The “bollywoodization” Of Shakespeare In Vishal Bhardwaj’s Maqbool And Omkara

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Vishal Bhardwaj’s Maqbool and Omkara are post-colonial “retextualizations” of Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Othello. Bhardwaj appropriates the plots by making “intercultural revisions” using familiar Bollywood strings – The underworld landscapes of Mumbai; Communal and caste tensions in Indian society; and finally, using Bollywood song and dance sequences as a bridge to bring Shakespeare to the masses.