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He was a man who couldn't care less... until he met a man who couldn't care more. - City of Joy
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Title: City of Joy

Release Date: 15 Apr 1992

Runtime: 2h 12m

Genre: Drama

Director: TriStar Pictures, Allied Filmmakers, Pricel, Lightmotive

Production Companies: TriStar Pictures, Allied Filmmakers, Pricel, Lightmotive

Overview: Max Lowe is a Houston surgeon who has grown weary of the bureaucracy of American medicine. When he loses a patient on the operating table, Max impulsively decides to leave America and travel to India in the hope of finding himself. Not long after he arrives in Calcutta, Max is attacked by a group of thugs and left without money or a passport.

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Average Vote: 6.589 (157 votes)

Cast

  • Max Lowe: Patrick Swayze
  • Hazari Pal: Om Puri
  • Joan Bethel: Pauline Collins
  • Kamla H. Pal: Shabana Azmi
  • Amrita H. Pal: Ayesha Dharker
  • Ashok Ghatak: Art Malik
  • Anouar: Nabil Shaban
  • Poomina: Suneeta Sengupta
  • Ghatak - Godfather: Shyamanand Jalan
  • Chomotkar: Rudraprasad Sengupta
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