Storyline
The story of a family troupe of English actors in India. They travel around the towns and villages 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 Bolliwood movies. Based on the travels of
Filming Locations: Bombay, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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Rating: 7/10
I have watched Merchant-Ivory productions in the cinemas of my native
country and was impressed by the fine evocations of the times they
presented added obviously by a considerable budget for costumes and
technical apparatuses. This situation does not exist in this movie
which is poorer but still very fine. The relationship between English
and Indians as well the antithesis between the quality theatre and the
emerging native movie industry exemplified in the the feud between the
English girl and the Indian movie star vying for the heart of the male
character was impressive, although being neither English or Indian I
could not escape the conclusion that the English were associated with
quality theatre while the Indians with popular movies and this equation
obviously had a qualitative element in it. The version I saw did not
contain subtitles therefore I had some difficulty apprehending the
Shakeaspearian performances which are interspersed in the movie.
Nevertheless it is a movie I recommend since what I like most was the
general impression it conveyed.
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