The Mystic Masseur (PG)
- Run time: 1 hour 57 mins
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 29th March 2002
- Starring: Om Puri, James Fox, Jimi Mistry
- Directed by: Ismail Merchant
- Official Website: http://www.merchantivory.com/mysticmasseur.html
- Distributor: Merchant Ivory
Plot Synopsis
Set in colonial Trinidad in the 1940s. We follow Ganesh Ramsumair and his wife Leela. To support himself, Ganesh has set up shop as a masseur. He soon becomes an expert on Hinduism and mystical healing. He becomes famous in town, which leads to a life in politics. But this takes him away from his one true passion, writing. Now his ambitions and values come into conflict.