Bollywood's Shakespeare

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This past week I was involved in the group discussion over Shakespeare in culture. With the amount of research I was able to do before hand, it sparked an interest on how certain cultures might understand Shakespeare. One that stood out in my research was Bombay cinema. Now known as Bollywood, the Indian Hindi-language film industry has made many films over these plays that we are studying in class. Director Sharat Katariua has made transformed A Midsummer Night’s Dream into his version of the play. The 2012 film 10ml Love is very popular in the Indian film industry. He has taken the Shakespeare play and manipulated it to involve certain Hindi practices and beliefs. This is just one example on how some cultures turn the plays into films that mimic their beliefs and ways of living. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbcaFL2gJ7s

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