Mar 23, 2024
Aakanksha Sharma
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee’s masterpiece, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is a story of racial injustice and moral growth in a small Southern town. The film adaptation, released in 1962, became an instant classic, capturing the essence of Lee’s novel.
Arrow-Books-Ltd
The Godfather
Mario Puzo’s epic crime novel, ‘The Godfather’ was a story of the Corleone crime family and their underworld empire. Later, the film adaptation of the book which came out in 1972, is celebrated as one of the greatest films ever made.
Arrow
Harry Potter series
J.K. Rowling’s magical world of Hogwarts and the wizard Harry Potter is loved by millions of readers worldwide. And then, the film adaptations, starting in 2001 with ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ brought the magical universe to life on big screens.
Bloomsbury-Childrens-Books
Devdas
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s tragic love story, ‘Devdas’, has been adapted into several successful films in Indian cinema but the most famous remains the one starring Shah Rukh Khan. Devdas and his love for Paro moved the audience and readers.
Penguin-India
Hamlet
William Shakespeare’s timeless play ‘Hamlet’ has inspired countless adaptations. And in Bollywood, the film ‘Haider’, starring Shahid Kapoor, was a phenomenal hit.
Fingerprint-Publishing
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Life of Pi
Yann Martel’s novel ‘Life of Pi’ follows the journey of a young Indian boy stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Ang Lee’s adaptation of the book into a movie became a superhit with audiences.
RHC
Macbeth
Shakespeare’s tragedy ‘Macbeth’ too has many cinema adaptations. And in Bollywood, the story and themes of Macbeth were seen in Irfaan Khan starrer ‘Maqbool’.
Fingerprint-Publishing
Five Point Someone
Chetan Bhagat’s bestselling novel ‘Five Point Someone’ was the base story for the superhit film ‘3 Idiots’. The film, starring Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, and Sharman Joshi, remains a favourite for many even today.
Rupa-Publications-India
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic ‘The Great Gatsby’ was a book about the Jazz Age and the ‘American Dream’. A loved book, it was later adapted to a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, and rightly captured the opulence and tragedy of Fitzgerald’s story.
Scribner
Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mitchell’s epic novel ‘Gone with the Wind’ was set against the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. The film adaptation of the book in 1939, starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, remains a cinematic masterpiece.
Macmillan
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