Shakespeare Wallah
| Shakespeare Wallah | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | James Ivory |
| Written by | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
| Produced by | Ismail Merchant |
| Starring | Shashi Kapoor Felicity Kendal Madhur Jaffrey Geoffrey Kendal Partap Sharma |
| Cinematography | Subrata Mitra |
| Edited by | Amit Bose |
| Music by | Satyajit Ray |
Release date | 1965 |
Running time | 120 minutes |
| Countries | United States India |
| Language | English |
Shakespeare Wallah is a 1965
Bollywood. Madhur Jaffrey won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival for her performance. The music was composed by Satyajit Ray.[1]
Plot
Loosely based on the real-life actor-manager
Bollywood
film star.
In real life,
Shakespeareana
". His daughter Jennifer Kendal was married to Shashi Kapoor, and their marriage was an important contribution to the Indian film industry until Kendal's death in 1984.
Cast
- Shashi Kapoor as Sanju
- Felicity Kendal as Lizzie Buckingham
- Geoffrey Kendal as Tony Buckingham
- Laura Liddell as Carla Buckingham
- Madhur Jaffrey as Manjula
- Utpal Dutt as Maharaja
- Praveen Paul as Didi
- Prayag Rajas Sharmaji (as Prayag Raaj)
- Pinchoo Kapoor as Guptaji
- Jim D. Tytler as Bobby (as Jim Tytler)
- Hamid Sayani as Headmaster's Brother
- Marcus Murch as Dandy in 'The Critic'
- Partap Sharma as Aslam
- Jennifer Kendal as Mrs Bowen (uncredited)
- Ismail Merchant as Theater Owner (uncredited)
Production
After the success of the first film, The Householder (1963), the team of Ivory and Merchant reunited with screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and actor Shashi Kapoor for this film. Due to budget constraints, the film was shot in black and white, and the Kendal family play their own fictionalized counterparts, the Buckinghams.[3][4]
Reception
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The film holds a score of 89%, based on 9 critics, on Rotten Tomatoes.[5]
Home media
The film was released on DVD from Odyssey, as well as in a boxset as part of the Merchant Ivory Collection of the Merchant Ivory Productions.[6]
References
- ^ "Berlinale 1965: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ Singh, Kuldip (15 June 1998). "Obituary: Geoffrey Kendal". The Independent. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Shakespeare Wallah: James Ivory". TIFF. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
- ^ Keller, p. 42
- ^ "Shakespeare Wallah". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ Megahey, Neal. "Shakespeare Wallah Review". The Digital Fix. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- James R. Keller; Aia, Leslie Stratyner (2004). "Shakespeare Transposed: British Theatre on Post-colonial screen". Almost Shakespeare: Reinventing His Works for Cinema and Television. McFarland. ISBN 078648103X.
External links
Further reading
- ISBN 0140096841.