- Country: India
- Genres: Comedy
- Release: 1965-05-07
- Director: Satyajit Ray
- Writers: Rajshekhar ‘Parashuram’ Basu , Satyajit Ray
- Language: Bengali | English
- Stars: Charuprakash Ghosh , Rabi Ghosh , Prasad Mukherjee , Gitali Roy , Satindra Bhattacharya , Somen Bose , Santosh Dutta , Renuka Roy , Satya Banerjee , Haridhan Mukherjee
- Runtime: 65 min
- Awards: 1 win
- AKA: The Saint , The Holy Man , O Santo (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Il santone (Italy) , Святоша , Mahapurush: The Holy Man , The Holy Man (United States of America) , The Holy Man (United Kingdom) , Mahapurush (India) , Mahapurush , O Santo (Brazil) , Mahapurush (India) , Święty (Poland) , El santo (Chile) , Le Saint (France, French Republic)
- Plot: A retired lawyer meets a holy man # Birinchi Baba (Charuprakash Ghosh) and his assistant (Robi Ghosh) # on his way back from a pilgrimage # and is totally taken in by his supernatural life. The holy man is on first name terms with Buddha and all the gods of the Hindu pantheon. What the world calls 'Cruci-fiction' he calls 'Cruci-fact' because he has seen it with his own eyes! He even starts giving orations to an audience of the rich and famous at the lawyer's residence. The gullible lawyer decides to get his entire family initiated into the guru's fold # including his unmarried younger daughter (Gitali Roy) who is being courted by a young man (Satindra Bhattacharya). His group of intelligent and rationalist friends (Somen Bose et al) decide to take matters in their own hands # and hatch a plot to expose the smooth-talking charlatan.
- IMDB:tt0059417
The Holy Man Cast · · · ALL
Satyajit Ray
Director
Charuprakash Ghosh
Birinchi Baba
Rabi Ghosh
Birinchi Baba's assistant
Gitali Roy
Buchki
Santosh Dutta
Professor Nani
Haridhan Mukherjee
Ganesh
Prasad Mukherjee
Gurupada Mitra
Satindra Bhattacharya
Satya
Somen Bose
Nibaran
Renuka Roy
Nani's wife
Dilip Bose
Nirmal Ghosh
Mani Srimani