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The Holy Man is a indian film of genre Drama directed by Satyajit Ray with Rabi Ghosh

The Holy Man (1965)

The Holy Man
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Length 1h5
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OriginInde
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating69% 3.4893.4893.4893.4893.489

Mahapurush (Bengali: মহাপুরুষ), or The Holy Man, is a 1965 film directed by Satyajit Ray, based on a short story Birinchibaba (বিরিঞ্চি বাবা) by Rajshekhar Basu.

Synopsis

After the death of his wife, Gurupada Mitter (Prasad Mukherjee), an advocate, has not been at peace. He and his daughter Buchki (Gitali Roy), meet Birinchi (Charuprakash Ghosh). Birinchi Baba claims to be ageless. He tells stories from the past; about his arguments with 'Plato' about time, how he taught E=mc to Einstein, and was on first-name terms with Jesu (Christ) and Gautam (Buddha). Birinchi Baba has a growing band of rich devotees.

Actors

Rabi Ghosh

(Birinchi Baba's assistant)
Santosh Dutta

(Professor Nani)
Soumitra Chatterjee
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