We all know some wonderful scripts and blockbusters have been a product of Novel Adaptations. As difficult as it is, to create a 2 to 3 hours movie out of a full length novel, yet it is books that have always inspired movie makers to bring stories onscreen. Some are successful, others don’t do justice entirely to the literary product; Nonetheless it is always exciting to see books turned into movies. Being an ardent reader myself, I have come across these few books which I feel, would inspire some wonderful movie scripts.

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Indian Television has seen a breakthrough in content in the recent years. The saas-bahu dramas which garnered major TRP’s earlier are now gradually being replaced as writers are willing to experiment with characters and genres.  Anirudh Pathak has brought a masterpiece in the form of Prithvi Vallabh to our television sets. He is the producer of the show as well as the writer of it. Other writers include Manoj Sinha, Ashutosh Kumar, and Sweta Mishra.

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Panther Panchali, a film that struggled to be created though a major financial crisis yet, a result of hope not being lost. Panther Panchali is a Bengali – language film released in 1955. It was the directorial debut of Satyajit Ray, one of the greatest film makers of the 20th century.

Panther Panchali in English stands for “Song of the Little Road.” It was a 3-year long project which was an adaptation of a Bengali novel under the same name, written by  Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay.

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Who doesn’t like a cute romantic comedy that will take one off away from reality into a world of love, laughter and pleasurable endings. Rom-Coms are a therapy after a stressful week. It feels great to sit with a tub of popcorn, or ice-cream and simply watch a movie that pleases your soul. If you are bored with watching the same English or Hindi Romantic comedies, here’s a suggestive list of some delightful French Romantic comedies.

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P.S. – This is review of the movie but major spoilers are NOT given. Thus, if you haven’t seen the movie, this article will leave you intrigued enough to watch it at the same time, not giving away major plot twists.

“What are you thinking? How are you feeling? What have we done to each other?”

What happens after two people meet, fall in love and get married?

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Steven Allan Spielberg; a name which not only resounds in Hollywood, but echoes through the entire globe. He is one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world with billions to his name and a whole lot of movies under the same. When I say a whole lot, I mean literally a massive amount of work which has either been directed, produced, written or all of it, by him. He has earned success not just commercially but his work is positively acclaimed among critics.

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“The Circle is the chaos of the web made elegant!”

The Circle is a book adaptation of Dave Egger’s novel which came out in 2013 under the same name as its motion picture. The movie came out in 2017, directed by James Ponsoldt, and is put under the category of techno-thriller. The Circle is a hard hitting reality which will trigger a few questions in your mind by the time it ends.

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Here is a list of 6 shows from Disney Channel which aired from 2000 to 2010 and played a major role in every 90’s kid’s life who were probably blooming in their teens back then.

That’s So Raven

If you watched this show frequently, you must be able to recall the background score for the series. Yup, now goodluck trying to get that out of your head as it plays on repeat while you read the rest of the article.

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“Kaur” in Punjabi stands for Princess. Well Sunny Leone did turn her life from rags to riches. She afforded herself a Princess lifestyle. But the identity she adopted to get there,as it is said in the trailer, “Yeh voh hai, jo ek Bhartiya Nari ko nahi hona chahiye” forms the centre of controversies. Hence, we get the real life story of Karenjit Kaur a.k.a. Sunny Leone in this web series released on zee5 originals.

Directed by Aditya Datt, the story starts off with an interview of Sunny, being taken by Anupam Chaubey.

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Royal and opulent sets, characters defining legacies, dialogues that steal your heart, and cinema that is  motion poetry. His movies are breathtaking which portray anything but “Normal”. The man is in himself – a plethora of characters with stories brimming in the edges of his mind, waiting to spill on the silver screen. He is a highly celebrated director, producer, screen writer and Music Director.

Ring a bell?

Well, it is none other than the epitome of creative success and perfection – Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

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