| Mahapurush | |
|---|---|
 Poster forMahapurush | |
| Directed by | Satyajit Ray |
| Screenplay by | Satyajit Ray |
| Based on | Birinchibaba by Rajshekhar Basu |
| Produced by | RDB & Co |
| Starring | Charuprakash Ghosh Satindra Bhattacharya Rabi Ghosh Santosh Dutta |
| Cinematography | Soumendu Roy |
| Edited by | Dulal Dutta |
| Music by | Satyajit Ray |
Release date |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Mahapurush (transl. The Holy Man) is a 1965 Indian film directed bySatyajit Ray, based on a short storyBirinchibaba byRajshekhar Basu.[1]
After the death of his wife, Gurupada Mitra (Prasad Mukherjee), an advocate, has not been at peace. He and his daughter Buchki (Gitali Roy), meet Birinchi (Charuprakash Ghosh). Birinchi Baba claims to be ageless. He tells stories from the past; about his arguments withPlato about time, how he taughtE=mc2 toEinstein, and was on first-name terms withJesu (Christ) andGautam (Buddha). Birinchi Baba has a growing band of rich devotees.
Gurupada decides to patronize the holy man and become his disciple. Daughter Buchki is disappointed with her lover Satya. To teach him a lesson, she tells Satya that she is going to leave him and become a disciple of Birinchi Baba.
Satya turns to his friend Nibaran for his help. It does not take Nibaran long to realize that Birinchi Baba is a fraud. Nibaran and friends expose Birinchi Baba. The devotees feel foolish and perhaps have learnt a lesson.
TheAcademy Film Archive preservedMahapurush in 2005.[2]
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