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Massey Sahib
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Massey Sahib

1986-04-29 · 119 min · ★ 8.0

Drama

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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Directors
Pradip Krishen
Production companies
National Film Development Corporation of India
Countries
India
Status
Released

Top Cast

Raghubir YadavRaghubir YadavFrancis Massey
Arundhati RoyArundhati RoySaila (tribal girl)
Veerendra SaxenaVeerendra SaxenaPasa
Lakshmi KrishnamurthyLakshmi KrishnamurthySaila's mother
Madan LalBanaji
Sudhir KulkarniFazl Abbas
Hemant MishraPostman
Vasant JosalkarMadi
Lalit BehlLalit BehlJail guard 1
Sanjeev DixitClerk
Arvind Bharadwaj

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