The Last Lear
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The Last Lear is a 2007 Indian English-language drama film directed by Rituparno Ghosh, featuring Amitabh Bachchan as an aging Shakespearean actor confronting his past and the nature of performance.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Last Lear canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7815999 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Last Lear Context triple: [Rituparno Ghosh, notableWork, The Last Lear]
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A.
King Lear
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that portrays an aging monarch’s descent into madness after he divides his kingdom among his daughters, exploring themes of power, loyalty, and human suffering.
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B.
The King’s Men
The King’s Men was the acting company in early 17th-century England that included William Shakespeare as a leading member and performed many of his plays.
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C.
Lear
Lear is the surname of Norman Lear, the influential American television writer and producer known for creating groundbreaking sitcoms such as "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
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D.
Til the Casket Drops
Til the Casket Drops is the third and final studio album by hip-hop duo Clipse, known for its gritty lyricism and Neptunes-heavy production.
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E.
The Seven Ages
The Seven Ages is a poetry collection by Nobel Prize–winning American poet Louise Glück that reflects on memory, aging, and the passage of time through her characteristically spare, meditative style.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Last Lear Target entity description: The Last Lear is a 2007 Indian English-language drama film directed by Rituparno Ghosh, featuring Amitabh Bachchan as an aging Shakespearean actor confronting his past and the nature of performance.
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A.
King Lear
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that portrays an aging monarch’s descent into madness after he divides his kingdom among his daughters, exploring themes of power, loyalty, and human suffering.
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B.
The King’s Men
The King’s Men was the acting company in early 17th-century England that included William Shakespeare as a leading member and performed many of his plays.
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C.
Lear
Lear is the surname of Norman Lear, the influential American television writer and producer known for creating groundbreaking sitcoms such as "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
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D.
Til the Casket Drops
Til the Casket Drops is the third and final studio album by hip-hop duo Clipse, known for its gritty lyricism and Neptunes-heavy production.
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E.
The Seven Ages
The Seven Ages is a poetry collection by Nobel Prize–winning American poet Louise Glück that reflects on memory, aging, and the passage of time through her characteristically spare, meditative style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian film
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film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedBy | Rituparno Ghosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Aajker Shahjahan
NERFINISHED
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The Last Lear (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Utpal Dutt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Harish Mishra
NERFINISHED
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Shabnam NERFINISHED ⓘ Siddharth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Abhik Mukhopadhyay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| director | Rituparno Ghosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Arghyakamal Mitra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasFestivalScreening |
Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema
NERFINISHED
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Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor | Amitabh Bachchan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | Shakespearean stage actor ⓘ |
| musicBy |
21 Grams
NERFINISHED
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Debajyoti Mishra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
nature of performance
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relationship between cinema and theatre ⓘ |
| portrays | Amitabh Bachchan as an aging Shakespearean actor confronting his past ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| producer | Arindam Chaudhuri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Planman Motion Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Rituparno Ghosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Amitabh Bachchan
NERFINISHED
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Arjun Rampal NERFINISHED ⓘ Divya Dutta NERFINISHED ⓘ Jisshu Sengupta NERFINISHED ⓘ Preity Zinta NERFINISHED ⓘ Prosenjit Chatterjee NERFINISHED ⓘ Shefali Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
acting
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aging ⓘ memory ⓘ regret ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Last Lear Description of subject: The Last Lear is a 2007 Indian English-language drama film directed by Rituparno Ghosh, featuring Amitabh Bachchan as an aging Shakespearean actor confronting his past and the nature of performance.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.