A desi Hamlet for B-town

After Vishal Bhardwaj successfully attempted Indianising William Shakespeare’s classics Macbeth and Othello with Maqbool and Omkara respectively, it is now filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia’s turn to turn the Bard of Avon’s another classic, Hamlet into a modern-day Bollywood tale.

After Vishal Bhardwaj successfully attempted Indianising William Shakespeare’s classics

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Macbeth

and

Othello

with

Maqbool

and

Omkara

respectively, it is now filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia’s turn to turn the Bard of Avon’s another classic,

Hamlet

into a modern-day Bollywood tale.

Dhulia, who will co-produce the venture with Brandsmith’s Rahul Mitra, says: “Adapting

Hamlet

will be very challenging, specially Indianising it in the background of UP.”

Will basing the movie in UP draw comparisons with

Omkara

? Mitra says: “We are definitely not going the

Omkara

way. It’s just that the locations might be similar as both movies are based in the country’s hinterlands.”

Model-turned-reality TV actor-host Pravesh Rana, makes his film debut with Hamlet. “I would strive to get into the skin of

Hamlet

for this role,” says Rana. The producers are still scouting for a female lead.