The Last Lear

The Last Lear is a very intelligently and well-made movie. Shakespearean dialogs and references are used cleverly. Amitabh Bachchan is mesmerizing. Once again, he defeats his toughest competition--himself. He improves noticeably with each and every film. As his character demands, Amitabh... Full review

Once in a while, a movie comes along which revolutionizes the way people think about cinema. Although this movie does not reach that level, the fact that it may be a trendsetter for Indian cinema is commendable. I have been a... Full review

This is a movie like raincoat, where there are a few people dicussing the past. I didn't like raincoat so i didn't like the last lear. You expect alot more then this from a group of A-class actors, well i dont think it was the actors fault, it was the story they chose to act in. The plot is a poor show, there are many questions that are not answered and the film does have alot of holes in it. The first half proves to be a slow start into the movie and this first half will probably put off half the viewers, the second half gets a bit alright but still wouldn't excite anybody.The film is more of a hollywood movie, it is spoke full in english and slight words of hindi (i think). It is about harish (amitabh), an old man that used to be a stage actor in his youth. He was about to get the biggest role in his life, his aim, of performing king lear. Harish leant the script by heart, he interpreted the character, he researched everything about it, a devout actor to his role. But a few days before the first play a couple of people had made allegations about him and his wife, his wife had an abortion and insult had caused harish to drop his role and his dream. At present he is a retired old man, he has some sort of brain damage, needs 24hr care and wat has lead to this condiion? A couple of months bck some directors (arjun) wanted to put him in his movie, eventually harish had agreed, he is the co-star and preity as the heroin. The shooting was going well untill the climax, it needed a dangerous stunt, arjun had hired a stuntman to do harish's climax. But harish took this as an insult and pleaded that he do the stunt himself, arjun gave into his plea. Harish had one take on the climax, but in the shot you could see him grabbing the branches, ruining the climax. So another take had to happen, the scene ends and this take leaves a ??? to the film. How harish came to his condition, no one will know. Harish has supposedly got memory loss so at the end why is he reciting lines from a play? A very wierd film to be hones.

Hail Indian Cinema and its talents, Hail the contemporary age of film making but also Hail the old school concepts and Hail Amitabh! Over the last period or so, quite very often nowadays, I have begun taking notice of the fact... Full review

Just over a year ago, I had heard about this movie and that it was being released. But then nothing happened. Then finally it has been released and it was worth it. Ritupatrna Ghosh has done what no other director has... Full review

I've run into comments about this movie that call Amitabh Bachchan a scenery-chewer in this movie. I'd say he's not. That makes it sound as if you're going to get Prithvirraj Kapoor in Mughul-e-Azam -- but Amitabh's character, Harish Mishra/Harry, not... Full review

The glimpses of Amitabh Bachchans long hair and Preity Zintas uniquely Indian dressing adding a never before seen grace into her appearance have raised the curiosity of the movie watchers. Story : Veteran thespian Harish Mishra (Amitabh Bachchan) is gravely ill. ... Full Review

Divya Dutta as the night nurse in charge of Harry, troubled by her own demanding boyfriend gives off a very good performance. Harry meets Siddharth (Rampal), a stubborn director and the two hit it off together. ... Full Review

Its amazing to watch him perfect confident in the film. The actor is left with fatal injuries after the shoot. Divya Dutta is wasted. The film tries to say that cinema as a medium is less powerful and unrealistic, when compared to stage. ... Full Review

Many critics have termed Bachchan's performance in "The Last Lear" as his best so far. I have done over 150 films so far and if you ask me all of them have been my best performance irrespective of box office results," the actor quipped. ... Full Review

Many critics have termed Bachchan's performance in "The Last Lear" as his best so far. I have done over 150 films so far and if you ask me all of them have been my best performance irrespective of box office results," the actor quipped. ... Full Review

Bollywood's latest movies are beginning to speak to a new audience in a new language - English. Once used only by ruthless pith-helmeted colonials in films about the British Raj, English has come of age in Indian cinema at a... ... Full Article

MUMBAI: Screenings at various international film festivals and inaugural edition of IPL delayed the theatrical release of Amitabh Bachchan starrer 'The Last Lear', its producer Prof Arindham Chaudhari said. "The film has received standing ovation worldwide at festival screenings," Chaudhari, ... Full Article

Roshni: How do you feel about the astounding applaud 'Rock On' has met with?Arjun: Oh...it feels superb!It's truly out of this world.It always feels great when audiences appreciate your hard work. ... Full Article

by Debtaru De When we thought of releasing the film around the summer vacations this year, the IPL (Indian Premier League) matches were on and there were also a lot of big films packed till now. ... Full Article