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Release Date:
10 February 1969 (USA) morePlot:
Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Awful, awful, awful! moreCast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Rita Tushingham | ... | Jenny |
 | Michael York | ... | Tom Pickle |
| Utpal Dutt | ... | Ustal Zafar Khan |
| Madhur Jaffrey | ... | Begum Sahiba |
| Barry Foster | ... | Chris |
| Aparna Sen | ... | Ghazala |
| Zohra Sehgal | ... | Mastani (as Zohra Segal) |
 | Saeed Jaffrey | ... | Murad |
| Nana Palsikar | ... | The Guru's Guru |
| Nadira | ... | Courtesan |
| Leela Naidu | ... | Girl at the Party |
| Usha Katrah | ... | Lady Reporter |
| Fred Ohringer | ... | Howard |
| Nargis Cowalsji | ... | Society Hostess |
| Marcus Murch | ... | Snide Guest |
| Dorothy Strelsin | ... | Tourist |
| Ismail Merchant | ... | Master Of Ceremonies |
| Rafi Ameer | ... | Arnold D'Mello |
| Soni Aurora | ... | Miss Teen Beaty Queen Uttar Pradesh |
| Agarwal | ... | Doctor (as Shri Agarwal) |
| Pinchoo Kapoor | ... | Murderer |
| Prayag Raj | ... | Classical Singer |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Dina Pathak | ... | Jury member at U.P. Beauty Contest |
Directed by | |||
| James Ivory | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | (story and screenplay) (as R. Prawer Jhabvala) | |
| James Ivory | screenplay | |
| James Ivory | story | |
Produced by | |||
| Ismail Merchant | .... | producer | |
| Muriel Neff | .... | associate producer | |
| Peter Reilly | .... | associate producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Ustad Vilayat Khan | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Subrata Mitra | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Prabhakar Supare | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Bansi Chandragupta | |||
| Didi Contractor | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Gordon Deighton | |||
| Narender Kocher | |||
| Malabar | |||
| Joanna Tyson | |||
Production Management | |||
| Riaz Hafizka | .... | production manager | |
Sound Department | |||
| Gordon K. McCallum | .... | sound mixer | |
| Otto Snel | .... | sound re-recording mixer (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Fatik Mazumdar | .... | assistant camera | |
| Prajanan Mitra | .... | assistant camera | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Humphrey Dixon | .... | assistant editor | |
Music Department | |||
| V. Balsara | .... | conductor | |
| Ustad Fayez Ahmed Khan | .... | playback singer | |
| Ustad Imrat Khan | .... | musician: surbahar and sitar | |
| Ustad Shakoor Khan | .... | musician: sarangi | |
| Ustad Vilayat Khan | .... | musician: sitar | |
| Ustad Zinda Hasan Khan | .... | playback singer | |
| Pandit Shanta Prasad | .... | musician: tabla | |
Production Companies
- Twentieth Century Fox (presents)
- Merchant Ivory Productions (as Arcadia-Merchant Ivory Film)
- Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1969) (USA) (theatrical)
- Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1973) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
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Tom's Boat Song moreFAQ
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The kind of mistake that James Ivory, Rita Tushingham, Sayeed Jafrey and Michael York would rather forget.
James Ivory is a wonderful director and we have him to thank for many superb films about and featuring India, but this is not one of them. So-oo 60's! Rita Tushingham's eye makeup makes her look like a character in the Peking opera. Just bury this one in the vault and forget about it.