Haider

A still from "Haider".

“Haider” commands respect!, and so does Vishal Bhardwaj! “Haider” is not a movie you can enjoy while munching popcorns with your Pepsi. You don’t want to miss even a single moment of this intense drama which is based on Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”. Your eyes refuse to leave the screen as if they are spell bound and glued to it magically.

This third adaptation from “Vishal Bhardwaj” is a true work of art. With “Haider” Vishal has taken a big leap and proved his irrefutable superiority among his contemporaries.

The film speaks of the hard work pumped into it and there is a distinctive detailing in this adaptation that is a signature style of Vishal Bhardwaj. Set in the 90s with turbulent Kashmir as its backdrop, this film presents two aspects of Kashmir brilliantly. There is a clear reference of force’s transgressions, which will not be pleasing for many eyes. But, in a film you do take some liberties and “Haider” after all is a work of fiction.

 Tabbu symbolizes the very purpose for which film is regarded as an art form.

“Shahid Kapoor” struggles in some parts of the initial half of “Haider” as at some points you do feel like shahid is not letting go of his star image but, Shahid matches up to the plot’s intensity in the second half.

Hero becomes big only if he is matched with a villain of same magnum. K. K. Menon is a marvellous villain who proves it, yet again with his flawless performance. Irfann Khan is also there in a short yet intense role.

Shraddha Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor

“Shraddha Kapoor” who plays Haider’s love interest means business and she has proved, ‘she is here to stay’. Her performance is smooth and she performs both intense and passionate scenes with ease and finesse.

Tabbu

 But who takes the cherry on the top is Tabbu. Playing Haider’s mother, her captivating performance leaves every one speechless. She makes you realize what you miss when she is not shooting. She symbolizes the very purpose for which film is regarded as an art form.

Tabbu and Shahid Kapoor

In one of the last scenes when she requests her husband (KK Menon) to spare her son’s life, you feel a mother’s plight. She has reached a resolution. She is unfazed now. she is a mother who is protective of her son. She is going to protect him at all costs. She will stand against the world, against her own husband and even death.

What an adaptation! Vishal Bhardwaj leaves everyone speechless!

RATING:   5/5

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Vishal Bhardwaj: Master of Adaptaion

 

How many of us know that, Vishal Bhardwaj originally aspired to be a music composer! His debut as a film director was in 2001 with a children’s film “Makdee” (Spider).

Award winning Shaban Azmi starrer Makdee became a critically acclaimed film.

He has attained a mastery in adapting his characters and redefining them to an extend that, they can be called his own creation!

His Shakespearean adaptation “Maqbool” followed in 2003 for which Vishal Bhardwaj was the writer, Director and Composer. Maqbool was a successful film and critically acclaimed!  Another Shakespear’s play Othello’s adaptation was made in 2006 as Omkara! 

Saif and Ajay in "Omkara"

The film “Omkara” had Saif ali Khan, Ajay Devgan, Kareena Kapoor and Konkana Sen Sharma in it and was a super hit nationally and internationally! With Omkara, Vishal Bhardwaj established himself as a successful Director of main stream Bollywood cinema. 

He went on to make successful films like Kaminey and Matru ki bijli ka mandola!

Vishal Bhardwaj is known to work on his characters extensively and has attained a mastery in adapting his characters and redefining them to an extend that, they can be called his own creation! He is a Master in true sense! 

With numerous projects as singer and a composer, Vishal is a composer at heart and it clearly shows in the films he does! Vishal’s sensibility and Gulzar saab’s Lyrics is quite a delight, always!

Vishal Bhardwaj Grew up in “Meerut”, a town in UP and is well versed with the wild ways of that city. It clearly shows in his cinema and his mastery in the dialect associated with that part of the country in his movies.

Composer and playback singer, Vishal Bhardwaj recieved Rajat kamal award for best music direction from National film awards in 1999. 

Rekha and Vishal Bhardwaj

 He is known to be a very down to earth person as far as his life is concerned! His wife Rekha Bhardwaj, who he met during his college days in Delhi’s Hindu college, also collaborates with him on his projects.

His latest venture is “Ded Ishqiyan”. He is producing the film which is a sequel to “Ishquiaan”. “Ded Ishquian” is slated to be released in 2014.

Vishal Bhardwaj's up coming movie "Haider"  Latest adaptation of "Hamlet". starring Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Tabbu and K K Menon. Set to release in October

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