Shakespeare in Bollywood

Fa Abdul, producer | Matthew Koh, director | Lavinya Kalai Chelvan and Tilottama Pillai, cast members

09-Sep-16 14:00

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Shakespeare in English and set in England is to be expected. But locally we have seen the Bard staged in Chinese and in China; in Malay and in Malaya or some imagined country in Nusantara. Now the Bard travels to Bollywood. Our guests tell us what shakes this Shakespeare into saris and salwar kameez.

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