When you think of Bollywood films, William Shakespeare is the last person to come to mind. In fact, for many, Shakespeare wouldn't come to mind at all. Singing and dancing with elaborate costumes and complex plots, Bollywood films seem to have nothing in common with Western depictions of Shakespeare's works. Until recently, the themes of the most beloved plays, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, to name a few, were adapted and recreated in Bollywood films without any mention of Shakespeare's influence. Although Shakespeare's works deal with timeless themes, adaptations made over the centuries have ensured their longevity. Every high school student is familiar with the film versions of Romeo and Juliet produced in 1968, 1996, and most recently in 2013. The need to remake the film every generation or so is to make it appealing to their senses. The context must be relevant and not seem outdated. Shakespeare's works have been relevant to India since the colonial era. In some cases, the performances were not tampered with and were performed as they should have been. In the Indian caste system, Shakespeare's works were not to be enjoyed by all of India. The rich, the comfortable and the English were the favorite audience. However, Shakespeare's works were popularized without any merit as the themes had universal appeal. Over the past decade, Bollywood films have credited Shakespeare with “comprehensive reinterpretations that bring the Bard's plots into a new, uniquely Indian context (Kayfil).” Both borrower and lender, Shakespeare's works have given Bollywood more material for the masses in the last 100 years of Indian film. Shakespeare's arrival in India Long before the colonization of India by the English...... middle of paper.... ..detracted from Shakespeare's words, it became much more readily available for translation into all types of languages ​​and cultural texts.(Lainer)”, in an adaptation of Hamlet in the 1950s, a scene was added showing Ophelia's love for Hamlet in a flashback with a full set of music and dance. Of course, customs, names and places had to be Indianized for the audience. Bollywood is an intoxicating emotional mix of songs, dances and stories. Bollywood is the term used for films that originate from Bombay, India. Bollywood films consist mostly of romantic or comedic elements and usually have elaborate music and dance elements. Usually the films have nothing of an explicit sexual nature but it is very common to find violence, swearing and murder. Most of the time they are set in India, with major religions playing a role, the characters can be Hindu, Sikh or Muslim.