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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780028746
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0780028740
Label: Merchant Ivory
Manufacturer: Merchant Ivory
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Merchant Ivory
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 27, 2004
Running Time: 122 minutes
Sales Rank: 29242
Studio: Merchant Ivory
Theatrical Release Date: 1965
Editorial Review:
Description:
Elegiac and atmospheric, Shakespeare Wallah was the feature film that put Merchant Ivory Productions on the international movie map, winning them great critical acclaim, and is 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. They try to uphold British tradition by staging Shakespearean plays 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.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Sensitive, intelligent portrayal that rings true
I like to approach movies with a clean slate. I do not study my history books or movie reviews before I watch them. I depend on the movie itself to inform me, entertain me, and move me.
This movie stands out on all three fronts. Unlike many American movies that tell too much, this movie is brilliant in letting the story unfold in the gentlest, yet most emotionally charged manner. When one of the players says to Mr. Buckingham, "Sir, I have three little children. What do I tell them ... Read More
Rating: - Age and Loss
The exquisite mood captured by this masterpiece is unique in my experience of motion pictures. The disc container description, partly repeated in the extra features section, is banal in the extreme, as well as laughably inaccurate. "Colonial rule" in India was not English, but British. The many Irish, Welsh and Scots who lived and died in India would hate to be called English. However, the dedicated husband and wife thespians are eccentrically English, of course. Their daughter, Lizzie, has never been ... Read More
Rating: - bittersweet
This is a great film to watch on a rainy Sunday. The actors are all top rate and the story unfolds seamlessly. The cat fight between the English girl (played by Felicity Kendall) and the more sophisticated and conniving Bollywood actress was delicious. MEOW.
This underrated gem isnt as "processed" as later Merchant Ivory fare and this makes it //infinitely more superior// and heartwrenching than the glossier and more commercial "Howards End." Some parts are a bit slow, dialogue can be stilted ... Read More
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