3 Movies Starring Shashi Kapoor

Shakespeare-Wallah

Shakespeare-Wallah

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1965-12-01

Languages:

English, Hindi

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

120 min

IMDB Ratings:

(426 Reviews)

Director:

James Ivory

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (story)

James Ivory (story)

Fullplot:

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 Geoffrey Kendal with his daughter Felicity Kendal.

Deewaar

Deewaar

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1979-05-01

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

174 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (4753 Reviews)

Director:

Yash Chopra

Cast:

Writer:

Javed Akhtar (dialogue)

Javed Akhtar (screenplay)

Javed Akhtar (story)

Salim Khan (dialogue)

Salim Khan (screenplay)

Salim Khan (story)

Fullplot:

The movie tells the story of two brothers, Vijay and Ravi Verma, who follow different career paths: Vijay is a smuggler and Ravi the policeman who is asked to hunt Vijay down. Vijay Verma (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ravi Verma (Shashi Kapoor) are the sons of a trade unionist, Anand Verma(Satyen Kappu), who was defeated and disgraced by the management of his firm using his family as bait. Unable to bear the public disgrace father deserts the family, and the sons are raised by their mother(Nirupa Roy)who brings them to Bombay City, who suffers the trials and tribulations of a poor single mother. Vijay Verma, the elder brother, grows up with an acute awareness of his father's humiliation and is victimized for his father's supposed misdeeds. In the process of fighting for his rights Vijay, who starts out as a boot polisher and becomes a dockyard worker in his youth, becomes a smuggler and a leading figure of the underworld.

Jinnah

Jinnah

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-09-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Pakistan

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (1767 Reviews)

Director:

Jamil Dehlavi

Cast:

Writer:

Akbar Ahmed

Jamil Dehlavi

Fullplot:

Biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan is told through flashbacks as his soul tries to find eternal rest. The flashbacks start in 1947 as Jinnah pleads for a separate nation from the Muslim regime, infuriating Lord Mountbatten. Mountbatten then tries to enlist Gandhi & Nehru to persuade Jinnah to stop his efforts. Gandhi sides with Jinnah, which upsets Nehru. However, Jinnah turns down the offer to become prime minister and the film takes another slide back to 1916, which reveals all of the political implications that have occurred.

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