Bollywood movie-makers have found novelty in literary masterpieces too. The soon-to-be released 'Haider', featuring Shahid and Shraddha is an adaption of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. The brilliantly pulled off trailer gained a lot of appreciation
The overtly dramatic film on the heavy-drinker 'Devdas' is based on Sharat Chandra's book of the same name. Another film inspired by one of his book was 'Parineeta' featuring Saif Ali Khan and Vidya Balan.
We all remember Langda Tyagi and Kesu Firangi from 'Omkara', but we believe you didn't know that the movie was adapted from 'Othello'.
We bet you still have the vivid memory of Ranbir Kapoor trying to lure you in a towel. The film that raised quite a few eyebrows was based on 'White Nights'.
Those of you who are religious fanatic of Hollywood movies, would say that 'Aisha' was a lift off of 'Emma' (2005). But actually the characters were twisted form of Jane Austen's novel, Emma.
Vishal Bhardwaj saw the possibility of Ruskin Bond's short story 'Susanna's Seven Husbands' being developed as a feature film. And the rest they say is history. Though '7 Khoon Maaf' gained unfavourable reviews, the film did well at the box office.
Ranveer-Sonakshi starrer 'Lootera' was loosely based on O. Henry's short story, 'The Last Leaf'. While Pakhi Roy Chaudhary was a character developed on the lines of the story itself, the scriptwriter created the character of the conman, Nandu.
Though '2 States' managed to strike a cord with the audience, we cannot say the same for Salman Khan starrer 'Hello'. The film which boasted of a brilliant star-cast was based on 'One night in a call center'. It failed to secure a place on the
Let's look at the other movies which were inspired by best-selling books. Chetan Bhagat novels not only gave us one but four Bollywood movies. The latest one was '2 States' which was adapted for the movie of the same name.
'Bombay Velvet' has already created a lot of buzz with Ranbir and Anushka being paired for the first time. Be it Anushka's 35 kg gown or Karan Johar playing a negative role, the film is talk of the town. This Anurag Kashyap film apparently is based