The Holy Man
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The Holy Man

(1965)Directed by Satyajit Ray65 minComedy, Drama

Birinchi Baba (Charuprakash Ghosh) is a wandering holy man who arrives with a loyal assistant (Rabi Ghosh) and a soft, confident way of speaking that people want to believe. A widowed father and his youngest daughter, Buchki (Gitali Roy), take him in and begin to follow his teaching. Satyajit Ray keeps the household at the center, where the boyfriend and the skeptical Nibaran stand to lose the family to the stranger at its table.

Charuprakash Ghoshas Birinchi Baba
Rabi Ghoshas Birinchi Baba's assistant
Gitali Royas Buchki
Santosh Duttaas Professor Nani
Prasad Mukhopadhyayas Gurupada Mitra
Somen Boseas Nibaran
Renuka Royas Nani's wife
J. Banerjee
Jagat Chakraborty
Ila Chatterjee
Shrikanto Chattopadhyay
Nirmal Ghosh
Ajit Gupta
P. Pal
Nani Sardar
Prabhat Sarkar
Aditya Singh