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
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