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Vishal Bhardwaj has garnered acclaim for his unique adaptations of Shakespeare's plays in Bollywood.
Here are the 3 must-watch Bollywood movies adapted from Shakespeare's plays.
Maqbool, based on Shakespeare's Macbeth, transports the story to Mumbai's underworld, where ambition and betrayal intertwine. It follows Maqbool, a character driven by ambition and forbidden love, who commits murder to ascend the ranks of a crime syndicate.
Bhardwaj reinterprets Othello within the backdrop of rural Uttar Pradesh in Omkara. It centres around Langda Tyagi, a master manipulator whose deceit leads to the tragic downfall of Omkara.
Bhardwaj adapts Hamlet to the tumultuous landscape of Kashmir. The film captures the protagonist's existential struggles against the backdrop of political unrest, paralleling Hamlet's internal conflicts with the socio-political turmoil of the region.