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Shakespeare Wallah

Shakespeare Wallah (1965)

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Lizzie (Felicity Kendal) is an actress in a Shakespearean theater troupe that has seen better days. The troupe tours India to dwindling crowds who are less interested in all things British in the wake of Indian independence. When she has an affair with the Indian playboy Sanju (Shashi Kapoor), Lizzie feels the wrath of her disapproving father Tony (Geoffrey Kendal) and her mother Carla (Laura Liddell). Madhur Jaffrey plays the role of the Indian actress Manjula in this romantic drama with

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Romance, Classics, Drama

James Ivory

Apr 27, 2004

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Very delicate and lovely.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times
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Ivory is particularly acute in catching the peculiar matrix of moods and emotions that hold the troupe together and which keep the British and the Indians from ever really understanding each other.

July 3, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader
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... a bittersweet drama of the twilight of a theatrical way of life.

December 17, 2011 Full Review Source: Turner Classic Movies Online
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Surprisingly light and enjoyable early James Ivory film with luminous Felicity Kendal.

July 19, 2004
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

more intimate and nuanced work than the team's subsequent high-profile period films, like The Remains of the Day.

May 4, 2004 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com
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Audience Reviews for Shakespeare Wallah

An early Merchant/Ivory film featuring the real life Kendal family (including a very young Felicity) as members of a traveling Shakespeare company in post-independance India. Rather enjoyable with nice cinematography and a stealing performance from Madhur Jaffrey as the Bollywood Queen though the ending felt a little rushed and dissatisfying.
August 1, 2009
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