Haider

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Haider

film by Bhardwaj [2014]

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- Vishal Bhardwaj
  Haider (2014)
  Based on Hamlet, Haider is Bhardwaj’s most overtly political film of the trilogy, shifting the events of Shakespeare’s Denmark to the politically troubled and insurgency-ridden Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, of the 1990s. Pankaj Kapur’s son, Shahid Kapoor, was cast as Haider, the
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  Based on Hamlet, Haider is Bhardwaj’s most overtly political film of the trilogy, shifting the events of Shakespeare’s Denmark to the politically troubled and insurgency-ridden Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, of the 1990s. Pankaj Kapur’s son, Shahid Kapoor, was cast as Haider, the
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Shahid Kapoor
Evolution as an actor
…the title role in Bhardwaj’s Haider, an acclaimed and intensely political adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet; a drug-addicted pop star in Udta Punjab (2016; “Flying Punjab”); and a soldier in Rangoon (2017), again directed by Bhardwaj and set in colonial India. Kapoor also collaborated with his father, Pankaj Kapur, in
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…the title role in Bhardwaj’s Haider, an acclaimed and intensely political adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet; a drug-addicted pop star in Udta Punjab (2016; “Flying Punjab”); and a soldier in Rangoon (2017), again directed by Bhardwaj and set in colonial India. Kapoor also collaborated with his father, Pankaj Kapur, in
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