This document compares William Shakespeare's play Hamlet to the Bollywood film Haider, directed by Vishal Bharadwaj. It outlines some key differences between the two works, including their settings of Denmark versus Kashmir, their use of Christianity versus Islam as religions, and their depictions of the Oedipus complex, a play within a play, character deaths, and endings. The summary focuses on providing a high-level overview of the main topics and works being compared.

2. Prepared and Presented by Vaidehi Hariyani
Semester 1
Roll No. 22
S.B. Gardi Department of English,
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
COMPARISON OF HAMLET BY WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE AND THE MOVIE HAIDER BY VISHAL
BHARADWAJ

3. • Kashmir• Denmark
SETTING
Hamlet Haider

4. • Islam• Christianity
RELIGION
Hamlet Haider

5. • In the film
adaptation of
Hamlet by Kenneth
Branagh Oedipus
Complex is not
picturized well.
OEDIPUS COMPLEX IN HAMLET

6. • In the Bollywood film
adaptation of
Hamlet, ‘Haider,
Oedipus complex
was picturized well,
but for Indian
audience it resulted
in controversy.
OEDIPUS COMPLEX IN HAIDER

7. • Hamlet
• Mouse-trap play
• Mouse Trap Play
• Haider
• Song
PLAY WITHIN PLAY

8. • In the movie Haider by
Vishal Bharadwaj , all
the characters does
not die.
• Prince Hamlet (Haider)
and Claudius
(Khurram Meer) are
alive at the end.
• Hamlet is a
Shakespeare’s
tragedy where every
major character dies.
• Except Horatio, no
one is alive in the
play.
DEATH
Hamlet Haider

9. • For Shakespeare
revenge is important.
• Every major
character dies.
• Vishal Bharadwaj
does what is not
done by the
universal genius
Shakespeare.
• Peace is more
important.
END OF THE PLAY AND THE MOVIE

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