Mahatma and the Mad Boy (1972)

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Film details

Featuring

Sajid Khan Sulochana Shastri Maharaj
Country

USA
Year

1972
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

The story of a poor boy, who lives by whatever means he can on Bombay's Juhu Beach. He has only two friends - his pet monkey, which performs for the tourists in the big hotels, and a statute of Mahatma Gandhi, to which he confides his thoughts and at whose feet he sleeps at night. The film covers the events of one day in the life of this nameless boy.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - mad boy
    
    Sajid Khan
  - woman feeding dog
    
    Sulochana
  - speaker
    
    Shastri
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Ismail Merchant
  - Production Company
    
    Merchant Ivory Productions Ltd
  - Producer
    
    Ismail Merchant
  - Screenplay
    
    Tanveer Farooqi
  - Director of Photography
    
    Subrata Mitra
  - Camera Operator
    
    Adeep Tandon
  - Editor
    
    Andy Page
  - Art Director
    
    Bansi Chandragupta
  - Music
    
    Suman Raj
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Peter Rann

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