Rent Mahapurush (1965)
3.7 of 5 from 59 ratings
1h 7min
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- Synopsis:
- Ray's rarely-seen gem is a comedy-drama in which a gullible and religiously devout retiree is completely taken in by a bogus holy man and enlists the charlatan's help in finding his daughter a husband. But she is being courted by a young man who determines to expose the fraudster.
- Actors:
- Amitabha Ray, Soumitra Chatterjee, Bimal Gupta, Charuprakash Ghosh, Robi Ghosh, Prasad Mukherjee, Gitali Roy, Somen Bose, Haradhan Bannerjee, Biplab Chatterjee, Siddharta Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, Utpal Dutt, Kamu Mukherjee, Monu Mukherjee, Santosh Sinha
- Directors:
- Satyajit Ray
- Producers:
- R.D. Bansal
- Writers:
- Rajshekhar 'Parashuram' Basu, Satyajit Ray
- Aka:
- The Holy Man
- Studio:
- Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd.
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- The Instant Expert's Guide to Satyajit Ray
- Countries:
- India
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 09/09/2013
- Run Time:
- 71 minutes
- Languages:
- Bengali Dolby Digital 1.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (1) of Mahapurush
Timeless! - Mahapurush review by RM
As relevant to India in 2021 as it was in 1965. Strangely enough, in that very year, I said similar things, and was roundly condemned by all my mother's friends until they themselves discovered the nefarious activities of that great man (mahapurush).
The dialogue is very witty and amusing eg the holy man chanting om-nivorous, om-nibus, etc. Even funnier if you can understand Bengali or Hindi.
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