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City of Joy
City of Joy

City of Joy

He was a man who couldn't care less... until he met a man who couldn't care more.

Genres

Drama

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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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Budget

$27000000

Revenue

$14683921

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

132 mins

Rating

6.598/10

Release Date

15 April 1992

Country

France

Cast

Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze

Max Lowe

Om Puri

Om Puri

Hazari Pal

Pauline Collins

Pauline Collins

Joan Bethel

Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi

Kamla H. Pal

Ayesha Dharker

Ayesha Dharker

Amrita H. Pal

Art Malik

Art Malik

Ashok Ghatak

Nabil Shaban

Nabil Shaban

Anouar

Suneeta Sengupta

Suneeta Sengupta

Poomina

Shyamanand Jalan

Shyamanand Jalan

Ghatak - Godfather

Rudraprasad Sengupta

Rudraprasad Sengupta

Chomotkar

Anjan Dutt

Anjan Dutt

Masood Akhtar

Masood Akhtar

Loveleen Mishra

Loveleen Mishra

Pavan Malhotra

Pavan Malhotra

Anashua Majumdar

Anashua Majumdar

Satya Bandopadhyay

Satya Bandopadhyay

Sujan Mukherjee

Sujan Mukherjee

Chitra Sen

Chitra Sen

Debatosh Ghosh

Debatosh Ghosh

Ram Chander

Mansi Upadhyay

Mansi Upadhyay

Meeta

Shyamal Sengupta

Shyamal Sengupta

Gangooly - Con man

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