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<div>{{short description|1965 film by Satyajit Ray}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Mahapurush<br />
| image = Mahapurush.jpg<br />
| alt = Poster for Mahapurush<br />
| caption = Poster for ''Mahapurush''<br />
| director = [[Satyajit Ray]]<br />
| producer = RDB & Co<br />
| screenplay = [[Satyajit Ray]]<br />
| based_on = {{based on|''Birinchibaba''|Parashuram}}<br />
| starring = Charuprakash Ghosh<br />Satindra Bhattacharya<br />[[Rabi Ghosh]]<br />[[Santosh Dutta]]<br />
| music = [[Satyajit Ray]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Soumendu Roy]]<br />
| editing = [[Dulal Dutta]]<br />
| released = {{film date|df=y|1965|5|7}}<br />
| runtime = 65 min.<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = Bengali<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Mahapurush''''' ({{lang-bn|মহাপুরুষ}}), or '''''The Holy Man''''', is a 1965 film directed by [[Satyajit Ray]], based on a short story ''Birinchibaba'' (বিরিঞ্চি বাবা) by [[Rajshekhar Basu]].<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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 with 'Plato' about time, how he taught E=mc<sup>2</sup> to Einstein, and was on first-name terms with Jesu (Christ) and Gautam (Buddha). Birinchi Baba has a growing band of rich devotees.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Charuprakash Ghosh]] as Birinchi Baba, the self-proclaimed Godman and the con-artist<br />
* [[Rabi Ghosh]] as Birinchi Baba's assistant, his disciple/(originally) his nephew Kyabla<br />
* [[Somen Bose]] as Nibaran da<br />
* [[Satya Bandopadhyay]] as Nitai da<br />
* [[Haridhan Mukherjee]] as Ganesh Mama<br />
* Satindra Bhattacharya as Satya<br />
* [[Santosh Dutta]] as Professor Nani<br />
* Geetali Roy as Buchki/Neelima, Gurupada's younger daughter<br />
* Prasad Mukherjee as Gurupada Mittir<br />
* Renuka Roy as Nani's wife/Gurupada's elder daughter<br />
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==Preservation==<br />
The [[Academy Film Archive]] preserved ''Mahapurush'' in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=http://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=&filmmaker=satyajit+ray&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140930030259/http://www.satyajitray.org/films/kapurus.htm Mahapurush (SatyajitRay.org)]<br />
* {{IMDb title|0059417|Mahapurush}}<br />
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[[Category:1965 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Satyajit Ray]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films about religion]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Satyajit Ray]]<br />
[[Category:1960s Bengali-language films]]<br />
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