Breaking Baz @Telluride: Riz Ahmed And His Longtime Collaborators Bring Hard-Edged, South Asian Flavor To ‘Hamlet’

‘Hamlet’ Review: Riz Ahmed Does His Best to Convince Us We Needed Another Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Masterpiece

Telluride: Aneil Karia does an effective job of setting the classic text in contemporary India, but Ahmed's fittingly excessive performance is the star of the show.

‘Hamlet’ Review: Riz Ahmed Tackles Shakespeare’s Most Famous Hero in a Shaky Contemporary Version

Set in the Indian community in London, the Telluride-premiering film relies (mostly) on the Bard's language.

Breaking Baz @Telluride: Riz Ahmed And His Longtime Collaborators Bring Hard-Edged, South Asian Flavor To ‘Hamlet’

EXCLUSIVE: Riz Ahmed was after the Crown Jewels. Along with filmmaker Aneil Karia and screenwriter Michael Lesslie, he wanted to take Hamlet, the most iconic of British plays, and do it about Britain today from the perspective of South Asian Hindu culture. It’s their up-to-the-minute version of Shakespeare’s centuries-old tale about a troubled Danish prince who […]