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The Last Lear
The Last Lear

The Last Lear

Hearty. Eccentric. Passionate. Meet Harry.

Genres

Drama

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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.

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Budget

$1500000

Revenue

$202000

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

113 mins

Rating

8/10

Release Date

12 September 2008

Country

India

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

Harish Mishra

Preity Zinta

Preity Zinta

Shabnam

Arjun Rampal

Arjun Rampal

Siddharth

Shefali Shah

Shefali Shah

Vandana

Jisshu Sengupta

Jisshu Sengupta

Gautam

Divya Dutta

Divya Dutta

Ivy

Shahbaz Khan

Shahbaz Khan

Ramesh

Sudip Mukherjee

Sudip Mukherjee

Prosenjit Chatterjee

Prosenjit Chatterjee

Rajiv

Anil Kuriakose

Anil Kuriakose

Venky

Hu Xin

Hu Xin

Girl at the Diwali Celebration

Pradip Das

Pradip Das

Aparajita Ghosh Das

Aparajita Ghosh Das

Sanjoy Das

Sanjoy Das

Subhasree Basu

Subhasree Basu

Binoy Laskar

Binoy Laskar

B. Srinivasan

B. Srinivasan

Ramen Roy Chowdhury

Ramen Roy Chowdhury

Jiban Guha

Jiban Guha

Nemai Mondal

Nemai Mondal

Gorachand Mondal

Gorachand Mondal

Sukhendu Sen

Sukhendu Sen

Banamali Das

Banamali Das

Swarup Saha

Swarup Saha

Karun Punchhi

Karun Punchhi

Deepika Wadhwa Punchhi

Deepika Wadhwa Punchhi

Jabbar Khan

Jabbar Khan

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