Year			2002
Country			India
Genre			Drama
Length			1:57
Director			Ismail Merchant
Writer			V.S. Naipaul Caryl Phillips
Company			Christal Films
Starring			Om Puri James Fox Aasif Mandvi Sanjeev Bhaskar Ayesha Dharker Om Puri James Fox Aasif Mandvi Sanjeev Bhaskar Ayesha Dharker

In colonial 1940s Trinidad, schoolteacher Ganesh is a man determined to write a book. Moving from the Port of Spain to his country village, Ganesh sets up shop as a masseur to support himself and his new wife, Leela, while pursuing his dream. He soon becomes an expert on Hinduism and mystical "healing" and proclaims himself the Mystic Masseur; propelled by fame, Ganesh enters politics, a move that forces him to face an inherent conflict between his ambitions and his values.