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Feature film with a plot inspired by King Lear. A self-respecting wise old man decides to divide his property among his family. He settles down with his youngest son and soon realises that without his wealth...
Melodrama. During World War II, Krishnendu Mukerjee, a priest, is brought a wounded woman whom he recognises as Rina Brown, an Anglo-Indian and his former lover. In flashback he recalls his college days...
The monthly round-up of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research and published at Learning on Screen by Andrew Ormsby. This month the selection takes in...
Adapted for radio by Roger Elsgood and Willi Richards, The Two Gentlemen Of Valasna relocates Shakespeare’s play to India. Set in the weeks leading up to the 1857 Indian Mutiny, it was recorded in English,...
Feature film. A Bollywood re-working of Othello set against a background of political warfare in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Omikara (Devgan) is a half-caste, gifted chieftan leading a gang employed by the...
The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. Highlights for this month’s Roundup...
Feature film. A teen romance combining a Romeo and Juliet theme with a pop musical. Dhanraj Singh spent years in prison for killing the man responsible for his sister’s suicide. His family, and the family...
Bollywood: Gods, Glamour and Gossip by Kush Varia. (Wallflower/Columbia University Press, January 2013), 126 Pages. ISBN: 978-1906660154 (paperback), £14 About the reviewer: Dr Iain Robert Smith is...
Viewfinder 102 was published in March 2016. Contents of this issue: BBC SHAKESPEARE This year will see a national celebration of the Bard’s work, as Hilary Bishop, Director of the RES Project for...
Living Shakespeare is a collection of filmed essays commissioned by the British Council as part of the Shakespeare Lives project which celebrates Shakespeare’s influence on culture, language, education and...
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