The story is well known to many from school days: Hamlet’s father has passed away; his mother Gertrude is marrying his uncle Claudius in unseemly haste

Riz Ahmed, the fine British actor and musician, is stunning as Hamlet in Aneil Karia’s bold and vivid adaptation of Hamlet, one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. The film, a British film in English and Hindi/Punjabi, with a significantly South Asian/diaspora team — Riz Ahmed, Art Malik as the uncle Claudius, Sheba Chaddha as his mother Gertrude, and director Aneil Karia, was in the Centrepiece section at the recent 50th Toronto International Film Festival. It was also at the Telluride film festival, and will be at the BFI London Film Festival from October 8-19. Of course, the beloved play has a long history of film adaptations, among

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