... both on stage and in film of Shakespearean works. His plays have inspired successful Hollywood films such "10 Things I Hate About You," based on "The Taming of the Shrew." The Indian film industry has drawn heavily on Shakespeare as seen in movies like Angoor, where the plot is drawn almost entirely from "A Comedy of Errors" and Omkara, an adaptation of Othello ... were repetitive and they are viewed as cliched and overdone from today's standpoint, the fact remains that these very stories are what draw audiences time after time. A pioneer in his art, he flouted all theatrical convention...

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