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whose parents and siblings were killed several years earlier in an airline explosion while travelling back to India for a family visit, and is now cleaning up his act after several years living on the streets as a drug addict and criminal. The film also stars

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as his grandmother;

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in a triple role as his uncle Lallu, a postal worker named Hariprasad and the Hindu god

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; and

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as Rita, Hariprasad's daughter. The film received the Samuelson Award at the Birmingham International Film and Television Festival in 1991, and Saeed Jaffrey received a

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nomination for Best Actor at the 12th Genie Awards."Genies love dark Black Robe; Beresford film leads pack with 10 Genie nominations". ''

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'', October 10, 1991.

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* 1991 films Canadian drama films Films set in Toronto Films shot in Toronto Films about Indian Canadians 1990s English-language films Films about terrorism in India Hindu mythology in popular culture Krishna in popular culture Air India Flight 182 1990s Canadian films {{1990s-Canada-film-stub