Haider

Haider is an upcoming Indian drama film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and co-written by Bharadwaj and Basharat Peer. It is a modern-day adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, set in Kashmir. The film stars Shahid Kapoor as Haider, and Tabu essays the role of his mother who marries her brother-in-law (played by Kay Kay Menon) after her husband mysteriously disappears. The film also stars Shraddha Kapoor as Arshia, a journalist by profession and Haider's love-interest.

Haider is the third installment of Bhardwaj's Shakespeare trilogy after Maqbool (2003) and Omkara (2006). The film is scheduled for release on 2 October 2014.It will be screened at the 19th Busan International Film Festival.

Cast

                  

                                                                                                        

ACTOR                                 ROLE                                           BASED ON                 

Shahid Kapoor                 Haider [8]                                   Prince Hamlet

Tabu                                 Ghazala, Haider's mother           Gertrude

Irrfan Khan                         Haider's father                                   King Hamlet

Kay Kay Menon                  Haider's uncle                           Claudius

Shraddha Kapoor                   Arshia                                           Ophelia

Narendra Jha

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Lalit Parimoo

Ashish Vidyarthi

Aamir Bashir

Sumit Kaul

Rajat Bhagat