'Haider' to screen at London Asian Film Festival

March 15, 2015 11:56

Bollywood director Vishal Bhardwaj's 'Haider', an adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy 'Hamlet', will have its screening at the 17th London Asian Film Festival.

The film, which is set in the backdrop of insurgency-hit Kashmir conflicts of 1995 and civilian disappearances, was previously screened at the 19th Busan International Film Festival.

The Shahid Kapoor-Tabu starrer movie will be screened in the festival, starting from March 19, alongside Ketan Mehta's 'Rang Rasiya', disability drama 'Margarita With A Straw', Pakistani film 'Zinda Bhaag' and Nisha Pahuja's 'The World Before Her' among others.

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