The Last Lear
Hearty. Eccentric. Passionate. Meet Harry.
PG 2008 · 113 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama
The film starts with the veteran thespian Harish Mishra, he is gravely ill. The punishments of a film shoot have left the old man in a coma. His co-star, Shabnam, is wracked with worry, but their director, Siddharth, keeps strangely distant and refuses to visit his ailing star. In flashbacks, their story emerges.
Directed by Rituparno Ghosh · Written by Rituparno Ghosh
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Amitabh Bachchan Harish Mishra -
Preity Zinta Shabnam -
Arjun Rampal Siddharth -
Shefali Shah Vandana -
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Divya Dutta Ivy -
Shahbaz Khan Ramesh -
Sudip Mukherjee -
Prosenjit Chatterjee Rajiv -
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