The Mystic Masseur
Summary:
Ismail Merchant, best known as the producing half of the successful Merchant-Ivory team, once again steps behind the camera as director for this story of life among Indian expatriates in the 1950s. Ganesh (Aasif Mandvi) is a young man who was born to a community of Indian exiles living in Trinidad. Always bright, Ganesh hopes to make a career for himself as a writer, bu... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Om Puri - (Ramlogan)
James Fox - (Mr. Stewart)
Aasif Mandvi - (Ganesh)
Sanjeev Bhaskar - (Beharry)
Ayesha Dharker - (Leela)
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Review:
The Mystic Masseur, based on the novel by Nobel Prize winner V.S. Naipaul, is a mildly amusing way to pass a couple of hours, but it isn't incisive enough to make a lasting impression. Ismail Merchant is the producing half of the Merchant-Ivory team, and he doesn't have the kind of command of tone and story that James Ivory demons... Continue >>
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