Yellamma

Alternative title

Prophecy, The

Synopsis

Feature film. Indian re-working of Macbeth set in 1850s India in the time of the Sepoy Mutiny.

Country

India; United States

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2001

Availability

No archive copy or distributor found (2007).

Credits

Director

Mohan Koda

Cast

Sonali Kulkani

Mahadevi (Lady Macbeth)

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Historical period

19th Century

Plays

Macbeth

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Spoken in the Telengana dialect of Telugu. Shot entirely on location in the Warangel and Karimnagar districts.

General

Yellamma (Shri Renuka devi), is the Goddess of the Fallen, in the Hindu pantheon.

Reviews

Lanier, Douglas ‘Film Spin-Offs and Citations’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. (p. 216, entry 877).

Production Company

Name

Magic Lantern