Mahapurush

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

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

After the death of his wife, Gurupada Mitter (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

• Charuprakash Ghosh as Birinchi Baba
• Rabi Ghosh as Birinchi Baba's assistant
• 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
• Prasad Mukherjee as Gurupada Mittir
• Renuka Ray as Nani's wife

External links

• Mahapurush (SatyajitRay.org)
• Mahapurush at IMDb