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    Bollywood’s representation of Shakespeare, a postmodern Study: Macbeth-Maqbool ,Othello-Omkara, Hamlet- Haider

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    2017-12-06
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    BRAC University
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    Rahman, Rezwana
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10361/9583
    Abstract
    Shakespeare plays are illustration of the success and failures of human responses to order. These illustrations are very well captivated and displayed on silver screen. This paper is an attempt to study the Indian adaptation of Shakespeare in Popular Culture. It scrutinizes howShakespeare has been utterly absorbed into the Indian imagination. The work mainly deals with recent three Shakespearean adaptations in Indian cinema: the Bollywood director Vishal Bhardwaj’s movie Maqbool (released in 2004; based on Shakespeare’s adaptation of Macbeth), Omkara (released in 2006; based on Shakespeare’s adaptation of Othello),Haider (releasedadaptation of Hamlet). These movies achieved great success in India and domesticate Shakespeare like never before. The paper makes a foray into the strategies through which cinematic representation functions to ratify the existing social order. The paper analyses the ideology that governs the production of the film and the meanings that are transmitted through it. And finally all these are on the basis of postmodern
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    Macbeth; Othello; Hamlet; Maqbool; Omkara; Haider; Bollywood; Postmodern
     
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    This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English, 2017.
     
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    Includes bibliographical references (page 20).
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    Department of English and Humanities, BRAC University
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