Massey Sahib (1986)
1h 59m
Running Time
April 29, 1986Release Date
Massey Sahib (1986)
1h 59m
Running Time
April 29, 1986Release Date
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Plot.
In a small, tribal district town of Central India in 1929, Francis Massey is the 'English Type Babu' at the Deputy Commissioner's office. Massey believes that because he is Christian and can speak English, he is a cut above other Indians and not very different from the white sahibs he serves. For a man of lowly birth, Massey has risen to a dizzying height. On the other hand, he acknowledges no realistic limits to his own free spirit. Whenever the real world fails him, he improvises - boldly, imaginatively. Alas, the unsmiling, implacable machinery of the Raj has no room for Massey Sahib, the travelling salesman, road foreman and entertainer. Right up to the bitter end, Massey believes that Deputy Commissioner Adam Sahib will step in and save him.
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Cast & Crew.
Raghubir Yadav
Francis Massey
Arundhati Roy
Saila (tribal girl)
Veerendra Saxena
Pasa
Barry John
Charles Adam
Lakshmi Krishnamurthy
Saila's mother
Madan Lal
Banaji
Sudhir Kulkarni
Fazl Abbas
Hemant Mishra
Postman
Vasant Josalkar
Madi
Lalit Behl
Jail guard 1
Sanjeev Dixit
Clerk
Arvind Bharadwaj
Lalu Ram
Borah
Pradip Krishen
Writer / Director
Shanta Jolly
Costume Design
Sanjay Prakash
Art Direction
Details.
Wiki.
Massey Sahib is a 1985 Hindi drama film directed by Pradip Krishen, starring Raghubir Yadav in the title role. It was Krishen's first film, and was an adaptation of Joyce Cary's 1939 novel Mister Johnson. It won Yadav two international acting awards. The film also stars Arundhati Roy, who was yet to write her first novel and win the Man Booker Prize, along with Barry John and Virendra Saxena.