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When young Ram Das loses his job as a desk clerk in a flyblown Calcutta hotel he decides to set off for merry England, where the streets are paved with gold and his distant cousin I.Q. Patel cleans the lavatories at Heathrow airport.
The indomitable and worldly-wise Patel takes the culture-shocked naif under his wing, introducing him to London's urban jungle.
Backed by Patel and his truculent alcoholic friend, Dr. Stirrup, Ram Das becomes entangled in a web of hilarious misunderstandings and comical confusions as he pursues his glittering medical career - and the very lovely Susan...
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