Shakespeare Wallah
| Shakespeare Wallah | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | James Ivory |
| Written by | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
| Produced by | Ismail Merchant |
| Starring | Shashi Kapoor Jennifer Kendal Felicity Kendal Madhur Jaffrey Geoffrey Kendal Partap Sharma |
| Music by | Satyajit Ray |
Release date | 1965 |
Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Template:Film US |
| Language | English |
Shakespeare Wallah is a 1965 Merchant Ivory Productions film. The story and screenplay are by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Madhur Jaffrey won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival for her performance.[1]
Plot
Loosely based on the real-life Kendal family, this film follows the story of nomadic British actors as they perform in towns in post-colonial India performing plays by Shakespeare. In this story, Tony Buckingham (Geoffrey Kendal) and his wife Carla (Laura Liddell) oversee the troupe. Their daughter, Lizzie Buckingham (Felicity Kendal), falls in love with Sanju (Shashi Kapoor), who is also romancing Manjula (Madhur Jaffrey) a Bollywood film star.
Cast
- Shashi Kapoor - Sanju
- Felicity Kendal - Lizzie Buckingham
- Geoffrey Kendal - Mr. Tony Buckingham
- Laura Liddell - Mrs. Carla Buckingham
- Madhur Jaffrey - Manjula
- Utpal Dutt - Maharaja
- Praveen Paul - Didi
- Prayag Raj - Sharmaji (as Prayag Raaj)
- Pinchoo Kapoor - Guptaji
- Jim D. Tytler - Bobby (as Jim Tytler)
- Hamid Sayani - Headmaster's Brother
- Marcus Murch - Dandy in 'The Critic'
- Pratap Sharma - Aslam
Trivia
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- Rather than Felicity, Shashi Kapoor fell in love with her elder sister Jennifer Kendal in real life. Their marriage would provide an important contribution to the Indian film industry until Kendal's death in 1984.
References
- ^ "Berlinale 1965: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
External links
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