Shakespeare-Wallah (1965)
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.
- Released
- 1965-12-01
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- James Ivory, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 14 votes
Cast
- Shashi Kapoor as Sanju
- Felicity Kendal as Lizzie Buckingham
- Geoffrey Kendal as Mr. Tony Buckingham
- Laura Liddell as Mrs. Carla Buckingham
- Madhur Jaffrey as Manjula
- Utpal Dutt as Maharaja
- Praveen Paul as Didi
- Prayag Raj as Sharmaji
- Pinchoo Kapoor as Guptaji
- Jim D. Tytler as Bobby
- Hamid Sayani as Headmaster's Brother
- Marcus Murch as Dandy in 'The Critic'