The Mystic Masseur
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The Mystic Masseur is a Merchant Ivory Production based on a novel by V.S. Naipaul. The movie, which was released in 2001, to lukewarm response features great performances by Om Puri and Aasif Mandvi. The movie was directed by Ismail Merchant and features original music by Zakir Hussain.
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The novel by V.S. Naipaul is a cross between a farce and acerbic social commentary about Trinidad, his home country. The novel is about a frustrated middle rung poor writer of Indian descent in Trinidad with 'an exaggerated awe of books' (Roger Ebert) who magically rises to become a successful politician on the back of his dubious talent as a 'mystic' masseur - a masseur who can cure illnesses.
