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The Last LearRituparno GhoshAmitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal, Divya Dutta, Shefali Shah, Jisshu SenguptaBiography, Drama

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The Last Lear is a 2007 Indian drama film directed by Rituparno Ghosh. The film won the National Award of India for Best Feature Film in English in 2007.
Release date‎: ‎9 September 2007 (‎TIFF‎); 12 Se...
Produced by‎: ‎Arindam Chaudhuri
Directed by‎: ‎Rituparno Ghosh
Music by‎: ‎Raja Narayan Deb; Sanjoy Das


The Last Lear
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Directed byRituparno Ghosh
Produced byArindam Chaudhuri
Written byRituparno Ghosh
Utpal Dutt
StarringAmitabh Bachchan
Preity Zinta
Arjun Rampal
Divya Dutta
Shefali Shah
Jisshu Sengupta
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Music byRaja Narayan Deb
Sanjoy Das
CinematographyAbhik Mukhopadhyay
Edited byArghya Kamal Mitra
Production
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Planman Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 9 September 2007 (TIFF)
  • 12 September 2008(Worldwide)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
The Last Lear is a 2007 Indian drama film directed by Rituparno Ghosh. The film won the National Award of India for Best Feature Film in English in 2007.[1] The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal, Divya Dutta, Shefali Shah and Jisshu Sengupta. Shefali Shah won the Best Supporting Actress National Award for her role in the movie. It was produced by Arindam Chaudhuri of Planman Motion Pictures.

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Production[edit]

Basing the script on Utpal Dutt's semiautobiographical play Aajker Shahjahan, Rituparno Ghosh penned it in 2006, and turned to the actors in February 2007, all of whom accepted the offer.[2] The film began shooting from 28 February 2007 to 10 April 2007; principal shooting took place in Kolkata and some shooting took place in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.[3] Dubbing for the film ended on 31 August 2007.[4]
The Last Lear premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festivalon 9 September[5] and received a significant reception, earning many accolades after being showcased at a Gala Presentation.[6]
The film was later showcased at the London Film Festival, and the International Film Festival of India in Goa.[7] The film was received positively by critics with many saying that Bachchan has given a career best performance.[8]

Plot[edit]

The story revolves around Harish Mishra (Amitabh Bachchan), a retired Shakespearean theatre actor who spent precisely thirty years and nine months on stage and then suddenly quit, and his first and last act as a cinema artist. He is immensely passionate about Shakespeare, believes that nothing even comparable can ever be written, knows all his plays by heart, lives in those stories, condemns modern cinema and considers theatre as a much higher artform for directors and actors to convey their message to an audience.
It is Diwali, a time when box offices are flooded with new releases and Shabnam (Preity Zinta) has to attend the premiere of her latest movie: The Mask. However, she decides to visit her co-star Harish and heads to a cubbyhole of old Kolkata where Harish is bedridden in a coma. He is being taken care by Vandana (Shefali Shah) and a nurse, Ivy (Divya Dutta). Vandana treats Shabnam with spite as she blames her and the entire cast and crew for Harish's condition. But soon they are seen bonding over tea and are involved in a conversation about Harish. In flashbacks, their story and equation with Harish emerges.
The movie sees parallel narration from Goutam (Jisshu Sengupta), a journalist who recalls his encounters with the veteran actor. He had suggested Harish for the lead role to his elder brother Siddharth (Arjun Rampal) who happens to be an ambitious perfectionist director. After a casual meeting with Harish, Siddharth realizes that to convince Harish to act in his film, he has to win his trust and establish a relationship with him. And, hence, the impatient young auteur attempts to win the trust and collaboration of the aged performer, who sits raging against the modern world from the sanctuary of his study.
Harish finally agrees to act in the film. Shooting happens on the stunning Himalayan foothills of Mussoorie. On the sets he befriends Shabnam and teaches her lessons on acting, life and Shakespeare. As the story unfolds one gets to know his relationship with Vandana, the reason behind his quitting theatre and last but not the least the reason for his illness. The Last Lear becomes a captivating reflection on the comparative artifices of stagecraft and cinema.

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The Last Lear (2007) - IMDb

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 Rating: 7.1/10 - ‎964 votes
Drama ..... 12 September 2008 (USA) See more » ... In the last lear,after a long long time that I see the character of the movie Harish and not Amitabh Bacchan ...
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An aging Shakespearean actor takes on one of the bard's most challenging roles. Based on Utpal Dutt's play "Aajk
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Cast

Credited cast:
Amitabh Bachchan ... Harish 'Harry' Mishra
Preity Zinta ... Shabnam
Arjun Rampal ... Siddharth Kumar
Shefali Shah ... Vandana
Jishu Sengupta ... Gautam (as JIsshu Sengupta)
Divya Dutta ... Ivy
Shahbaaz Khan ... Ramesh (as Shahbaz Khan)
Sudip Mukherjee
Prasenjit Chatterjee ... Rajiv (as Prosenjit Chatterjee)
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Anil Kuriakose ... Venky
Hu Xin ... Girl at the Diwali celebration (as Hue Xin)
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Storyline

Film-maker Siddharth Kumar is receiving guests at his premiere 'The Mask' which stars Harish Mishra, Shabnam, amongst others. He finds out that Shabnam is not attending and is not available. The reason why she cannot attend is that she has gone to visit the ailing main actor of this movie, Harish, who was injured while filming. She sits with his mistress, Vandana, and Nurse Ivy, and recount Harish's life; his meeting with Journalist, Gautam, and subsequently Siddharth himself; the installation of a camera to view people walking on the street as well as males who urinate on the walls. As they await to hear the initial reviews of the film both Shabnam and Ivy must also deal with personal issues involving their respective spouses. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
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Gautam: The premier of your first film is always special, but not if Diwali is on the same day. People are generally busy with celebrations at home. It is unlikely that all the invitees will turn up - especially if it's an off-beat film.
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User Reviews

Nothing Rituparno about it
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I watched "Raincoat" I thought it was "Satyajit Ray with commercial sensibilities" product. Needless to say I was excited about Rituparno Ghosh – Big B combo. "If not better than ¨Black¨ at least equal" was my expectation.

Rituparno is excellent when it comes to extraction the best in terms of performances, so lets not even go there.

The spoilt-sport is the content itself which fails to connect. Too many flashbacks hamper the narrative. The screenplay could have been sleek and execution more taut.

Yes, there are many layers to the characters in the movie but a few of them unwarranted leading to overkill. "Two is a party and three is a crowd", thereby one-to-one conversation between Preity & Shefali would have been apt. Divya Dutta's character was unwarranted, perhaps forced to drive the message of domestic violence and abuse.

Unlike others from the same clan, I expected Rituparno to be secular but guess he succumbs to blowing the trumpet. Too many Bengali references and unnecessary mouthing dialogues in Bengali.

O. Henry kind of ending was decipherable in "Raincoat" but in "The Last Lear" the open-ended question seemed more like a can of mysteries.




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'Last Lear' premiere deferred after MNS attack - The Economic Times

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The premiere of Mr Amitabh Bachchan's latest film 'The Last Lear', scheduled on Wednesday night, was deferred after MNS ... Sep 11, 2008, 01.44 AM IST.

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Song Sung Blue by Neil Diamond w/lyrics sung by LA.