The story of a family troupe of English actors who travel around the towns and villages in India giving performances of Shakespearean plays. Through their travels we see the changing face of India as the old is replaced by the new, Maharajas become hotel owners, sports become more important than culture and the theater is replaced by Bollywood movies. Based on the travels of Geoffrey Kendal with his daughter Felicity Kendal.
Barry Craven meets former sweetheart Gillian Locke, who is visiting India with her father. Craven's love for Gillian is revived, but he already has a wife, Lolaire, a native.
The American-born son of Indian immigrants strives to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.
A young Prince Asoka works to perfect his skills in battle and also deals with family conflict. During a struggle with one of his step-brothers, his mother urges Asoka to escape to stay alive.
When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended.
Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh, a pilot in the Indian Air Force, rescues the stranded Zaara, a woman from Pakistan, following a bus accident, and their lives are forever bound.
When a famous Bollywood actor visits a small village for a film's shoot, a poor hairdresser's claim that they were once childhood friends soon makes him the centre of attention.
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace.
Despite her fame and fortune, Mina, a successful Indian actress in Mumbai, can't forget her little sister Sita, from whom she was forced to separate after their mother's death in a village.
A tax collector posted to a small town puts up at a mansion feared by the locals because it is haunted.
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Merchant Ivory's SHAKESPEARE WALLAH (Restoration) | Official US Trailer
Elegiac and atmospheric Shakespeare Wallah was the feature film that really put Merchant Ivory Productions on the international movie map winning them ...
Shakespeare Wallah (1965) trailer
Don't forget to turn HD on! Directed by James Ivory Written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala & James Ivory Starring Shashi Kapoor Felicity Kendal Geoffrey Kendal ...
Shakespeare Wallah (Scene)
Scene with Lizzie Buckingham (Felicity Kendal) and Sanju (Shashi Kapoor).
Intro - SHAKESPEARE WALLAH
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Shakespeare Wallah: The Making of Documentary
A short behind the scenes type documentary telling the interesting story behind the Merchant-Ivory Film. Conversations with some the film makers including: ...
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