James IvoryCast
Shashi Kapoor Felicity Kendal Geoffrey Kendal Laura Liddell Madhur Jaffrey 
Utpal Dutt
Credits
Written by: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Plot
A troupe of English actors touring India in the 1960s, performing Shakespeare for dwindling audiences as Bollywood takes over, is torn between a love affair of the daughter with a rich Indian and a rival actress.
Sinekatalog’s take
A gentle, elegiac and charming early Merchant Ivory film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (1,021 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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