The Mystic Masseur
The Mystic Masseur ★★½ 2001 (PG)
Ganesh (Mandvi), a disgruntled schoolteacher, is part of the Indian community of Trinidad. He longs to become a writer and is inspired when he returns to his rural village for the funeral of his father, a famed masseur and healer. Ganesh discovers he also has a talent for healing, finds success as a writer, and even tries his hand at politics before finding a private contentment. Based on a novel by V.S. Naipaul. 117m/C VHS, DVD . GB IN Aasif Mandvi, Om Puri, Ayesha Dharker, Jimi Mistry, Zohra Sehgal, James Fox; D: Ismail Merchant; W: Caryl Phillips; C: Ernest Vincze; M: Richard Robbins, Zakir Hussain.
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