The Mystic Masseur Movie Review 2001

Ganesh (Mandvi), a disgruntled schoolteacher, is part of the Indian community of Trinidad. He longs to become a writer and is inspired when he returns to his rural village for the funeral of his father, a famed masseur and healer. Ganesh discovers he also has a talent for healing, finds success as a writer, and even tries his hand at politics before finding a private contentment. Based on a novel by V.S. Naipaul.

Distribution

ThinkFilm, 155 Avenue of the Americas, 7th Fl., New York, NY 10013, Phone: (646)293-9400

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 117 minutes.
Originally from British, Indian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Island Fare, Period Piece: 1940s, Period Piece: 1950s, Writers, Politics, Workin' for a Livin', Masseurs

Screenplay

Caryl Phillips

Cast

Aasif Mandvi, Om Puri, Ayesha Dharker, Jimi Mistry, Zohra Sehgal, James Fox

Cinematography

Ernest Vincze

Director

Ismail Merchant

Music

Richard Robbins, Zakir Hussain

Other

Peter Schneider, Roberto Silvi, Michael O'Connor, Lucy Richardson

Producer

Nayeem Hafizka, Richard Hawley, Merchant-Ivory Productions, ThinkFilm