Question: The Mystic Masseur film's director was born in a country with how many states?

<P0-S0> The Government of India (ISO: Bhārat Sarkār), often abbreviated as GoI, is the union government created by the constitution of India as the legislative, executive and judicial authority of the union of 29 states and seven union territories of a constitutionally democratic republic. <P0-S1> It is located in New Delhi, the capital of India. <SEP> <P1-S0> Mumbai Bombay Megacity Mumbai Top to bottom: Cuffe Parade skyline, the Gateway of India (L), Taj Mahal Palace Hotel (R), Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and the Bandra -- Worli Sea Link. <P1-S1> Nickname (s): Bambai, Mumbai city, City of Seven Islands, City of Dreams, Gateway to India, Hollywood of India Mumbai Location of Mumbai in Maharashtra, India Mumbai Mumbai (India) Show map of Maharashtra Show map of India Show all Coordinates: 18 ° 58 ′ 30 ''N 72 ° 49 ′ 33'' E ﻿ / ﻿ 18.97500 ° N 72.82583 ° E ﻿ / 18.97500; 72.82583 Coordinates: 18 ° 58 ′ 30 ''N 72 ° 49 ′ 33'' E ﻿ / ﻿ 18.97500 ° N 72.82583 ° E ﻿ / 18.97500; 72.82583 Country India State Maharashtra District Mumbai City Mumbai Suburban First settled 1507 Named for Mumbadevi Government Type Mayor -- Council Body MCGM Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar (Shiv Sena) Municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta Area Megacity 603 km (233 sq mi) Metro 4,355 km (1,681.5 sq mi) Elevation 14 m (46 ft) Population (2011) Megacity 12,442,373 Rank 1st Density 21,000 / km (53,000 / sq mi) Metro 18,414,288 20,748,395 (Extended UA) Metro Rank 1st Demonym (s) Mumbaikar Time zone IST (UTC + 5: 30) PIN code (s) 400 001 to 400 107 Area code (s) + 91 - 22 Vehicle registration MH - 01 (South), MH - 02 (West), MH - 03 (Central), MH - 47 (North) GDP / PPP $368 billion (Metro area, 2015) Official language Marathi Website www.mcgm.gov.in <SEP> <P2-S0> medford is a city 3.2 miles northwest of downtown boston on the mystic river in middlesex county, massachusetts, united states. <P2-S1> in the 2010 u.s. census, medford's population was 56,173. it is home to tufts university. <SEP> <P3-S0> ton masseurs (born 7 december 1947, in kaatsheuvel, the netherlands) is a dutch guitarist noted as one of the first pedal steel guitar players in europe. <P3-S1> he was the lead guitar/steel guitar player, and a founding member, of the dutch country and western band the tumbleweeds, who had a number one hit with their version of the merle haggard song "somewhere between" (1975). <P3-S2> masseurs was the band's musical leader and producer. <SEP> <P4-S0> It is one of relatively few films directed by Ismail Merchant, who is better known as the producer in the Merchant Ivory partnership, and addresses issues of Hindu subculture in Trinidad and Tobago. <SEP> <P5-S0> The Courtesans of Bombay is a 1983 British docudrama directed by Ismail Merchant. <P5-S1> A collaboration by Merchant, James Ivory, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. <P5-S2> The film focuses on a Bombay compound known as Pavan Pool, where women aspiring to work in the entertainment industry dance for donations from a male audience by day and, it is broadly suggested although never specifically stated, work as prostitutes by night. <P5-S3> It was broadcast by Channel 4 in the UK in January 1983 and went into limited theatrical release in the United States on 19 March 1986.