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Classics are classics and hence called so. One may re-write them but the re-written tales cannot carry the same perception as the original. A story written in a particular era has relevance to that era. (I remember something like the importance of desh-kaal from my school days). So, if they were to be re-written, they have to take the context of the time for which they'll be re-written. I find nothing wrong in that. The movies mentioned - Omkara, Haider, Maqbool - are all very good examples of the plays re-written to suit the context of the period for which they are re-written. And they were all a fine work by Vishal Bhardwaj and team. So some changes have to be made in context with the present times. In some cases, though, one simply cannot re-write as the whole concept of the classic dies in the process. Like, if there was a classic depicting the remarriage of a widow, the whole context has almost no meaning today when it is broadly accepted by society. That classic played its part in bringing about the change and has no reason to be rewritten. |
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