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The Guru (1969) Poster

(1969)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

James Ivory

Writing Credits  

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ... (story written for the screen by) (as R. Prawer Jhabvala) and
James Ivory ... (story written for the screen by)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification  

Rita Tushingham ... Jenny
Michael York ... Tom Pickle
Utpal Dutt ... Ustal Zafar Khan
Madhur Jaffrey ... Begum Sahiba
Barry Foster ... Chris
Aparna Sen ... Ghazala
Zohra Sehgal ... Mastani (as Zohra Segal)
Saeed Jaffrey ... Murad
Nana Palsikar ... The Guru's Guru
Nadira ... Courtesan
Leela Naidu ... Girl at the Party
Usha Katrah Usha Katrah ... Lady Reporter
Fred Ohringer Fred Ohringer ... Howard
Nargis Cowalsji Nargis Cowalsji ... Society Hostess
Marcus Murch Marcus Murch ... Snide Guest
Dorothy Strelsin Dorothy Strelsin ... Tourist
Ismail Merchant ... Master Of Ceremonies
Rafi Ameer Rafi Ameer ... Arnold D'Mello
Soni Aurora Soni Aurora ... Miss Teen Beaty Queen Uttar Pradesh
Agarwal Agarwal ... Doctor (as Shri Agarwal)
Pinchoo Kapoor ... Murderer
Prayag Raj Prayag Raj ... Classical Singer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dina Pathak ... Jury member at U.P. Beauty Contest

Produced by 

Ismail Merchant ... producer
Muriel Peters ... associate producer (as Muriel Neff)
Peter Reilly ... associate producer

Music by 

Ustad Vilayat Khan

Cinematography by 

Subrata Mitra ... director of photography

Editing by 

Prabhakar Supare

Production Design by 

Bansi Chandragupta

Makeup Department 

Toni Delaney ... makeup artist
Nath Grover ... makeup artist

Production Management 

Riaz Hafizka ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Shama Habibullah ... assistant director
Wasi Khan ... assistant director
Prayag Raj ... second unit director (as Prayag Raaj)
Mohammed Shafi ... assistant director (as Mohamed Shafi)

Art Department 

Didi Contractor ... assistant art director
Narender Kocher ... props

Sound Department 

Brian Blamey ... assistant sound editor
Don Ranasinghe ... sound editor
Gordon K. McCallum ... sound mixer (uncredited)
Otto Snel ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department 

M.B. Ansari ... chief electrician
Fatik Mazumdar ... assistant camera
Prajanan Mitra ... assistant camera
Douglas Webb ... still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Gordon Deighton ... Michael York's costumes
Narender Kocher ... wardrobe
Joanna Tyson ... Rita Tushingham's costumes

Editorial Department 

Chris Crane ... assistant editor
Humphrey Dixon ... assistant editor
Shri Ghate ... assistant editor
K.L. Naik ... assistant editor

Location Management 

Rashid Abbasi ... location manager

Music Department 

V. Balsara ... conductor
Imrat Khan ... musician: surbahar and sitar (as Ustad Imrat Khan)
Ustad Fayez Ahmed Khan ... playback singer
Ustad Shakoor Khan ... musician: sarangi
Ustad Vilayat Khan ... musician: sitar
Ustad Zinda Hasan Khan ... playback singer
Pandit Shanta Prasad ... musician: tabla

Additional Crew 

Giancarlo Pettini ... production controller
Lily Poyser ... unit publicist (as Lili Poyser)

See also

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