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Title: Such a Long Journey (1998)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Roshan Seth | ... | Gustad Noble | |
| Soni Razdan | ... | Dilnavaz Noble | |
| Om Puri | ... | Ghulam Mohamed | |
| Naseeruddin Shah | ... | Major Jimmy Bilimoria | |
| Ranjit Chowdhry | ... | Pavement Artist | |
| Sam Dastor | ... | Dinshawji | |
| Kurush Deboo | ... | Tehmul | |
| Pearl Padamsee | ... | Mrs. Kutpitia | |
| Vrajesh Hirjee | ... | Sohrab Noble | |
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Shazneed Damania | ... | Roshan Noble |
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Kurush Dastur | ... | Darius Noble |
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Noshirwan Jehangir | ... | Inspector Bamji |
| Dinyar Contractor | ... | Rabadi | |
| Souad Faress | ... | Mrs. Rabadi | |
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Shivani Jha | ... | Jasmine Rabadi |
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 ... Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
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For those of you who have read Rohinton Mistry's highly respected novel, this film will definitely impress you, because of how honorable an adaptation it is . With the exception of one minor subplot, Sturla Gunnarson's feature film debut is an almost dead-on recreation of the book (down to the last line).
For those of you who have not read the novel, this movie might be a little tricky. It is certainly not a large cinematic drama story. Instead it has a strong element of realism to it, but I would not have it any other way. The best way to describe Such a Long Journey to movie fans would be to say that it is a small scale, Hindu version of 'Fiddler On The Roof'. Instead of a Jewish/Russian milkman, the protagonist Gustad Noble is a banker in 1970's Bombay during the time of the Muslim/Hindi war with Pakistan. He is forced to deal with a number of unexpected problems in his life, including his sick daughter, his individualist eldest son, a distant friend who gets him involved with some dirty money, and an unhealthy neighborhood. The Ending is not a happy one, nor is it a sad one, but that is essentially what realism involves.
Such a Long Journey is a fine little movie, but if you want to see it, then good luck finding it. Unlike the novel, it has received very little release.