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Mahatma and the Mad Boy

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
Release Date: Friday, March 1 1974
50 years ago
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Portrait of Sajid KhanSajid KhanSajid Khan was 22 in Mahatma and the Mad Boy
Birthday: Fri, Dec 28 1951 –
Fri, Dec 22 2023
Portrait of Ruby MyersRuby MyersRuby Myers was >> in Mahatma and the Mad Boy
Birthday: Unknown Birthday –
Mon, Oct 10 1983

Crew

Portrait of Ismail MerchantIsmail MerchantIsmail Merchant was 37 in Mahatma and the Mad Boy as 'Director, Producer'
Birthday: Fri, Dec 25 1936 –
Wed, May 25 2005
Portrait of Subrata MitraSubrata MitraSubrata Mitra was 43 in Mahatma and the Mad Boy as 'Director of Photography'
Birthday: Sun, Oct 12 1930 –
Fri, Dec 07 2001
Portrait of Tanveer FarooqiTanveer FarooqiTanveer Farooqi was >> in Mahatma and the Mad Boy as 'Writer'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Andrew PageAndrew PageAndrew Page was >> in Mahatma and the Mad Boy as 'Editor'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday