Indian Decentrings of Macbeth

Postmodern Creativity in Filmic Adaptations by Vishal Bhardwaj and Jayaraj

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ID21243518
AuthorsSritama Maitra (0000-0001-5472-298X, Vellore Institute of Technology University), Sangeeta Mukherjee (0000-0002-5488-2876, Vellore Institute of Technology University)
Year2020
Volume13
Issue2
Pages585-599
Publication date2020-12-11
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCreativity Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2345-0487 • E-ISSN: 2345-0479
PublisherVilnius Gediminas Technical University (PUBLISHER • LT)
DOI10.3846/cs.2020.12787
OpenAlexW3111537502
LanguageEN
References cited12

The never-ending contemporaneity of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is established by the experimental adaptations of the play that have transcended time and space. The filmic adaptations, in particular, have recontextualized the original dramatic text in several innovative ways. This paper sets out to analyse from certain postmodern angles the creative and innovative adaptation of a classic literary text from a Scottish setting to two completely different Indian settings (geographically, culturally and politically) and also from 16th century Scotland, United Kingdom to two different time periods in India – Maqbool (director Vishal Bhardwaj, 2003) being a reimagination of Macbeth set in the 21st century underworld of Mumbai, India and Veeram (director Jayaraj, 2016) being an attempt to link the play with 13th century Kerala, India. The transmutations occur at multiple levels and this lends new interpretations to the text in two entirely different temporal and spatial contexts, though both of these adaptations are Indian

Art · Creativity · Linguistics · Literature · Postmodernism · Sociology · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism · Social Psychology · South Asian Cinema and Culture · Theatre and Performance Studies

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