UK actress Wendy Glenn is starring in Indian filmmaker Onir’s Veda, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The shooting is progressing in UK. Produced by Bhavna Talwar of India’s WSG Pictures, the film is shooting in Manchester and Shakespeare’s birthplace, Stratford Upon Avon, before moving on to India.

Glenn, who is playing Hamlet’s mother Gertrude, has previously starred in US films such as Patrick Hoelk’s Mercy and Adam Wingard’s You’re Next as well as TV shows CSI, CSI Miami and Reunion.

The renouned play Hamlet was also recently adapted by Indian filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj for his film Haider. The film in which the title role was played by Shahid Kapoor was a noted one with its Kashmir backdrop.

Onir’s directing credits include Nikhil, My Brother and I Am, which both tackled social and gender/sexuality issues. Along with Sanjay Suri, he also produced Bikas Mishra’s Chauranga, which won best film in the India Gold section at last year’s Mumbai Film Festival.