Comedy · India · 1969 · 1h 52m

The Guru

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Director
James Ivory
Cast
Rita Tushingham as Jenny Michael York as Tom Pickle Utpal Dutt as Ustal Zafar Khan Madhur Jaffrey as Begum Sahiba Barry Foster as Chris Aparna Sen as Ghazala
Crew
Subrata Mitra — Director of Photography Prabhakar Supare — Editor Ustad Vilayat Khan — Original Music Composer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala — Writer James Ivory — Writer Ismail Merchant — Producer
Synopsis

Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan.

Trailer The Guru — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
James Ivory Director Subrata Mitra Director of Photography Prabhakar Supare Editor Ustad Vilayat Khan Original Music Composer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Writer James Ivory Writer Ismail Merchant Producer Bansi Chandragupta Production Design
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