Published 17:08 IST, October 25th 2019
Bollywood movies that were adapted from novels and short stories
There are many writers in Bollywood who get influenced by a story or a book and make film adaptations of the same. Here is a list of adaptations in Bollywood.
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Many writers in Bollywood adapt scripts from various sources. Literature is also a major source of great stories that can be influential to writing and script. re are numerous vels and stories that were adapted and made into movies.
Here are some of movies that were based on vels:
Masoom
Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Jugal Hansraj, and Urmila Matondkar starred in movie Masoom in 1983. movie was adapted from book Man, Woman and Child by Erich Sehgal. It talks about trials and tribulations faced by a family because of a big mistake made by a family member.
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Aisha
movie Aisha was released in 2010. It stars Sonam Kapoor, Abhay Deol, Amrita Puri, Randhir Gambhir, Aruday Singh, and Ira Dubey. movie was an adaptation of vel Emma by Jane Austen, published in 1815. movie was directed by Rajshree Ojha.
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Fitoor
Fitoor was a 2016 release starring Aditya Roy Kapoor and Katrina Kaif. movie traces journey of or (Aditya) and Firdaus (Katrina) as y fall in love and face obstructions in love. movie is a modern adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations from 1861.
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Lootera
Lootera was a Vikramaditya Motwane-directed movie from year 2013. It starred Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha. Even though it is very different from original text, it is based around short story of O’Henry named Last Leaf.
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7 Khoon Maaf
This Priyanka Chopra starrer was released in year 2011. movie starred many names like John Abraham, Vivaan Shah, Irrfan Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, and Annu Kapoor. It is based on a short story Susanna’s Seven Husbands.
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upcoming movie Dil Bechara is also an adaptation of book A Fault In Our Stars by John Green. movie stars Sushant Singh Rajput and Sanjana Sanghi. It will be releasing on vember 29, 2019.
17:47 IST, October 24th 2019