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February 1966 (UK)
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A young Indian newlywed finds his independent wife troublesome and seeks help and advice from his overbearing mother, a supposedly worldly wise friend, an American seeker of enlightenment and a swami. | Add synopsis »
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Mere Paas Ma Hai
(From Bollyspice. 12 May 2013, 2:16 PM, PDT)
Novelist and Screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dies at age 85
(From Flickeringmyth. 8 April 2013, 11:09 PM, PDT)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala obituary
(From The Guardian - Film News. 4 April 2013, 11:30 AM, PDT)
(From Bollyspice. 12 May 2013, 2:16 PM, PDT)
Novelist and Screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dies at age 85
(From Flickeringmyth. 8 April 2013, 11:09 PM, PDT)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala obituary
(From The Guardian - Film News. 4 April 2013, 11:30 AM, PDT)
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A Great Little GEM! Don't miss it!
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Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Shashi Kapoor | ... | Prem Sagar |
| Leela Naidu | ... | Indu |
| Durga Khote | ... | The Mother |
| Achala Sachdev | ... | Mrs. Saigal |
| Harindranath Chattopadhyay | ... | Mr. Chadda (as Harin Chattopadayaya) |
| Pahadi Sanyal | ... | The Swami (as Pahari Sanyal) |
| Romesh Thapar | ... | Mr. Khanna |
| Walter Woolf King | ... | Professor (as Walter King) |
| Patsy Dance | ... | Kitty |
| Indu Lele | ... | Mrs. Khanna |
| Prayag Raj | ... | Raj (as Prayag Raaj) |
| Pinchoo Kapoor | ... | Mr. Saigal |
| Praveen Paul | ... | 2nd Lady |
| Usha Amin | ... | 1st Lady |
| Shama Beg | ... | Mrs. Raj |
| Pro Sen | ... | Sohanlal |
| Jabeen Jalil | ... | Bobo |
| Ernest Castaldo | ... | Ernest |
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| James Ivory | |||
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| Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | (novel) (as R. Prawer Jhabvala) | |
| Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | (screenplay) (as R. Prawer Jhabvala) | |
| Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | (dialogue) (as R. Prawer Jhabvala) | |
Produced by | |||
| Ismail Merchant | .... | producer | |
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| Ali Akbar Khan | (as Ustad Ali Akbar Khan) | ||
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| Subrata Mitra | |||
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| Raja Ram Khetle | |||
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| Bettina Gill | |||
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| Nath Grover | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Bhanu Ghosh | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Prayag Raj | .... | assistant director (as Prayag Raaj) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Shankar Chatterji | .... | assistant camera | |
| Fatik Mazumdar | .... | assistant camera | |
| Joy Mitra | .... | assistant camera | |
Music Department | |||
| Vanraj Bhatia | .... | composer: incidental music | |
| Ali Akbar Khan | .... | composer: additional music | |
| Jyotirindra Moitra | .... | composer: incidental music | |
Other crew | |||
| Jai Dey | .... | assistant: Ustad Ali Akbar Khan | |
| Ballen Dutt | .... | production coordinator | |
| Riaz Hafizka | .... | production controller | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Royal Films International (UK) (theatrical)
- Royal Films International (1963) (USA) (theatrical)
- Connossieur Video (USA) (VHS)
- Criterion Collection, The (USA) (DVD)
- Home Vision Entertainment (HVE) (2004) (USA) (DVD)
- Odyssey Video (2004) (UK) (DVD)
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Well, only if you have some deep psychotic Indian adventure, you'll understand the actual conflict taking place in the main character (a Shashi Kapoor at his best!), as in one of the most typical themes found in the novels of Hermann Hesse: is the spiritual life so much different from the material life? In India as elsewhere too, people left kingdoms to become beggars and realize the Truth; in time some Saints demonstrated realization of the Highest cannot be a consequence of the manner this body lives. This theme is quite complex and convoluted, but here Ivory deals with it in such a fair and light manner; you may even feel to watch a neo-realistic movie, as the environments and characters are dealt with. Tender and at the same time raw, sometime even fun in its small tragedy... Very touching is the sequence when you hear some devotees singing a beautiful sacred Bhajan in the forest to a Saint looking so much as the late Shri J. Krishnamurti, who sings a couplet from Kabir's poetry...