Rent Shakespeare Wallah (1965)
3.3 of 5 from 76 ratings
1h 57min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- During the early days of post-colonial India, a company of nomadic actors travel across the country performing Shakespeare. When a young troupe member, Lizzie (Felicity Kendal), falls in love with playboy Sanju (Shashi Kapoor), the pair must overcome cultural differences and the scheming of film actress and rival for Sanju's affections Manjula (Madhur Jaffrey).
- Actors:
- Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Kendal, Geoffrey Kendal, Laura Liddell, Madhur Jaffrey, Utpal Dutt, Praveen Paul, Prayag Raj, Pinchoo Kapoor, Jim D. Tytler, Hamid Sayani, Marcus Murch, Partap Sharma, Sudarshan Dhir, Jennifer Kendal, Ismail Merchant
- Directors:
- James Ivory
- Producers:
- Ismail Merchant
- Writers:
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, James Ivory
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- A Few More Screen Princes
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 15/04/2019
- Run Time:
- 122 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- The Guardian Lecture: Ismail Merchant and James Ivory (1983, 82 mins): the director and producer in conversation with David Robinson at the NFT
- The Guardian Interview: Shashi Kapoor (1994, 54 mins, audio only): the actor in conversation with film critic Derek Malcolm at the NFT
- Conversations from the Quad with James Ivory and Madhur Jaffrey (2018, 48 mins): the director and actor discuss working together
- A Road in India (1938, 9 mins): Technicolor travelogue shot by award-winning cinematographer Jack Cardiff
- Original trailer (1965)
- Restoration Trailer (2017)
