Prepared and Presented by Vaidehi Hariyani

Semester 1

Roll No. 22

S.B. Gardi Department of English,

Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University

COMPARISON OF HAMLET BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND THE MOVIE HAIDER BY VISHAL

BHARADWAJ

• Kashmir• Denmark

SETTING

Hamlet Haider

• Islam• Christianity

RELIGION

Hamlet Haider

• In the film adaptation of Hamlet by Kenneth Branagh Oedipus Complex is not picturized well.

OEDIPUS COMPLEX IN HAMLET

• In the Bollywood film adaptation of Hamlet, ‘Haider, Oedipus complex was picturized well, but for Indian audience it resulted in controversy.

OEDIPUS COMPLEX IN HAIDER

• Hamlet

• Mouse-trap play

• Mouse Trap Play

• Haider

• Song

PLAY WITHIN PLAY

• In the movie Haider by Vishal Bharadwaj , all the characters does not die.

• Prince Hamlet (Haider) and Claudius (Khurram Meer) are alive at the end.

• Hamlet is a Shakespeare’s tragedy where every major character dies.

• Except Horatio, no one is alive in the play.

DEATH

Hamlet Haider

• For Shakespeare revenge is important.

• Every major character dies.

• Vishal Bharadwaj does what is not done by the universal genius Shakespeare.

• Peace is more important.

END OF THE PLAY AND THE MOVIE

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