Mahatma and the Mad Boy (1974)
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.
Director: Ismail Merchant
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Sajid Khan as |
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Ruby Myers as |
| Camera | Subrata Mitra | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Ismail Merchant | Director |
| Writing | Tanveer Farooqi | Writer |
| Production | Ismail Merchant | Producer |
| Editing | Andrew Page | Editor |