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1965 | Color | 122:00

A group of Shakespearean actors tours India in the final days of British colonial rule, but their performances can’t compete with the popular Bollywood industry. Against this cultural backdrop, a romance blossoms between a young Indian man and an actress from the troupe, but their courtship is thwarted.


Country: India
Direction: Ivory; James
Script: Ivory; James, Prawer Jhabvala; Ruth
Production: Merchant; Ismail
Photography: Mitra; Subrata
Sound: Roy; Dev
Music: Ray; Satyajit
Cast:Kendal; Felicity, Kendal; Geoffrey, Liddell; Laura, Jaffrey; Madhur, Dutt; Utpal, Paul; Praveen, Raaj; Prayag, Kapoor; Pinchoo, Tytler; Jim D., Sharma; Partap, Kapoor; Shashi, Sudershan
Participation year at FICM: 2019

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