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The Last Lear
Cast Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal, Shefali Shah,
Jishu Sengupta, Divya Dutta
Director Rituparno Ghosh
Genre Drama
Year 2008
Harry 65. Recluse, Eccentric. Passionate. Besides being a
Shakespearean stage actor and an ardent fan of The Master, his life
seems like a play after he meets Siddharth. A play replete with action,
drama, love, emotions, tension and an expected friendship. Siddharth
is a new-age film director his cool clothes and casual persona well
disguise his eccentricities. He is a visionary, a visionary who would
stop at nothing to get what he wants. As opposites attract, may be
likeminded people get along well too. How else would one explain the
fast blossoming friendship between these two eccentrically creative
minds? When the cinema-ignorant Harry is offered a magnificent role in
Siddharths' next film, he is apprehensive at first, reluctant later and
finally acceptable to the idea.
As the shoot takes them to the sprawling mountainous landscapes of
India, new relationships bloom. Upcoming actor Shabnam, who is
struggling hard to cope with her messy personal life, finds an
unexpected mentor in Harry. He teaches her more than merely the nuances
of acting.
From being a complete outsider to the world of commercial cinema, Harry
soon becomes one of them open to learning new methods of working,
chatting with the unit members and sipping tea from a fancy thermos he
never knew was invented, he is enjoying!
Little does he know that as the film rolls and he gets into the skin of the
character of the Joker that he is playing, he may be taking his role a bit too
seriously. Is he that good an actor, or is Fate really making him out to be a
Joker on the set? As the intense moments unfold, which are even more engaging
that the film itself, masks would be taken off a few faces. Towards the sunset
of his life, long after the last shot is taken, as his memory fades, all that
Harry can remember are his
Masters words..
"..I am doubtful as I am mainly ignorant,
What place is this, And the skill I have
Remembers not these garments, nor I know not
Where did I lodge last night,
Do not laugh at me
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