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City of Joy
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City of Joy

1992-04-15 · 132 min · ★ 6.6

Drama

Max Lowe is a Houston surgeon who has grown weary of the bureaucracy of American medicine. When he loses a patient on the operating table, Max impulsively decides to leave America and travel to India in the hope of finding himself. Not long after he arrives in Calcutta, Max is attacked by a group of thugs and left without money or a passport.

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Directors
Roland Joffé
Production companies
Lightmotive, Pricel
Countries
France, United Kingdom
Status
Released
Budget
USD 27,000,000
Revenue
USD 14,683,921

Top Cast

Patrick SwayzePatrick SwayzeMax Lowe
Om PuriOm PuriHazari Pal
Pauline CollinsPauline CollinsJoan Bethel
Shabana AzmiShabana AzmiKamla H. Pal
Ayesha DharkerAyesha DharkerAmrita H. Pal
Art MalikArt MalikAshok Ghatak
Nabil ShabanNabil ShabanAnouar
Suneeta SenguptaSuneeta SenguptaPoomina
Shyamanand JalanShyamanand JalanGhatak - Godfather
Rudraprasad SenguptaRudraprasad SenguptaChomotkar
Anjan DuttAnjan Dutt
Masood AkhtarMasood Akhtar
Loveleen MishraLoveleen Mishra
Pavan MalhotraPavan Malhotra
Anashua MajumdarAnashua Majumdar
Satya BandopadhyaySatya Bandopadhyay
Sujan MukherjeeSujan Mukherjee
Chitra SenChitra Sen
Debatosh GhoshRam Chander
Mansi UpadhyayMeeta

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