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Surviving Sabu
Surviving Sabu

Movie·1998·0h 16m

Surviving Sabu

Language

English

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// overview

The Story

The difficult relationship between a young gay South Asian man and his father, refracted through images of the late film star Sabu of Jungle Book and Elephant Boy.

Producer

Behroze Gandhy, Liz Legum

Themes

historicalfamilycolonialism

Production House

Hindi Pictures
Arts Council of England

Audience Score

51%

7 votes

Skip17%
Timepass40%
Go for it31%
Perfection12%

Where to watch

Region: GB

Free

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// cast

Cast

Navin Chowdhry

Navin Chowdhry

Amin

Suresh Oberoi

Suresh Oberoi

Sadru

// crew

Crew

Ian Iqbal Rashid

Ian Iqbal Rashid

Writer, Director

Behroze Gandhy

Executive Producer

Liz Legum

Producer

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