Kumar and Mr. Jones

{{short description|1991 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Kumar and Mr. Jones | image = | caption = Film poster | director = Sugith Varughese | producer = Paul Brown<br>Leonard Farlinger | writer = Sugith Varughese | starring = John Gilbert<br>Ivan Smith<br>Michelle Duquet<br>Diego Matamoros | music = Boko Suzuki | cinematography = Adam Swica | editing = John Hektor | studio = Canadian Film Centre | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1991}} | runtime = 14 minutes | country = Canada | language = English | budget = }}

'''''Kumar and Mr. Jones''''' is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Sugith Varughese and released in 1991.<ref name=adilman>Sid Adilman, "Film centre sets up its library in Windfields stable". ''Toronto Star'', August 27, 1991.</ref> The film centres on the relationship between Mr. Jones (John Gilbert), a bedridden older man, and Kumar (Ivan Smith), his Indo-Canadian caretaker whose power in the relationship is threatened when Mr. Jones begins responding favourably to treatment by Melissa (Michelle Duquet), a new physical therapist.<ref>"3rd Annual Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival Program". 1995.</ref>

The film was made while Varughese was a student at the Canadian Film Centre.<ref name=adilman />

The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 13th Genie Awards in 1992.<ref>H. J. Kirchhoff, "French-Canadian films steal Genie show: Cronenberg's Naked Lunch leads the pack with 11 nominations". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 14, 1992.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0269455}}

Category:1991 short films Category:1991 films Category:Canadian Film Centre films Category:Films about Indian Canadians Category:1991 English-language films Category:Canadian drama short films Category:1991 Canadian films Category:English-language short films