Haider (film)

Haider is a 2014 Indian crime drama film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, and cowritten by Basharat Peer and Bhardwaj. It stars Shahid Kapoor as the titular protagonist, and costars Tabu, Shraddha Kapoor and Kay Kay Menon. Irrfan Khan appears in an extended special appearance. The film is a modernday adaptation of William Shakespeares tragedy Hamlet, set amidst the insurgencyhit Kashmir conflicts of 1995 and civilian disappearances. Haider, a young student and a poet, returns to Kashmir at the peak of the conflict to seek answers about his fathers disappearance and ends up being tugged into the politics of the state.

In 1995, during the Kashmir conflict, Hilaal Meer, a doctor, agrees to perform an appendectomy on the leader of a proseparatist group. To avoid detection, he performs the surgery at his house, much to the chagrin of his wife Ghazala, who questions his allegiance. The following day, during a military raid, Hilaal is accused of harbouring terrorists. A shootout ensues at his home, during which the leader of the separatist group is killed and Hilaal is taken away for questioning. The doctors house is bombed subsequently to kill any other militant hiding inside. Several days later, Hilaal and Ghazalas son, Haider, returns from his Aligarh Muslim University to seek answers about his fathers disappearance. Upon arrival, he is shocked to find his mother singing and laughing along with her brotherinlaw, Khurram. Unable to understand his mothers behaviour, he begins searching for his father in various police stations and detention camps with the help of his childhood sweetheart Arshi, a journalist.Saddened by the growing closeness between Ghazala and Khurram, and unable to find any leads, Haider begins to lose hope. However, Arshi encounters a stranger, Roohdar, who asks her to inform Haider that he will be able to provide information about Hilaal. Haider contacts Roohdar, who turns out to be part of a separatist group. Roohdar then narrates the story of how he met Hilaal in one of the detention centers, where they both were tortured. Hilaal attributes his imprisonment to his brother, Khurram. Roohdaar tells Haider that he simply wanted to pass on his fathers message to him revenge for Khurrams betrayal. Thereafter, angry and swearing to avenge the injustice done to his father, Haider breaks down at his fathers gravesite and becomes mentally and emotionally shattered. He starts to suffer from the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder, shaving his head and behaving strangely. Khurram, after learning of the meeting between Haider and Roohdar, tells him that Roohdar was the

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