V. S. Naipaul (born 1932) was one of the foremost spokespersons in English prose of the post-colonial Third World. Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was born August 17, 1932, in Trinidad, where his grandfather, an indentured worker, had come from India. An a...
"Half the writer's work . . . is the discovery of his subject." With this statement V. S. Naipaul declares his purpose as a writer and the object of his craft—the imaginative shaping of experience into an affecting and intelligent narrative that re...
V. S. Naipaul is both one of the most highly regarded and one of the most controversial of contemporary writers. Widely admired in North America and Europe for the lucidity of his prose style, his incisive travel journalism, and his ironic accounts of co...
The Mystic Masseur is a Merchant Ivory Production based on the novel The Mystic Masseur by V. S. Naipaul. The movie was filmed in Trinidad and was released in 2001, to lukewarm response. It features performances by Om Puri and Aasif Mandvi. The movie...
A Merchant Ivory Prods. presentation in association with Pritish Nandy Communications and Video Associates Ltd. Produced by Nayeem Hafizka, Richard Hawley. Executive producers, Paul Bradley, Lawrence Duprey. Directed by Ismail Merchant. Screenplay, Caryl Phillips, adapted from the novel by V.S. Naipaul. Camera (color),...
THE MYSTIC MASSEUR Quality: * * Acceptability: -1 RATING: PG STARRING: Aasif Mandvi, Om Puri, Ayesha Dharker, Jimi Mistry, and James Fox DIRECTOR: Ismail Merchant BASED ON THE NOVEL BY. V. S. Naipaul DISTRIBUTOR: THINKFilm GENRE: Comedy ...
