Shakespeare-Wallah (1965)

ALL 12/01/1965 (en) Drama, Romance 120 Min
  • Release
    12/01/1965
  • Production
    Merchant Ivory Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    65%
  • Original title
    Shakespeare-Wallah
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

The story of a family troupe of English actors who travel around the towns and villages in India giving performances of Shakespearean plays. Through their travels we see the changing face of India as the old is replaced by the new, Maharajas become hotel owners, sports become more important than culture and the theater is replaced by Bollywood movies. Based on the travels of Geoffrey Kendal with his daughter Felicity Kendal.

  1. James Ivory

    Director

  2. Amit Bose

    Editor

  3. Ismail Merchant

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Shashi Kapoor

    Sanju

  2. Felicity Kendal

    Lizzie Buckingham

  3. Geoffrey Kendal

    Mr. Tony Buckingham

  4. Laura Liddell

    Mrs. Carla Buckingham

  5. Madhur Jaffrey

    Manjula

  6. Utpal Dutt

    Maharaja

  7. Praveen Paul

    Didi

  8. Prayag Raj

    Sharmaji

  9. Pinchoo Kapoor

    Guptaji

  10. Jim D. Tytler

    Bobby

  11. Hamid Sayani

    Headmaster's Brother

  12. Marcus Murch

    Dandy in 'The Critic'

  13. Partap Sharma

    Aslam

  14. Sudarshan Dhir

    Manjula's Dance Director (uncredited)

  15. Jennifer Kendal

    Mrs. Bowen (uncredited)

  16. Ismail Merchant

    Theater Owner (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 16 , Crews : 7

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Shakespeare-Wallah (1965) 120 Min

ALL 12/01/1965 (en)
Drama, Romance
  • Release 12/01/1965
  • Production
    Merchant Ivory Productions
  • Original title Shakespeare-Wallah
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

The story of a family troupe of English actors who travel around the towns and villages in India giving performances of Shakespearean plays. Through their travels we see the changing face of India as the old is replaced by the new, Maharajas become hotel owners, sports become more important than culture and the theater is replaced by Bollywood movies. Based on the travels of Geoffrey Kendal with his daughter Felicity Kendal.

  1. James Ivory

    Director

  2. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, James Ivory

    Story

  3. Amit Bose

    Editor

  4. Ismail Merchant

    Producer