Bollywood Films That Must Be Seen By Western Audiences

Haider (2014)

Based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Haider tells the story of a young man who returns to his home in Kashmir to investigate his father’s disappearance. He has reason to think that his uncle may be behind the reason his father is gone.

Haider is the third installment of a Shakespearean trilogy from Bhardwaj. It was the first Indian film to win a People’s Choice Award at the Rome Film Festival. The entire production shoot was 54 days, but filmed in two parts in 2013 and 2014.