Shakespeare Wallah

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A troupe of English actors, the Buckinghams, tours India performing Shakespeare. As popular taste shifts to Bollywood films, they struggle financially and culturally. Their daughter Lizzie falls for a charismatic Indian film star, Sanju, leading to a passionate but fraught interracial romance. Faced with a bleak future for their art and their daughter, the family decides to send Lizzie to England, marking the end of an era for their life in India.

Romance  Drama

Directed by

James Ivory

Starring

Felicity Kendal, Madhur Jaffrey, Shashi Kapoor