In colonial 1940s Trinidad, schoolteacher Ganesh is a man determined to write a book. Moving from the Port of Spain to his country village, Ganesh sets up shop as a masseur to support himself and his radiant new wife, Leela, while pursuing his dream. He soon becomes an expert on Hinduism and mystical "healing" and proclaims himself the Mystic Masseur; propelled by fame, Ganesh enters politics, a move that forces him to face an inherent conflict between his ambitions and his values.
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- The Mystic Masseur
- PG (for mild language)
- Cast
- Aasif Mandvi, Om Puri, Jimi Mistry, Ayesha Dharker, Zohra Segal, James Fox, Rez Kempton, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Sakina Jaffrey, Pip Torrens
- Director
- Ismail Merchant
- Producer
- Lawrence Duprey, Paul Bradley, Nayeem Hafizka, Richard Hawley, Anthony Maharaj
- Writer
- V Naipaul, Caryl Phillips
- Duration
- 01:57:00
- Official Site
- http://www.merchantivory.com/mysticmasseur.html
- Release
- Friday March 29 2002
- Genre
- Drama
- Distributor
- Merchant Ivory
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