Yellamma

Alternative title
Prophecy, The
Synopsis
Feature film. Indian re-working of Macbeth set in 1850s India in the time of the Sepoy Mutiny.
Country
India; United States
Medium
Film
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Year of release
2001
Availability
No archive copy or distributor found (2007).

Credits

Director
Mohan Koda
Cast
Sonali KulkaniMahadevi (Lady Macbeth)

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Historical period
19th Century
Plays
Macbeth
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
Spoken in the Telengana dialect of Telugu. Shot entirely on location in the Warangel and Karimnagar districts.
General
Yellamma (Shri Renuka devi), is the Goddess of the Fallen, in the Hindu pantheon.
Reviews
Lanier, Douglas ‘Film Spin-Offs and Citations’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. (p. 216, entry 877).

Production Company

Name

Magic Lantern

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Yellamma". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67873 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)