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The Mystic Masseur (2001) | User Rating
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Release Date
• USA: Oct 5, 2001
• UK: 29 Mar 2002
Budget USD 2,500,000
BoxOffice: $0.3M
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MPAA Rating
Rated PG for mild language.
Running Time
1 hour, 57 minutes
Country India, USA
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Genre: Drama
Plot: THE MYSTIC MASSEUR is a delightfully warm, funny drama about Ganesh (Assif Mandvi), an ethnic Indian living in Trinidad. While working as a teacher in Port of Spain, Ganesh learns of his father's death. After returning home to his country village for the funeral, he decides to stay and write books. His chronically hiccupping auntie (Zohra Segal) encourages him. Ramlogan (the great Om Puri), an old family friend, pushes the bookish Ganesh to pursue his beautiful young daughter, Leela (Ayesha Dharker of Santosh Sivan’s THE TERRORIST). Ramlogan is delighted when Ganesh and Leela get married but later Leela grows frustrated with Ganesh’s total immersion in his writing work. When his first book fails to sell, Ganesh returns to healing, and soon becomes a local legend, THE MYSTIC MASSEUR. Ismail Merchant (producer of the Merchant-Ivory films) directed the film, and effortlessly captures the simple beauty of his locations. The veteran cast is superb, bringing the perfect light touch to the material. Mandvi is particularly good in portraying Ganesh’s believable transformation from bookworm to celebrity. THE MYSTIC MASSEUR is an adaptation of Sir V. S. Naipaul’s first novel. Naipaul won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001.
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| Cast |
James Fox
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Patriot Games, The Remains of the Day |
 | Om Puri
The Ghost and the Darkness, Wolf, East Is East | | | | Sanjeev Bhaskar
Anita and Me, We Know Where You Live, Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee | | |
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Zakir Hussain
Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, Vaanaprastham, Everybody Says I'm Fine! | |
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