Novel based Bollywood movies on their way

Novel based Bollywood movies on their way
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 11:01 IST
By RS Taggar, Santa Banta News Network
Bombay Velvet inspired by Mumbai Fables by Gyan Parkash.
Director Anurag Kashyap

More and more Bollywood movies are these days being based on literary works of well-known writers. Anurag Kashyaps upcoming venture Bombay Velvet takes inspiration from historian Gyan Parkash's Mumbai Fables. It stars Ranbir Kapoor, Anushja Sharma, Raveena Tandon and Karan Johar. It is set in the 60's depicting Mumbai's transformation into a big city.

Vikas Bahl, the co-producer of the movie explains that it is very challenging making such films. `It is tougher to pick up a piece of literature as people have different perception of of the same book. For a director it is important to put his imagination on the screen.` Writer S. Hussain, whose book Dongri To Dubai inspired Shootout At Wadala, says that Bollywood is always starved of content. It is a welcome sign if they are now picking up literary works for basing their movies on. In Hollywood it is a common practice.

Haidar inspired by William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj.

Actor Shahid Kapoor and director Vishal Bhardwaj have teamed up for making a movie based on Shakespeare's Hamlet. The both earlier worked together in Kaminey (2009).The film will complete Bhardwaj's trilogy. He first make Maqbool (2003) based on Macbeth and Omkara (2006) based on Othello. The Hamlet based movie will going on the floors by end of this year and may be released in the second half of 2014.


Ramleela inspired by Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare.
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

The movie is set in Gujarat. It stars Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone. The makers have not announced it but the film is reportedly based on iconic love story. A few days ago film's trailer was launched and was much appreciated.

2 States inspired by Chetan Bhagat.
Director: Abhishek Varman

The yet untitled movie is based on Chetan Bhagat's hit novel. It is produced by Karan Johar and Sajid Nadiadwal. It will star Arjun Kapoor as a Punjabi lad and Alia Bhatta as a south Indian girl. The film is scheduled for release early next year. Another novel of Chetan Bhagat 3 MIstakes of My Life was earlier successfully made into a fil, Kai Poe Che which, was released this year.
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