Sexuality and evil: Lady Macbeth in the Indian film adaptations of Macbeth Maqbool and Veeram

García Periago, Rosa

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Sexuality and evil: Lady Macbeth in the Indian film adaptations of Macbeth Maqbool and Veeram

dc.contributor.author	García Periago, Rosa
dc.contributor.department	Filología Inglesa
dc.date.accessioned	2024-09-19T07:00:04Z
dc.date.available	2024-09-19T07:00:04Z
dc.date.issued	2023-03-15
dc.description	© Universidad de la Laguna. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.25145/j.recaesin.2021.83.08
dc.description.abstract	An early Indian film adaptation of Macbeth, Jwala (dir. Vinayak, 1938) shows a Lady Macbeth that sides with Banquo against Macbeth, as if an evil female character were difficult to conceive in the Indian imagination. In 21st century film adaptations of Macbeth, Maqbool (dir. Vishal Bhardwaj, 2003) and Veeram (dir. Jayaraj, 2017), the female character is as evil as in the source text. Yet, neither Nimmi (Lady Macbeth in Maqbool) nor Kuttimani (Lady Macbeth in Veeram) is married to Macbeth at the outset of the film, the implication being an Indian married woman is incapable of such atrocities. In both movies, sexual drive becomes crucial in the course of events. By analyzing the role of Lady Macbeth in Maqbool and Veeram, this paper aims to show that these Lady Macbeths are as based on the play as on the role of the vamp (the evil woman) in popular Indian movies, since characters that are sexually driven are always condemned to death.	es
dc.description.abstract	Una adaptación india de Macbeth llamada Jwala (dir. Vinayak, 1938) muestra una Lady Macbeth que se une a Banquo en contra de Macbeth, como si un personaje femenino malo fuera difícil de concebir en la India. En las adaptaciones cinematográficas indias de Macbeth del siglo xxi, Maqbool (dir. Vishal Bhardwaj, 2003) y Veeram (dir. Jayaraj, 2017), Lady Macbeth es tan cruel como en la obra original. Sin embargo, ni Nimmi (Lady Macbeth en Maqbool) ni Kuttimani (Lady Macbeth en Veeram) están casadas con Macbeth al principio de la película, con la implicación de que una mujer india casada es incapaz de cometer esas barbaridades. En las dos películas, el deseo sexual contribuye de forma significativa en el desarrollo de los hechos. Al analizar el papel de Lady Macbeth en Maqbool y Veeram, este artículo pretende mostrar cómo estas Lady Macbeths están tan basadas en la obra como en el papel de la femme fatale del cine popular indio, ya que los personajes que tienen apetito sexual tienen un final trágico.
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dc.identifier.citation	Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses 83, pp. 105-115.
dc.identifier.issn	Papel: 0211-5913
dc.identifier.issn	Electrónico: 2530-8335
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/144054
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Universidad de La Laguna
dc.relation	Este artículo es resultado de la beca postdoctoral Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship. Es resultado del proyecto titulado Indian Cinematic Traditions. Project ID 752060. Horizon 2020 Framework Programme.	es
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://www.ull.es/revistas/index.php/estudios-ingleses/article/view/5149
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	es
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Lady Macbeth
dc.subject	Indian Cinema
dc.subject	Sexuality
dc.subject	Evil
dc.subject	Maqbool
dc.subject	Veeram
dc.subject	Cine indio
dc.subject	Sexualidad
dc.subject	Crueldad
dc.subject	Maqbool
dc.subject.other	CDU::8- Lingüística y literatura	es
dc.title	Sexuality and evil: Lady Macbeth in the Indian film adaptations of Macbeth Maqbool and Veeram	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
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