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Such a Long Journey ()


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Circa 1971, Gustad Noble lives in a one bedroom hall rented apartment in Byculla, Bombay. He travels to work everyday by Central Railway to Victoria Terminus and walks to Flora Fountain to his place of employment, namely the Central Bank... See more »

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Gustad Noble
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Dilnavaz Noble
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Ghulam Mohamed
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Major Jimmy Bilimoria
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Pavement Artist
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Dinshawji
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Tehmul
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Mrs. Kutpitia
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Sohrab Noble
Shazneed Damania ...
Roshan Noble
Kurush Dastur ...
Darius Noble
Noshirwan Jehangir ...
Inspector Bamji
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Rabadi
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Mrs. Rabadi
Shivani Jha ...
Jasmine Rabadi
Mehler Jehangir
Aileen Gonsalves ...
Lewie Coutinho
Sohrab Ardeshir ...
Madan - Bank Manager
Rashid Karapiet
Chatru L. Gurnani
Madhav Sharma
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Prostitute "Hydraulic" Hema
Sunny Bharti ...
Prostitute
Antony Zaki
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Gustad's dad
Anahita Oberoi ...
Gustad's mom
Meral Durlabhji
Meet Nandu
Aloo Heerjibehedin
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Milkman
Shaukat Baig ...
Waiter
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Taxi-driver
Lovleen Bains
Nizwar Karanj
Zul Vellani
Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal
Rakesh Srivastava ...
(as Rakesh Shrivastav)
Arun Kannan
Noshir B. Andhyarujina
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Dr. Paymaster

Directed by

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Sturla Gunnarsson

Written by

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Rohinton Mistry ... (novel)
 
Sooni Taraporevala ... (writer)

Produced by

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Suresh Jindal ... co-producer
Firdaus Kharas ... supervising producer: India
Simon MacCorkindale ... producer
Don McLean ... line producer
Victor Solnicki ... executive producer
Paul Stephens ... producer
Stephen J. Turnbull ... line producer

Music by

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Jonathan Goldsmith

Cinematography by

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Jan Kiesser

Editing by

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Jeff Warren

Editorial Department

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Doug Caron ... first assistant editor
Karl DiPelino ... post-production coordinator

Production Design by

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Nitin Chandrakant Desai ... (as Nitin Desai)

Art Direction by

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David Sores

Set Decoration by

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Suzanne Caplan Merwanji

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Lovleen Bains

Production Management

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Mike Higgins ... unit manager
Zunaid Memon ... location assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Rob Fowler ... second assistant director
Manoj K. Jha ... second assistant director (as Jha Manoj)
Wendy Ord ... first assistant director

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Rajkishor Choudhary ... assistant art director (as Raj Kishor Choudhary)
Chetan Pathak ... assistant art director
Chetan J Pathak ... assistant art director

Sound Department

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Eric Apps ... adr mixer
Steph Carrier ... re-recording mixer
Henry Embry ... sound
Paul Germann ... assistant sound editor
Henry Godding Jr. ... voice recordist: French version
Kirk Lynds ... re-recording assistant
Mark McNeilly ... boom operator
Donna Powell ... foley artist
Ian Rankin ... foley mixer
Paul Shikata ... sound effects editor
Lou Solakofski ... re-recording mixer
Orest Sushko ... re-recording mixer
Phong Tran ... sound editor
Clive Turner ... sound effects editor
Randy Wilson ... control room operator

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Jamie Hallett ... optical cameraman

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Dennis Brock ... gaffer
Mulchand Dedhia ... gaffer: India
Faroukh Mistry ... director of photography: second unit
Nick Ray ... key grip
Hitesh Sadrrani ... electrician
Glen Treilhard ... focus puller

Music Department

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Jonathan Goldsmith ... conductor / orchestrator
Ed Hanley ... musician
George Koller ... musician
Ernie Tollar ... musician

Script and Continuity Department

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Vivianne Royal ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Geneviève Appleton ... development assistant
Brett Burlock ... entertainment lawyer
James Milligan ... production accountant

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Plot Summary

Circa 1971, Gustad Noble lives in a one bedroom hall rented apartment in Byculla, Bombay. He travels to work everyday by Central Railway to Victoria Terminus and walks to Flora Fountain to his place of employment, namely the Central Bank of India. He has three children, Sohrab - who has finished his college studies and is now being admitted, much to his dislike, to Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.); while Darius, his second son, and daughter, Roshan, are school-going; his wife, Dilnavaz, looks after the children and the household. Their neighborhood is filthy, people urinate and defecate near the wall which encloses their building. Gustad asks a pavement artist to move near his building, draw pictures of religious Gods and Goddesses depicting the four main religions: Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, and Sikhism. The Artist agrees, and soon the place is transformed into a huge temple where people of all religions come to pay their respects. It is only a handful of people who know that Gustad is involved with a rebel RAW Agent, Major Jimmy Billimoria, who is actively involved with an extremist organization in East Pakistan, Awami League, aiding them financially and with manpower to overcome the Pakistani Government. The question remains what will Gustad's plight be when the news gets out of his involvement in this activity, especially when he receives 10 lakh rupees to be deposited in small installments in his Bank, in the midst of sentiments running high, war being declared between Pakistan and India, emergency blackout conditions and air raid sirens. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

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Also Known As
  • Un si long voyage (Canada, French title)
  • El largo viaje (Spain)
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  • 113 min
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Trivia More than 10 years after its publication, the novel by Rohinton Mistry, on which this film is based, was controversially removed from the syllabus of a university in India. In an ironic twist, the book ban followed a violent protest by a fringe political party which objected to sections of the book calling it a fringe political party that uses violent protests to stay relevant. See more »
Goofs When Gustad enters the Bank Manager's office to take the call about his daughter, as he opens the glass door, a crew member in a white t-shirt is reflected. See more »
Soundtracks The Donkey Serenade See more »

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