| The Last Lear (2007) Country: India Language: English Year: 2007 Color/BW: COLOR Category: Feature Film Genre: Drama
Description Harry, an aging Shakespearean theatre actor lives with his partner Vandana in the cubbyholes of Kolkata. Although retired, he nurses the ambition to play King Lear once in his life. He finds the world of commerical cinema a farce, which is why he is not only out of work, but out of money too. In Siddharth, a commercial filmmaker, he finds his cerebral match. As they bond over coffee, vodka and conversations, stuff happens. Siddharth manages to pull off a miracle - to convince Harry to act in his feature film. At the shoot Harry meets Shabnam, a top model-turned actor who is just beginning to understand the art of cinema. He becomes her guru and mentor. When the shooting takes a tragic twist, tables turn and equations change. Facing the dusk of his life, Harry will have to fight his toughest battle yet. Through thick and thin, his idol Shakespeare will stay with him in a manner that he never imagined.
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal, Shefali Shetty, Divya Dutta, Jishu Sengupta, Shahbaaz Khan, Prasenjit Chatterjee |
