Amitabh Bachchan is extraordinary talent.This is perhaps one of his his finest performances ever.The last lear has been directed by Rituparno Ghosh,a very talented director.This coming together of this two awesome talent is what makes this art film different and special.Bachchan ji plays the role of Harish Mishra,an intense, generous, impulsive, and his English line delivery is spectacular. The film belongs to him completely, although the rest of the cast do a good job. Preity Zinta is extremely vulnerable as Shabnam. She lets go of her bubbly, vivacious image completely, and is portrayed as a very depressed woman throughout. And although she gives a fine and very sincere performance, I don't find it any better than in her commercial films - I generally prefer her in roles of vibrant and strong women who are full of life and happiness, because that's what she is. Anyway, I liked the scenes in which she smoke anxiously, I liked the scene in which Bachchan teaches her how to release tensions by screaming, and she breaks down (this scene has appeared several times in different films), and she was particularly impressive in the film's last scene. Shefali Shah turns in a brilliant, exceptional performance, not that I expected any less from her. Arjun Rampal and Divya Dutta are very good as well. I knew from the very beginning that this film would not work for the wide audience, it's a film for people who like art films.
Review of The Last Lear
