BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY
Just when you’d think another fresh take on William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” couldn’t possibly be done, comes “Joji”. Fahadh Faasil’s new collaboration with director Dileesh Pothan retains the basic outline of human avarice and slant at violence, but sheds Shakespearean grandeur of the story in favour of restraint as it builds up the crime drama.
“Macbeth” and its innumerable retellings (including Vishal Bhardwaj’s magnificent “Maqbool”) have traditionally banked on a singular tragic flaw while spelling doom for the towering Shakespearean antihero his ambition. Pothan’s film underplays that bit, and gives the titular protagonist (played by Faasil) the persona of a weakling, ridden by inferiority complex.
Joji Review: Fahadh Faasil Makes This Loose Adaptation Of Macbeth A Must Watch Apr 11, 2021, 11:13 IST
The name Fahadh Faasil is synonymous with the Malayalam cinema. Having done many amazing films and always trying something new, Faassil never fails to stun the audience. Once again, the actor has done the same with his latest outing, ‘Joji.’
Directed by Dileesh Pothan, this movie takes you through the lives of people in a pandemic-affected world. Joji is loosely based on Wiliam Shakespeare’s, Macbeth. Like most of the Macbeth adaptations, this one as well departures from the typical storyline and embarks on a new route. The setting of Macbeth, here is a small town in Kerala.
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Watching his new film Joji is like reading between the lines of Macbeth with audiences seeing the connection with the Shakespearean tragedy in some scenes and not in others, says Malayalam star Fahadh Faasil who is drawn to lived in characters. That s the quality perhaps that attracted him to Joji too, an expansive tale of greed and ambition that plays out through the story of a family in a rich Kerala plantation during COVID times. The film s narrative is not a direct adaptation of Macbeth . We were deeply inspired by it and we were trying to set something inspired by Macbeth in today s scenario, Faasil told PTI in a Zoom interview from Kochi.
It is remake of Shakespeare s Macbeth
Joji (film on Amazon Prime); Cast: Fahadh Faasil, Baburaj, Unnimaya Prasad, Joji Mundakayam, Sunny PN, Alister Alex; Direction: Dileesh Pothan; Rating: and 1/2 (three and a half stars)
Just when you d think another fresh take on William Shakespeare s Macbeth couldn t possibly be done, comes Joji . Fahadh Faasil s new collaboration with director Dileesh Pothan retains the basic outline of human avarice and slant at violence, but sheds Shakespearean grandeur of the story in favour of restraint as it builds up the crime drama. Macbeth and its innumerable retellings (including Vishal Bhardwaj s magnificent Maqbool ) have traditionally banked on a singular tragic flaw while spelling doom for the towering Shakespearean antihero his ambition. Pothan s film underplays that bit, and gives the titular protagonist (played by Faasil) the persona of a weakling, ridden by inferiority complex.
Joji: Macbeth in the time of masks
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Fahadh Faasil s new Malayalam film Joji to drop digitally on April 7.. Image Source: IANS News
Direction: Dileesh Pothan
BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY
Just when you d think another fresh take on William Shakespeare s Macbeth couldn t possibly be done, comes Joji . Fahadh Faasil s new collaboration with director Dileesh Pothan retains the basic outline of human avarice and slant at violence, but sheds Shakespearean grandeur of the story in favour of restraint as it builds up the crime drama. Macbeth and its innumerable retellings (including Vishal Bhardwaj s magnificent Maqbool ) have traditionally banked on a singular tragic flaw while spelling doom for the towering Shakespearean antihero his ambition. Pothan s film underplays that bit, and gives the titular protagonist (played by Faasil) the persona of a weakling, ridden by inferiority complex.