The Guru (1969 film)

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The Guru
Directed by	James Ivory
Produced by	Ismail Merchant
Written by	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala James Ivory
Starring	Rita Tushingham Michael York Utpal Dutt Madhur Jaffrey Barry Foster (actor) Aparna Sen Zohra Sehgal Dina Pathak Saeed Jaffrey
Music by	Ustad Vilayat Khan
Cinematography	Subrata Mitra
Editing by	Prabhakar Supare Humphrey Dixon (assistant)
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	1969
Running time	112 min
Language	English, Urdu
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For other uses of the word "Guru," see Guru (disambiguation).

The Guru (1969) is a film by Merchant Ivory Productions, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory.

[edit] Plot synopsis

A rock star, Tom Pickle (Michael York), travels to India to learn to play the sitar with the great musician Ustad Zafar Khan (as George Harrison did when he studied under Ravi Shankar). Khan is not happy with his disciple but still takes him to Benares to meet his own guru.

[edit] External links

• Merchant Ivory overview

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