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

Additional Details

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

India; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); cinema - India; Shakespeare on film

Notes

General

A selection of conference talks were recorded and are available at: http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2016/04/indian-shakespeare-on-screen (accessed 10/20016).

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