Such a Long Journey

Circa 1971, Gustad Noble lives in a one bedroom hall rented apartment in Byculla, Bombay. He travels to work everyday by Central Railway to Victoria Terminus and walks to Flora Fountain to his place of employment, namely the Central Bank of India. He has three children, Sohrab - who has finished his college studies and is now being admitted, much to his dislike, to Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.); while Darius, his second son, and daughter, Roshan, are school-going; his wife, Dilnavaz, looks after the children and the household. Their neighborhood is filthy, people urinate and defecate near the wall which encloses their building. Gustad asks a pavement artist to move near his building, draw pictures of religious Gods and Goddesses depicting the four main religions: Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, and Sikhism. The Artist agrees, and soon the place is transformed into a huge temple where people of all religions come to pay their respects. It is only a handful of people who know that Gustad is involved with a rebel RAW Agent, Major Jimmy Billimoria, who is actively involved with an extremist organization in East Pakistan, Awami League, aiding them financially and with manpower to overcome the Pakistani Government. The question remains what will Gustad s plight be when the news gets out of his involvement in this activity, especially when he receives 10 lakh rupees to be deposited in small installments in his Bank, in the midst of sentiments running high, war being declared between Pakistan and India, emergency blackout conditions and air raid sirens. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) Such a Long Journey is a 1998 English-language Drama motion picture featuring Roshan Seth, Soni Razdan, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Kurush Deboo, Vrajesh Hirjee and Renu Setna. The movie is inspired from Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry. The Film Works was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Suresh Jindal, Simon Maccorkindale and Paul Stephens. Such a Long Journey is written by Sooni Taraporevala and directed by Sturla Gunnarsson. Amy International Artists acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Such a Long Journey was released on 15th October 1999 and takes a screen time of 113 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. The motion picture made a box office gross of $0 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Sooni Taraporevala. Cinematography was done by Jan Kiesser and editing by Jeff Warren. The music was composed by Jonathan Goldsmith.
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