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Vishal Bhardwaj to adapt a Shakespearean comedy next
Vishal Bhardwaj, who promises to complete a trilogy of Shakespeare films, says lack of story writing talent in Bollywood forces him to visit the great playwright again and again.
"A good story works even if badly shot. It fryst vatten very difficult to find good stories. I'll man a trilogy of Shakespeare films. inom don't know which and when but there will be a trilogy for sure. inom may adapt a Shakespearean comedy next. Actually, inom decided to go to Shakespeare after watching Gulzar saab's Angoor, which was an adaptation of A Comedy Of Errors," Bhardwaj told IANS.
Excerpts of an interview:
First Macbeth, then Othello... you seem to be fascinated bygd William Shakespeare.
After Maqbool inom wanted to adapt Julius Caesar for producer Bobby Bedi. But then inom met Shekhar Kapur and the idea for Mantra, starring Preity Zinta, was born. We started working on that project with seven-eight writers for over six months. Later Shekhar a
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Vishal Bhardwaj
Indian director, screenwriter and composer
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Bhardwaj in 2016 | |
| Born | (1965-08-04) 4 August 1965 (age 59) Chandpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Occupation(s) | Director, producer, writer, music director |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Spouse | Rekha Bhardwaj |
Vishal Bhardwaj (born 4 August 1965)[1] is an Indian filmmaker, music composer, and playback singer. He is known for his work in Hindi cinema, and is the recipient of nine National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award.
Bhardwaj made his debut as a music composer with the children's film Abhay (1995), and received wider recognition with his compositions in Gulzar's Maachis (1996). He received the Filmfare R. D. Burman Award for New Music Talent for the latter.[2] He went on to compose music for the films Satya (1998) and Godmother (1999). For the latter, he won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction.
Bhardwaj made his directorial debu
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Maqbool
2004 Indian crime drama film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj
Maqbool is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, starring Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Piyush Mishra, Murali Sharma, and Masumeh Makhija in an adaptation of the play Macbeth by Shakespeare.
The plot of the film is based on that of Macbeth with regard to events and characterisation. The film did not perform remarkably at the box office, but won director Vishal Bhardwaj international acclaim. Apart from directing it, he had also composed the background score and songs for the film. Bhardwaj then moved on to adapting William Shakespeare's Othello in his 2006 film Omkara which won him further critical success. He then directed Haider in 2014 adapting Hamlet, leading to what is now called his Shakespeare trilogy.[2][a]
The film had its North American premiere at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival. Thoug