Bestselling
novels have always fascinated Bollywood that have turned into popular movies. These
novels have popularized and inspired Indian cinema so much that it arouses
curiosity among laymen. I myself is fascinated about books and movies and so
thought about listing down such movies which were actually based on popular
books/novels. So here I am listing those popular Bollywoodmovies which were actually based on famous authors’ novels.
Devdas
Devdas, the
eternal and tragic love story is actually written by Great author Sarat Chandra
Chattopadhyay. The flim won ten awards at the 2002 Flimfare Awards. The flim
went on to become a box office hit. The movie shows how the social customs in
Bengal brings hurdle in the love of two people. Though the movie had a powerful
cast such as Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai but the success
really lies in a good story and of course the credit goes to the author.
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Chokher Bali
Chokher
Bali, brilliantly directed Bengali drama movie is again based on the novel “Chokher
Bali” by Rabindranath Tagore. Aishwaraya Rai playing lead in the movie received
lot of appreciation and the movie also won the National Flim Award for Best
Feature Flim in Bengali.
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7 Khoon Maf
And here
comes a marvelous movie starring Priyanka Chopra, 7 Khoon Maf! This flim is
based on the short story, Susanna’s Seven Husbands by Ruskin Bond. He is an internationally
acclaimed writer who contributed this mystic story turn into a classic movie. Though
the movie couldn’t gain success but Priyanka got noticed and appreciated by
many flim critics. There is no surprise why today Priyanka Chopra can be seen
in Hollywood movies!
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3 Idiots
3 Idiots,
an iconic movie that ticked our funny bones and made us cry is based on Chetan
Bhagat’s best-selling novel – Five Point Someone. Chetan Bhagat is one such Indian writer whose
almost all novels have turned into great Bollywood movies. The movie starring
Amir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, R. Madhvan and Sharman Joshi became the highest
grossing Bollywood movie of all time. Now, that’s the power of words!
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Haider
Haider,
starring Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor and Tabbu is a movie based on William
Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Shahid Kapoor’s brilliant acting and a power-packed story
left the audience awestruck. We all know William Shakespeare was the greatest English
writer who has been regarded for his excellent works. Thus, there is no
surprise if Bollywood adopts one of his stories to create yet another Bollywood
flick.
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