Merchant Ivory Productions Movies

A bright young teenager from a broken home uses his quick wits and glib tongue to get out of trouble - but they also get him into it.

Off-camera, a Western traveler tells us of hearing singing from his hotel window in Bombay. He searches for the source, and discovers a caste of street performers, eking out a modest living. We see individuals and groups, old and young, snake charmers and thos...