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Geoffrey Kendal is a Actor born on 7 september 1909 at Kendal (United-kingdom)
Geoffrey Kendal (7 September 1909 – 14 May 1998) was an English actor-manager who delivered Shakespeare performances throughout India, 1940s and 1950s. After his death, his ashes were scattered on the waters off Bombay.
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Geoffrey Kendal
Birth 7 september 1909 at Kendal (United-kingdom)
Death 14 may 1998 (at 88 years)
Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Death 14 may 1998 (at 88 years)
Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
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36 Chowringhee Lane (1981)
, 2h2Directed by Aparna Sen
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about education
Actors Jennifer Kendal, Debashree Roy, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Geoffrey Kendal, Soni Razdan, Sanjana Kapoor
Roles Eddie Stoneham
Rating75%
In post-independence India an Anglo-Indian teacher, Violet Stoneham (Jennifer Kendal), lives a quiet and uneventful life at 36 Chowringhee Lane in Calcutta, now Kolkata. Her brother Eddie (Geoffrey Kendal, Jennifer's father in real life) is senile and ailing in a nursing home. After the marriage of her niece Rosemary (Soni Razdan), she is alone except for her cat, Sir Toby. Her only joy in life is teaching Shakespeare, despite the lack of interest from her students.
The Obsession (1978)
, 2h21Directed by Shyam Benegal
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Shabana Azmi, Shashi Kapoor, Jennifer Kendal, Nafisa Ali, Naseeruddin Shah, Ismat Chughtai
Rating75%
The story is set around the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Javed Khan (Shashi Kapoor) is a feckless feudal chieftain with a Muslim Pathan heritage, whose world revolves around breeding carrier pigeons. His younger brother-in-law, Sarfaraz Khan (Naseeruddin Shah) is politically awakened and actively plots the fight against the British. Freedom fighters attack the local British administrators while they are in Sunday Worship at Church, massacring them all. Miriam Labadoor, Jennifer Kendal) manages to escape with her daughter, Ruth (Nafisa Ali) and mother. The three women seek refuge with the wealthy Hindu family of Lala Ramjimal (Kulbhushan Kharbanda). Lala is torn between his loyalty for India and his privileged position under the British. However, matters are taken out of his hand by Javed Khan who barges into Lala's house and forcibly takes Ruth and her family to his own house. This leads to jealousy on part of his wife, Firdaus (Shabana Azmi) and anger on part of his brother, who ultimately gives in to the Pathan tradition of offering hospitality and sanctuary (Nanawatai) even to uninvited guests. Various situations ensue due to cultural misunderstandings in the domestic routine of the Muslim household with its new English guests. Javed falls in love with Ruth, and wants to marry her but is opposed bitterly by her mother. Noticing intense feelings of Javed for her daughter Ruth, Miriam Labadoor (mother) cleverly makes an agreement with Javed that she would only give her daughter’s hand to Javed if British were defeated. At first instance, Javed is hesitant but accepts the offer when again Miriam asks him if he has misgivings in his war against the British. There are simmerings of a love affair under the watchful suspicious eyes of Firdaus.
Shakespeare-Wallah (1965)
, 1h57Directed by James Ivory
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre
Actors Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Ann Kendal, Madhur Jaffrey, Geoffrey Kendal, Partap Sharma, Utpal Dutt
Roles Mr. Tony Buckingham
Rating67%
Loosely based on the real-life actor-manager Geoffrey Kendal family and his "Shakespeareana Company" of travelling theatre, which earned him the Indian sobriquet, "Shakespearewallah". The film follows the story of nomadic British actors as they perform Shakespeare plays in towns in post-colonial India. In this story, Tony Buckingham (Geoffrey Kendal) and his wife Carla (Laura Liddell) oversee the troupe. Their daughter, Lizzie Buckingham (Felicity Kendal), falls in love with Sanju (Shashi Kapoor), who is also romancing Manjula (Madhur Jaffrey), a Bollywood film star.