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Mahatma and the Mad Boy

Mar 1, 1974 · 27m
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Drama

PLOT

In the time frame of a single day (from dawn to dust), the film records the wanderings of an Indian youth who sleeps on the beach, holds conversations with a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, and scavenges for food with his monkey. By afternoon, a little ceremony is held by well-to-do Gandhi-ites, at which a speaker delivers a sermon on "godly love"; but when the boy comes too close, he is told to move on by a guard, one of a series of exclusions of this onlooker-outcast.

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CAST

Sajid Khan
Ruby Myers
Directed by Ismail Merchant

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
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Revenue
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Production
Merchant Ivory Productions
Country
US
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