"Shakespeare-Wallah" film screening at C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm to 8:30pm on 10th December 2014

Time : 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Add to Calendar 10-12-2014 18:30:00 10-12-2014 20:30:00 68 "Shakespeare-Wallah" film screening Event Page : http://goo.gl/8XQ7iD C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Note : Call 011-24619431 (IIC) to re-confirm any last minute change or cancellation of the event.

Venue : C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Area : Lodhi Road Area Events

Event Description : "Shakespeare-Wallah" film screening. 

Shakespearewallah(1965),  is an original screenplay based on the lives of the Kendall family and their troupe of actors in their travelling theatre company “Shakespearana”. The film presents the changing face of India, post-Independence, as the old is replaced by the new, and the theater by Bollywood. This film will be introduced by Sanjana Kapoor, granddaughter of the Kendalls.

Duration : 120 mins 

Director : James Ivory

Cast : Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Kendal, Geoffrey Kendal

Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shakespeare_wallah

Background : 'Ruth Jhabvala: Her Three Continents 50 Years with Merchant Ivory'
Films - Discussion - Exhibition.

This Retrospective celebrates Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927-2013), author and screenplay writer. She remains the only writer in the world to win both a Booker Award for her novel Heat and Dust, as well as two Academy Awards for her adaptation of E.M. Forster’s novels, A Room with a View and Howards End.

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