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A British rock star (Michael York) and a hippie (Rita Tushingham) study sitar with a master (Utpal Dutt) in India.
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Brenda Davies Sight & Sound The central character naturally is the guru himself, and it is here that Ivory and his leading actor have brought off a brilliantly funny and touching character study. Mar 31, 2020 Full Review Penelope Houston The Spectator Perhaps Ivory's real talent is for the sort of farewells which everyone welcomes with rather more relief than they allow themselves to admit. Jul 11, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This could have been a gem if instead of Rita Tushingham they'd cast someone who suited the character Ruth Prawer Jhabvala had written. Someone unquestionably attractive & therefore irresistible to the Guru, like the film's poster depicts - also she needs to have chemistry with Michael York. A classic case of one miscast actor ruining a whole work. I felt the exact same curse afflicted the very last Merchant Ivory film. Maybe worth seeing just for York's floral outfits and Tushingham's monstrous eye makeup and York's even more ridiculous Cockney accent. The Guru himself is not defined correctly like in the screenplay. He needs to have been more like Ravi Shankar, vain and deluded, unable to resist the Westerners who offers themselves. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member 60's pop star comes to India to learn to play the sitar. he does not play very well and the movie makes all Indian's look like cartoon characters Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A British rock star (Michael York) and a hippie (Rita Tushingham) study sitar with a master (Utpal Dutt) in India.
Director
James Ivory
Producer
Ismail Merchant
Rating
G
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Runtime
1h 52m
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