Macbeth Book And Movie Analysis

Then, the addition of Sameera ( Abbaji’s daughter whom we don’t find in Macbeth ) and Guddu romance works well in creating a solid difference between Maqbool and Macbeth.So, all these differences make Maqbool fall into the ‘second mode” of film adaptation, as mentioned earlier. According to the French critic Jean Mitry , the adaptation of a work of literature to film rests on the absurd assumption that there exists a content which can be transferred —transformed-from one form of expression to another. In other words, in adaptations, you express a different thing. Marie Saton, in her biography of Satyajit Ray specifically mentions this problem when she admits—
“ Books are not primarily written to be filmed, if they were, they would read like scenarios; if they were good scenarios, they would probably read bad as literature.”
In other words, both Geoffrey Wagner and Jean Mitry establish that it is inevitable for the cinematic adaptation to be different ,in some way or the other, than the text/book/content from which it is adapted.
Another related issue with the process of adaptation is that in what way does it affect the original piece of art/literature. Does it impact it in a good or bad way? The …show more content…
Vishal Bhardwaj, choosing his words carefully on this subject, says,” the film is not meant for Shakespearean scholars. My co script writer and I knew that we are treading on a sensitive ground. We had to identify with the play’s spirit and essence and retain them in