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Shakespeare Wallah

Cohen Media Group | Release Date: March 22, 1966

Summary: Elegiac and atmospheric, Shakespeare Wallah was the feature film that really put Merchant Ivory Productions on the international movie map, winning them great critical acclaim and now recognized as a classic. Starring Shashi Kapoor, Madhur Jaffrey, and a young Felicity Kendal, the film's inspiration lies in the real-life adventures of Ms. Kendal's family as a traveling theater group in India during the final days of English colonial rule. The Buckingham Players try to uphold British tradition by staging Shakespeare plays for the general public, boarding schools, and local royalty, but are unable to compete with the wildly popular Bollywood film industry. The film also traces the developing relationship between the acting troupe's young ingénue, Lizzie (Kendal), and Sanju (Kapoor), a wealthy Indian playboy. But their romance is beset by hindrances, not the least being the machinations of Manjula (Jaffrey), a fiery Indian film star who is also in love with Sanju. [Cohen Media Group]

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Runtime:	122 min
Rating:	Not Rated
Official Site:	http://cohenmedia.net/films/shakespeare-wallah
Production:	Merchant Ivory Productions
Genres:	Drama
Country:	US
Languages:	English, Hindi

Director	Credit
James Ivory	Director

Writer	Credit
James Ivory	Story And Screenplay
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala	Story And Screenplay

Principal Cast	Credit
Felicity Kendal	Lizzie Buckingham
Geoffrey Kendal	Mr. Tony Buckingham
Jim D. Tytler	Bobby
Laura Liddell	Mrs. Carla Buckingham
Madhur Jaffrey	Manjula
Pinchoo Kapoor	Guptaji
Praveen Paul	Didi
Prayag Raj	Sharmaji
Shashi Kapoor	Sanju
Utpal Dutt	Maharaja

Cast	Credit
Hamid Sayani	Headmaster's Brother
Jennifer Kendal	Mrs. Bowen
Marcus Murch	Dandy In 'The Critic'
Partap Sharma	Aslam
Sudarshan Dhir	Manjula's Dance Director

Producer	Credit
Ismail Merchant	Producer