The Guru
5.3
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.
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Cast
11 people
Rita Tushingham
Jenny
Known for
Last Night in Soho
The Pale Horse
Zohra Segal
Mastani
Michael York
Tom Pickle
Known for
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Jesus of Nazareth
Utpal Dutt
Ustal Zafar Khan
Known for
The Stranger
Gol Maal
Madhur Jaffrey
Begum Sahiba
Known for
Pantheon
A Late Quartet
Barry Foster
Chris
Known for
Frenzy
Maurice
Aparna Sen
Ghazala
Known for
A Death in the Gunj
Saeed Jaffrey
Murad
Known for
The Man Who Would Be King
Gandhi
Nana Palsikar
The Guru's Guru
Also in
Two Acres of Land
Gandhi
Nadira
Courtesan
Known for
Josh
Zohra Sehgal
Mastani
Known for
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Saawariya
James Ivory Director · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Writer Ustad Vilayat Khan Composer
Budget $970K · United States release February 10, 1969 · Produced in India, United States
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Budget
$970,000
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
Arcadia Films
Production
Merchant Ivory Productions
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio
India · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · February 10, 1969
Theatrical
United States · February 10, 1969
Theatrical
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