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Othello set for Bollywood debut
MUMBAI: Othello is set for a Bollywood makeover in which William Shakespeare's jealous lover is the leader of a gang of outlaws in modern-day India's political badlands. Bollywood's version of the play, slated for release tomorrow, is the story of a gifted chieftain, Omkara, whose jealousy and blind obsession for his lover tears his secure world apart. Set amidst violent political conflict in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Omkara is director Vishal Bharadwaj's second tryst with Shakespearean drama after the critically-acclaimed Maqbool, loosely based on Macbeth.
Posted by: Fred 2006-07-27
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