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A Bollywood icon, champion of alternative cinema and theatre doyen, Shashi Kapoor was more than just “Mere paas maa hai”
With his pencil thin moustache and mannerisms, Dharmputra’s Kapoor is a curious mix of his elder brothers, Raj and Shammi who were superstars even before he burst on to the scene. But Shashi Kapoor didn’t have to fight off the resemblance too hard. As he went along, he was carving his own niche. By the 1970s, as the elder Kapoors were approaching their autumn years, The Householder star was in full bloom of his superstardom. His sterling partnership with Amitabh Bachchan was the highlight of this phase of Kapoor’s career. While Bachchan’s Vijay may have been the scene-stealer (and this could be attributed to the general mood of the 1970s which hit the romantic stars like Shashi Kapoor the hardest) in films like Deewaar and Trishul, ‘Ravi’ left his own mark. If Bachchan got the meatiest part in Deewaar, then Kapoor certainly got the best line. “Mere paas maa hai,” has transcended its ‘two brothers on the opposite sides of morality’ setting to assume an iconic place in pop culture. It has come to personify Bollywood itself.
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But of course, Shashi Kapoor is more than just ‘Mere paas
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Noblemen: This Merchant of Venice adaptation lets Shylock have his revenge
In the far-removed boarding school, there are no money lenders, no conniving Jew asking for a pound of flesh. There are students vying for roles in the play, rather there is a son of a Bollywood superstar Baaadal (Shaan Grover) convinced that he can play Bassanio better than Shay (Ali Haji). Shay, Baaadal believes, is a faggot, unfit to win over the love of Portia (to be played by a girl Baaadal likes). Kataria links this premise — of apparent harmless friendly rivalry — with the bard’s comedy by attempting not a counterfactual reading of the play but a mordant re-telling of it where, much like its primary source, the contention is not to belong but is played out against those who do and those who do not.
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The merchant in The Merchant Of Venice has everyone’s sympathy and admiration. Even though the name is never spelt out, one assumes Antonio to be the merchant of Venice Shakespeare dedicates the title to. It is he who exhibits all the qualities befitting of a protagonist. Standing in stark contrast is another merchant, Shylock, his scheming nature well-known, his (evil) reputation preceding him. And yet, what leads to the complete otherisation of Shylock by the