Summaries

Tom Pickle, Britain's top pop artiste, travels to Bombay, India, in the 1960s to learn to play the sitar (musical instrument) from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan. Tom is taken to Zafar's home, where he gets to meet his wife and several daughters, and the maestro himself.

Details

Keywords
  • india
  • singing
  • musician
  • sitar
  • pomposity
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Music
Release date Feb 9, 1969
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) G
Countries of origin United States India
Language English
Filming locations Benares, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Production companies Twentieth Century Fox Merchant Ivory Productions Arcadia Films

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 52m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

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