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The Guru

6.019691h 52mGMovieComedy

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.

DirectorJames Ivory
WritersRuth Prawer Jhabvala·James Ivory
ProducerIsmail Merchant

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Cast · Directed by James Ivory

RTRita Tushingham
Rita Tushingham
Jenny
MYMichael York
Michael York
Tom Pickle
UDUtpal Dutt
Utpal Dutt
Ustal Zafar Khan
MJMadhur Jaffrey
Madhur Jaffrey
Begum Sahiba
BFBarry Foster
Barry Foster
Chris
ASAparna Sen
Aparna Sen
Ghazala
SJSaeed Jaffrey
Saeed Jaffrey
Murad
NP
Nana Palsikar
The Guru's Guru
NNadira
Nadira
Courtesan
ZSZohra Sehgal
Zohra Sehgal
Mastani

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