odadune
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Post by odadune on Jul 12, 2015 17:18:21 GMT
Reportedly, SLB has a Shakespeare adaption in mind after Bajirao Mastani, and Ranveer Singh is understandably angling to star in it. We will doubtless hear more about this as BM gets closer to release, but I thought I'd put up a thread for the benefit of those of us who would find the "guessing game" aspect of this news interesting. Here's a complete list of Shakespeare's plays (please note that a "comedy" in this context is simply a story with a happy-ish ending, and a "tragedy" is simply one with an unhappy ending, except possibly for Cymbeline): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare%27s_plays#Canonical_playsWe can rule out Othello, Hamlet and Romeo & Juliet, due to very recent and prominent Hindi-language adaptations. Vishal Baradwaj's adaptation of Macbeth (Maqbool) is not quite as well known, and doesn't seem to have gone to town on the gothic/surreal elements that would appeal to SLB. We can also rule out most of the historical plays as not having anything narratively interesting going on that would translate well to another setting (exceptions would be the Henry IV/Henry V cycle). Given SLB's fetishistic approach to the human form and the failure of his Guzaarish, we can probably rule out Richard III, King Lear, and anything else where the main male character is aged or physically challenged. Given the desi film industries' long history of stories about people estranged from or reconciled with father figures and other "senior" family members, I don't think we can rule out stories like The Tempest or A Winter's Tale, which are nominally about a father-figure estranged from others but are ensemble pieces that could be reconfigured to focus on the young romantic leads who bring about the reconciliation.
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sady
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Post by sady on Jul 12, 2015 20:45:55 GMT
It may be the movie in which he plans to launch Vinod Khanna's son Sakshi Khanna. It'll be SLB's next production (a romance drama) and Sakshi is asisting SLB in Bajirao Mastani.
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Post by emily on Jul 12, 2015 20:46:07 GMT
I would love to see a Bhansali version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Trippy fare, with fairies and potions, plus humor, drama, and plenty of romance.
Ranveer Singh would be an AMAZING Puck, though he'd most likely end up one of the romantic leads.
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Post by aspiringfilmmaker on Jul 12, 2015 22:28:20 GMT
Reportedly, SLB has a Shakespeare adaption in mind after Bajirao Mastani, and Ranveer Singh is understandably angling to star in it. We will doubtless hear more about this as BM gets closer to release, but I thought I'd put up a thread for the benefit of those of us who would find the "guessing game" aspect of this news interesting. Here's a complete list of Shakespeare's plays (please note that a "comedy" in this context is simply a story with a happy-ish ending, and a "tragedy" is simply one with an unhappy ending, except possibly for Cymbeline): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare%27s_plays#Canonical_playsWe can rule out Othello, Hamlet and Romeo & Juliet, due to very recent and prominent Hindi-language adaptations. Vishal Baradwaj's adaptation of Macbeth (Maqbool) is not quite as well known, and doesn't seem to have gone to town on the gothic/surreal elements that would appeal to SLB. We can also rule out most of the historical plays as not having anything narratively interesting going on that would translate well to another setting (exceptions would be the Henry IV/Henry V cycle). Given SLB's fetishistic approach to the human form and the failure of his Guzaarish, we can probably rule out Richard III, King Lear, and anything else where the main male character is aged or physically challenged. Given the desi film industries' long history of stories about people estranged from or reconciled with father figures and other "senior" family members, I don't think we can rule out stories like The Tempest or A Winter's Tale, which are nominally about a father-figure estranged from others but are ensemble pieces that could be reconfigured to focus on the young romantic leads who bring about the reconciliation. If you notice, none of Bhansali's films (except for Khamoshi and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, according to one's interpretation) really have a happy ending or lead to any real optimism. Thus I highly doubt he's going to be any of Shakespeare's comedies anytime soon. I'm placing my bets on MacBeth - Bhansali has this odd fascination with morbidity.
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odadune
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Post by odadune on Jul 14, 2015 0:53:19 GMT
He'd do a rocking Macbeth with all the trimmings-he's about the only one in North India I could imagine doing anything visually interesting with the walking forest, or the witches. And dare I hope for Sridevi as Lady Macbeth?
Also like the idea of him doing Midsummer Night's Dream: I don't know if he'd nail the humor, but if you wanted a really eldritch and disturbing (and pretty) take on that story, he'd be your man. Although from a certain POV, Saawariya kind of has that vibe: it's about a woman pursuing a man who's obsessed with another woman who in turn is busy fantasizing about another man, all taking place in a surreal landscape divorced from the real world.
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