SHAKESPEARE BEING GLOCAL: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE’S ‘HAMLET’ AS BHARDWAJ’S ‘HAIDER’
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The present article compares and contrasts Shakespeare's Hamlet with the 2014 film Haider, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, which sheds light on the unseen aspects of the 1989 insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir. The movie not only focuses on Jammu and Kashmir but also presents an ingenious point of view that connects us with the real drawbacks of human society. Hamlet is not only about revenge; it is about the theme of the disappearance of King Hamlet, where Prince Hamlet is pretending to be insane to trap his uncle. It is also about the corruption that prevailed in Denmark and the sufferings that the women had to go through. The plot of Denmark is replaced in Haider by the plot of the Kashmir conflict in 1995 and enforced civil disappearances. The characters are given new shades according to contemporary Kashmir.
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