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Surviving Sabu
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Surviving Sabu

Jun 5, 1998
0h 16m
★ 4.7

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Hindi Pictures
Arts Council of England

Cast

Navin Chowdhry

Amin

Navin Chowdhry

Suresh Oberoi

Sadru

Suresh Oberoi

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