A country on the brink of war...a family torn apart...and one man in the middle
The story, set in 1971 at the time of the war between India and Pakistan, is based on the novel of the same name by Rohinton Mistry, an Indian now living in Toronto. "Such a Long Journey" takes place mostly in and around a large apartment complex, its courtyard and the street, which the municipal authorities want to widen so that even more choking diesel fumes can cloud the air. We meet the hero, Gustad (Roshan Seth), in the process of defending the old concrete wall that protects his courtyard from the street, and later he strikes a bargain with an itinerant artist (Ranjit Chowdhry), who covers the wall with paintings from every conceivable religious tradition, with the thought that all of the groups represented will join in defending the wall.
Sturla Gunnarsson
Director
Roshan Seth
Gustad Noble
Soni Razdan
Dilnavaz Noble
Om Puri
Ghulam
Naseeruddin Shah
Jimmy Bilimoria
Ranjit Chowdhry
Pavement Artist
Sam Dastor
Dinshawji
Kurush Deboo
Tehmul
Pearl Padamsee
Mrs. Kutpitia
Vrajesh Hirjee
Sohrab Noble
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