The Holy Man

In this comedy that artfully balances between farce and social satire, Ray criticises religious charlatanism and comments cheekily on India's identity struggle between tradition and modernity.

Synopsis

Birinci Baba claims that for many years, he has been closely related to Jesus Christ and the Buddha, and that it was he who taught Einstein the equation E=mc2. His aim is to attract older people who are blinded by religious faith, such as the lawyer Mitra, who is in deep mourning after the death of his wife. His daughter Mitra, who is disappointed in her lover, decides to take revenge on him by telling him that she will become Baba's follower.