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Title:

Massey sahib [videorecording] / produced by National Film Development Corporation ; written & directed by Pradip Krishen.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

National Film Development Corporation Ltd.,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Feature films.
Foreign films.
Man-woman relationships.

Other Authors:

Kishen, Pradip.
Yadav, Raghuvir.
John, Barry.
Roy, Arundhati.
Bhatia, Vanraj.
National Film Development Corporation Ltd.

Notes:

Raghuvir Yadav, Barry John, Arundhati Roy, Virendra Saxena. Awards : Venice International Film Festival Fipresci Critics award (Best actor) ; Indian director's association award (Best director) ; International film festival of India (Best actor). Originally released in 1986.

Summary:

In a small, tribal district town of Central India in 1929, Francis Massey is the 'English Type Babu' at the Deputy Commissioner's office. For a man of lowly birth, Massey has risen to a dizzying height. Whenever the real world fails him, he improvises - boldly. Alas, the unsmiling, implacable machinery of the Raj has no room for Massey Sahib the entertainer. Right up to the bitter end, Massey believes that Deputy Commissioner Adam Sahib will step in and save him...

Series:

Collector's edition
Cinemas of India

OCLC:

(OCoLC)793201600

EAN:

8903637004712

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)