Shakespeare-Wallah (1965)

The early black-and-white gem, and the one that shows the partnership's real subject was always people outliving their world. A troupe of English actors tours post-independence India with Shakespeare as audiences drift toward Bombay cinema. The touring family is loosely based on the real Kendal family, and Geoffrey and Felicity Kendal play versions of themselves opposite Shashi Kapoor. Madhur Jaffrey's movie star won Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival, and Satyajit Ray wrote the score. Wistful rather than grand, and a fine corrective to the idea that these films are only about English country houses.