Vishal
Bhardwaj's attraction for Shakespeare is undeniable. Earlier, he made
Maqbool, which was an adaptation of Macbeth, and then Omkara, which was
his version of Othello.
Now,
he has adapted Hamlet into his upcoming film Haider, which is famous
for being Shakespeare's toughest play, but it did not discouraged Vishal
Bhardwaj from adapting it, in which Shahid Kapoor has many diverse
looks, from his long hair to going totally bald.
When
asked Vishal Bhardwaj about it, he said, "Shahid goes through an
emotional journey in the film, where he starts from being a simple student in
search of his father, grows his hair long and learns that his father
has been probably killed and then almost becomes mad to finally taking
his revenge. When he came to know that I was adapting Hamlet, he was
keen to play the character of Hamlet, who is Haider in our film and
within a second I asked him, 'Will you go bald or not?' So that was a
prerequisite for the role."Further asking filmmaker,what attracts him most about Shakespeare, he said, "His stories have timeless human drama. His stories may be 400 years old, but yet, the human conflict is the same. Human beings may have progressed, but the inner self is still 400 years old."
Haider,
starring Tabu, Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, and Kay Kay Menon,
directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, produced under the banner of UTV motion
pictures, is slated for 2nd October 2014 release.
