The Guru (1969)
Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan.
Director: James Ivory
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Rita Tushingham as Jenny |
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Michael York as Tom Pickle |
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Utpal Dutt as Ustal Zafar Khan |
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Madhur Jaffrey as Begum Sahiba |
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Barry Foster as Chris |
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Aparna Sen as Ghazala |
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Saeed Jaffrey as Murad |
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Nana Palsikar as The Guru's Guru |
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Nadira as Courtesan |
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Zohra Sehgal as Mastani |
| Directing | James Ivory | Director |
| Production | Ismail Merchant | Producer |
| Writing | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Writer |
| Writing | James Ivory | Writer |
| Camera | Subrata Mitra | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ustad Vilayat Khan | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Prabhakar Supare | Editor |
| Art | Bansi Chandragupta | Production Design |