Review of bollywood movie Haider as an adaptation of Shakesperean play Hamlet

This blog is based on the thinking activity assigned by Barad sir. Here you can find some of the basic information about the movie Haider and review of this movie as an adaptation of Shakespeare's play "Hamlet".

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           Introduction :

           Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider (2014), an Indian film based on Hamlet. That is set in the contested Kashmir region during a volatile period in the 1990s, constructs one notable  backdoor out of the play's bleak ending. At the end of Haider, the eponymous Hamlet - figure walks away alive. 

• Movie     :  Haider (2014)
• Director : Vishal Bhardwaj
• Story by : Vishal Bhardwaj, Basharat Peer
• Genre     : Action, Crime, Drama. 
• Based on: Hamlet (Shakespearian play)

Summary :  

                                                                                                                                                                                    Haider movie is said to be an Indian adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet . The movie is shot in picturesque Kashmir and is completely based on past and present of Kashmir. This film is a modern adaptation of Hamlet, set during the Kashmir conflicts of 1995 in the valley of Kashmir, Haider is the story of a young man with the same name who returns homes in Kashmir (from Aligarh) after getting aware of his father's disappearance.  

              Haider - a young man returns home to Kashmir on receiving news of his father's disappearance. Not only does he learn that security forces have detained his father for harboring militants, but that his mother is in a relationship with his very own uncle.

           Intense drama follows between mother and son as both struggle to come to terms with news of his father's death. Soon Haider learns that his uncle is responsible for the gruesome murder, what follows is his journey to avenge his father's death. 

Similarities between Haider and Hamlet :

           There are many similarities the both have like, The horrors of Kashmir are reflective of the tragic elements in the original source text. The eternal theme of Hamlet, such as betrayal, corruption, death, love and filial obedience are beautifully woven with the plot of Haider.

Characters similarities :

Actor	Role	Based on
Shahid Kapoor	Haider Meer	Prince Hamlet
Tabu	Ghazala Meer (Haider's Mother)	Gertrude
Kay Kay Menon	Khurram Meer (Haider's Paternal Uncle)	Claudius
Shraddha Kapoor	Arshia Lone	Ophelia/Horatio
Irrfan Khan	Roohdaar	Ghost
Narendra Jha	Dr. Hilaal Meer (Haider's Father)	King Hamlet
Kulbhushan Kharbanda	Hussain Meer
Lalit Parimoo	Pervez Lone	Polonius
Ashish Vidyarthi	Brigadier T. S. Murthy
Aamir Bashir	Liyaqat Lone	Laertes
Sumit Kaul	Salman 1, Courtier	Rosencrantz
Rajat Bhagat	Salman 2, Courtier	Guildenstern
Ashwath Bhatt	Zahoor Hussain	Fortinbras
Mohammad Shah	Army Major
Anshuman Malhotra	Young Haider
Lankesh Bhardwaj	Interrogation officer
Saqib Sheikh	Chocolate boy

Review :

Haider is brilliance on screen. Vishal Bhardwaj couldn't have made a better Hamlet adaptation. I don't think that any review can do full justice to this film and mine certainly will not either. But here I try to describe some of mine point of view about this film at under this para.

There are no poor performances in this movie. there are no awkward moments, no unsaid lines, nothing that should have been different than what it was. As complex as the story and every single character was in the film, it is inconsistently perfect, just as Shakespeare wanted Hamlet to be.

Like I said, there are no poor performances. We will never see Shahid Kapoor the same way again after Haider. Shahid Kapoor is amazing in every single scene and Shraddha Kapoor was another name who shows her capacity as an actor in this film. Arshia's character was perfectly played by her. Tabu as Ghazala was also amazing in whole movie. Kay Kay Menon and Irfan also did well.

Vishal Bhardwaj has changed the ending of the play though. And I think he might have done that because he did not want to just make Hamlet adaptation. I think he also wanted to give a massage about Kashmir and all that Kashmiris have suffered in the past several decades. he wanted to end the story with a little more hope.

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Reference :

• Haider movie (Wikipedia) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haider_%28film%29
• Haider movie.