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  1. Haider (2014 Film)

    aka: Hamlet

    Director
    Vishal Bhardwaj

    Bollywood version of Hamlet. Ophelia is a young journalist, Polonious a policeman, Laertes works for a multinational and Hamlet is a philosophy student from Kasmir, the former Himalayan province. The film...

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  2. Last Lear, The (2007 Film)

    Director
    Rituparno Ghosh
    Producer
    Arindam Chowdhun

    Feature film. An ageing Shakespearean actor (Bachchan) is gravely ill, the rigours of a film shoot having left him in a coma. His co-star, Shabnam (Zinta), is deeply worried, but their director, Siddharth...

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  3. Samrat Lear (1997 Multimedia, Video)

    Director
    John Russell Brown

    Video recording of a Hindi-language adaptation of King Lear by the National School of Drama in New Delhi from a script by Harivansh Rai Bachchan. Chetan Pandit is Lear. A 1-minute clip from the production is...

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  4. Rui Ka Bojh (1997 Film)

    aka: The Weight of Cotton

    Director
    Subhash Agrawal

    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...

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  5. Raja Lear (1993 Video)

    Director
    Sharad Bthuthiadia

    A Marathi language adaptation of King Lear directed by Sharad Bthuthiadia.

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  6. When Hamlet Went to Mizoram (1990 Film)

    Director
    Pankaj Butalia

    Documentary. Mizoram is a small state on the Northeastern border of India, where, J.F. Laldailova, an officer in the British army, introduced the people of Mizoram to Shakespeare, translating his works into...

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  7. Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988 Film)

    Director
    Mansoor Khan
    Producer
    Nasir Hussain

    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...

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  8. Angoor (1982 Film)

    Director
    Sampooran Singh Gulzar
    Producer
    Sampooran Singh Gulzar; Jai Singh

    Bollywood Hindi comedy film version of The Comedy of Errors by Gulzar is ‘a genuinely insightful one’ (the Guardian, 2019). The story is set in Mumbai where Ashok and Bahadur arrive to buy a grape field....

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  9. 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981 Film)

    Director
    Aparna Sen
    Producer
    Sashi Kapoor

    Hindi feature film. The story of Violet Stoneham, an ageing Anglo-Indian schoolteacher who lives in a dingy apartment in Calcutta and teaches Shakespeare. Two young lovers walk into her life one Christmas...

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  10. Heer Raanji (1970 Film)

    aka: Rhanjha and Juliet

    Director
    Chetan Anand

    Feature film. Punjab version of Romeo and Juliet. While attending a wedding Dido Ranjha falls in love with Heer Saleti who is already married. Their families are long-standing enemies and determine to...

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