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The Guru

Directed by James Ivory

Comedy

Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan.

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Rita Tushingham

Jenny

Tom Pickle

Ustal Zafar Khan

Begum Sahiba

Crew

Ismail Merchant

Producer

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Writer

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Director of Photography

Ustad Vilayat Khan

Original Music Composer

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The Guru is about britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan.

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James Ivory directed The Guru.

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