Hamlet (2026)
Director: Aneil Karia · Writer: Michael Lesslie
When Hamlet returns for his father’s funeral, he is stunned to discover his uncle Claudius is marrying his newly widowed mother. Visited by his father’s ghost, Hamlet learns his brutal murder was at the hands of Claudius and spirals into a quest for vengeance that exposes the rot at the heart of the family’s empire and threatens his own sanity.
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Director
Aneil Karia
Cast
Riz Ahmed
Hamlet 
Morfydd Clark
Ophelia 
Timothy Spall
Polonius 
Art Malik
Claudius 
Sheeba Chaddha
Gertrude 
Joe Alwyn
Laertes 
Julia Westcott-Hutton
VIP Guest 
Nina Kumar
Wedding Guest 
Hiten Patel
Wedding Guest 
Eben Figueiredo
Marcellus 
Avijit Dutt
Old Hamlet 
Raj Awasti
Wedding Guest User Reviews (1)
Shakespearean purists probably ought not to bother with this relocated and heavily abridged version of his tale of the Prince of Denmark but as reimaginings go, this is still quite an interesting effort. Here, “Elsinore” is an epitome of corporate greed hitherto run by the father of “Hamlet” (Riz Ahmed) until his death after a long illness. Barely has he drawn his last breath when his widow “Gertrude” (Sheeba Chaddha) announces that she will marry his brother “Claudius” (Art Malik). “Hamlet” is fairly traumatised by this news and it’s in this slightly emotive state that he is visited by a spectre that suggests all was not entirely natural regarding his father‘s death and that his soul must wander the spirit world until such time as it is released by the truthful avenging of the crime. Now “Hamlet” must discover what really happened and outmanoeuvre the vested …
