Maya (1966 film)
Maya is a 1966 American drama in Metrocolor and Panavision, the coming of age story of a young man in the jungles of India. It was directed by John Berry and starred Clint Walker, Jay North, and Sajid Khan.
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| Directed by | John Berry |
| Produced by | Frank King Maurice King |
| Screenplay by | John Fante |
| Story by | Gilbert Wright |
| Based on | Maya (1966 novel) by Jalal Din John Fante Lois Roth |
| Starring | Jay North Sajid Khan Clint Walker |
| Music by | Riz Ortolani |
| Cinematography | Günther Senftleben |
| Edited by | Richard V. Heermance |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Synopsis
Fourteen-year-old Terry Bowen (Jay North) travels from the US to India to meet his father Hugh Bowen (Clint Walker) for the very first time. After a dispute with his father, Terry runs away and is befriended by Raji (Sajid Khan). Together, Terry and Raji have many adventures in the jungles of India. The cultural and religious differences between American Christian Terry and Indian Hindu Raji add to the conflicts in the plot, but together the two boys overcome their differences to survive and to deliver Maya (a sacred white elephant) and her calf to a faraway temple.
Cast
- Clint Walker as Hugh Bowen, an American living in India
- Jay North as Terry Bowen, Hugh's son
- Sajid Khan as Raji, an Indian boy who befriends Terry
- I. S. Johar as One-Eye
- P. Jairaj as Gammu Ghat
- Nana Palsikar as Raji's Father
- Uma Rao as One Eye's Daughter
- Madhusdan Pathak as Station Master
- Sonia Sahni as Sheela
Television series
Producer King took the story of Maya to television with a television series that aired on NBC during the 1967–1968 season. Sajid Khan and Jay North reprised their roles and the series lasted 18 episodes. The series presented a retcon of the original film premise. In the series, Terry Bowen, a year or so older than in the film, arrives in India to reunite with his father, who he soon learns is missing, presumed killed by a tiger. Facing deportation back to the United States, Terry escapes the authorities, and meets up by chance with orphaned runaway Raji and his pet elephant, Maya; and the two boys decide to team up to go in search of Terry's father, as Terry is hopeful his father is actually still alive. Over the course of the series the duo and the elephant continue their search while facing many side-plots, but never succeed in their quest in the episodes made during the series' short run.
Japanese singer Rajie got her stage name from the character Raji.
See also
References
- Dell Movie Classic: Maya at the Grand Comics Database
- Dell Movie Classic: Maya at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
External links
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- Maya at IMDb
- Jalal din https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0227499/bio
- Maya at the TCM Movie Database
- Maya at AllMovie
- Maya at the American Film Institute Catalog