Books or movies? This is an ongoing debate with 50% audience on either side. While movies are easily accessible and faster to process, reading books are an experience in itself. There are some novels and stories that are so good that they should reach the maximum number of audience. But since that is not possible due to various reasons, here are a few Bollywood movies whose stories are taken or adaptations of famous novels and short stories-
1. Devdas (2002) – Devdas (1917)
2. Parineeta (2005) – Parineeta (1914)
3. 7 Khoon Maaf (2011) -Susanna's seven husbands
4. Maqbool (2003) – MacBeth (1606)
5. Haider (2014) – Hamlet (1599-1601)
6. Guide (1965)- The Guide (1958)
7. Lootera (2013) - The Last Leaf (1907)
8. Kai Po Che (2013)- 3 mistakes of my life (2008)
9. Tere Mere Sapne (1971)- The Citadel (1937)
10. Raazi (2018)- Calling Sehmat (2008)
-Shravya Kulkarni