Mahapurush

Mahapurush
Mahapurush
	Poster for Mahapurush Poster for Mahapurush
Directed by	Satyajit Ray
Produced by	RDB & Co
Screenplay by	Satyajit Ray
Based on	Birinchibaba; by Parashuram
Starring	Charuprakash Ghosh; Satindra Bhattacharya; Rabi Ghosh; Santosh Dutta
Music by	Satyajit Ray
Cinematography	Soumendu Roy
Edited by	Dulal Dutta
Release date	7 May 1965;
Running time	65 min.
Country	India
Language	Bengali

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Mahapurush (Bengali: মহাপুরুষ), or The Holy Man, is a 1965 film directed by Satyajit Ray, based on a short story Birinchibaba (বিরিঞ্চি বাবা) by Rajshekhar Basu.

Plot[edit]

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=mc² to Einstein, and was on first-name terms with Jesu (Christ) and Gautam (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.

Cast[edit]

Charuprakash Ghosh as Birinchi Baba, the self-proclaimed Godman and the con-artist
Rabi Ghosh as Birinchi Baba's assistant, his disciple/(originally) his nephew Kyabla
Somen Bose as Nibaran da
Satya Bandopadhyay as Nitai da
Haridhan Mukherjee as Ganesh Mama
Satindra Bhattacharya as Satya
Santosh Dutta as Professor Nani
Geetali Roy as Buchki/Neelima, Gurupada's younger daughter
Prasad Mukherjee as Gurupada Mittir
Renuka Roy as Nani's wife/Gurupada's elder daughter

Preservation[edit]

The Academy Film Archive preserved Mahapurush in 2005.^[1]

References[edit]

↑ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.

External links[edit]

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[1] "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.

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