Indian Shakespeare on Screen

Synopsis: A conference held at Asia House, Cavendish Street, London and BFI Southbank April 27-30 2016. Indian Shakespeares on stage have garnered the increasing attention of academics both Western and Eastern, yet local and regional screen versions continue to be largely overlooked within the scope of Shakespeare on film. It has been a decade since the publication of India’s Shakespeare: Translation, Interpretation and Performance (2005), in which Poonam Trivedi observes that despite the seven hundred million speakers of different Indian languages worldwide, Shakespeare’s impact on the theatre and films in the languages has yet to be accorded the critical attention it merits. This conference examines the relationship between Shakespeare and Indian cinema, bringing together researchers and filmmakers to establish the state of current scholarships in the vibrant, underexamined field. Guests included Vishal Bhardwaj and the scriptwriters of his Shakespeare Trilogy, leading academics in Shakespeare appropriation and Indian cinemas. The event also presented, for the first time in the UK, a selection of cinematic memorabilia documenting Shakespeare on Indian screens from the National Film Archive of India.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Audio
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: India; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); cinema - India; Shakespeare on film

British Universities Film & Video Council