1965
6.5 (13 votes)
2h 0m
Official Website
Genres
Drama
Romance
Production Companies
Merchant Ivory Productions
Shakespeare-Wallah
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.
Key Crew
Director: James Ivory
Director of Photography: Subrata Mitra
Story: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, James Ivory
Producer: Ismail Merchant
Top 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
Videos
SHAKESPEARE WALLAH Trailer
