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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. Twelfth Night (2012 Video)

    Director
    Ali Kumar

    Video recording of a musical version of Twelfth Night staged at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre as part of the Globe to Globe season. Performed by the Company Theatre from Mumbai and spoken in Hindi.

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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. 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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  6. 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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  7. Saptapadi (1961 Film)

    Director
    Ajoy Kar

    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...

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