From Aisha to Omkara, 11 Bollywood movies based on bestseller novels

Artika Bansal

 Nov 22, 2023

Devdas

The musical drama Devdas starring Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit is based on Devdas by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhya

2 States

Chetan Bhagat’s novel 2 States was adapted into a full-fledged Bollywood movie by Abhishek Varman starring Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor

Aisha

2010 film Aisha of Sonam Kapoor is an adaptation of Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma. The film was a modern update for South Asian audience

Haider

Shahid Kapoor’s Haider, a dark thriller, is a modern-day adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy novel Hamlet

3 Idiots

Rajkumar Hirani directed 3 Idiots is based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel Five Point Someone. We loved both the film and the novel

Parineeta

Vidya Balan and Saif Ali Khan starrer Parineeta by Pradeep Sarkar was based on novel Parineeta by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhya

Saawariya

Ranbir Kapoor’s debut film Saawariya is actually based on Fyodor Dostoyevski's short Russian novel White Nights

Kai Po Che

Award-winning film Kai Po Che directed by Abhishek Kapoor is based on Chetan Bhagat's novel The 3 Mistakes of My Life

Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film and is an adaptation of the novel Q & A by Indian author Vikas Swarup

Omkara

Omkara’s story is based on William Shakespeare's Othello. The film starring Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan is a must-watch 

Dil Bechara

Sushant Singh Rajput’s last film Dil Bechara is the Hindi remake of a Hollywood film and based on John Green's 2012 novel The Fault in Our Stars