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8.023-year-old Nikhil comes to Canada from India to find his fortune and is convinced by his uncle to work as a companion and care-giver to Sam, an elderly Jewish man. An unlikely friendship ensues, which gives both men new insight into life.
Released: 1991-05-0194 minDir: Deepa MehtaDrama
Cast
- Ranjit Chowdhry as Nikhil "Shwartza" Parikh
- Peter Boretski as Sam "Zayda" Cohen
- Om Puri as Chetan Parikh
- Heath Lamberts as Morris Cohen
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Baldev
- Javed Jaffrey as Xavier (as Javid Jafri)
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Key dates
- Published
- 1991
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 1991 Cannes Film Festival
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Deepa Mehta
- Composer
- Mark Korven
- Producer
- Deepa Mehta
- Cinematographer
- Guy Dufaux
- Duration
- +94