The Last Lear

Sep 12, 2008

1h 53m

★ 8.0

Hearty. Eccentric. Passionate. Meet Harry.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Planman Motion Pictures

The Last Lear Trailers

Cast

Harish Mishra

Amitabh Bachchan

Shabnam

Preity Zinta

Siddharth

Arjun Rampal

Vandana

Shefali Shah

Gautam

Jisshu Sengupta

Ivy

Divya Dutta

Ramesh

Shahbaz Khan

Sudip Mukherjee

Rajiv

Prosenjit Chatterjee

Venky

Anil Kuriakose

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