Both film and television series were very successful in England and North America, but there was Indian feeling against the film, on the grounds that the Indian characters were not calculated to inspire respect for...
Performance of text
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
James Ivory's film Shakespeare Wallah, with script by RPJ
, was shown at the BerlinFilm Festival
; it became a huge success.
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Reception
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Madhur Jaffrey
won an award for best actress in this film at the BerlinFilm Festival
. Even without such a major distributor as its predecessor, this film was well reviewed in the USA and...
