Haider is a movie directed by Vishal Bhardwaj in 2014 and based on the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, first published in 1603. The movie features Tabu, Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Kay Kay Menon, Narendra Jha, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, and others.
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Storyline
In 1995, during the insurgency in Kashmir, Hilaal Meer, a doctor based in Srinagar, agrees to perform an appendectomy on Ikhlaque, the leader of a pro-separatist militant group. To avoid detection, he performs the surgery at his house, much to the chagrin of his wife Ghazala, who questions his allegiance.
Movie vs Book
Year
2014
Minutes
160
Movie Rate
8.10
Source: IMDb
Year
1603
Pages
342
Book Rate
8.06
S: Goodreads
Book
Hamlet
Original title: The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Author: William Shakespeare
Country: UK
First published in: 1603
Length: 342 pages
Genre: Play
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TV Series by Kurt Sutter
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“I've never watched any of the adaptations of my books. I've never wanted to, and there's no chance of me doing so in the future.”
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