Manthan was based on a Tendulkar play? I thought it was based on the experiences of Dr. I havent read A Flight of Pigeons but I remember reading other Ruskin Bond stories and finding them rather boring.Īgreed that reading translations is not the greatest way to read good books, but it certainly beats subtitled/dubbed movies! Reply DeleteĪmit, thanks for stopping by and sharing the info on all these authors! Didn’t know Tendulkar plays and Mahashweta Devi novels were adapted in Bollywood, probably because I haven’t seen any of these movies.
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In Parineeta for e.g., the heroine of the original novella is a 13 year old, which was marriageable age in 1914 but would be child-abuse today! Amrita Pritam's Pinjar was rather stark and focused mainly on the heroine while the movie fleshed out other characters too, and added touches of color that made for greater impact and viewing pleasure. The original books can turn out pretty different from what you expect after watching the movie.
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Shashi didnt do any R K Narayan adaptations but Narayan's other books were also filmed - in the TV series Malgudi Days (its up for free viewing on, but, its in Hindi with no subtitles) Ppcc, I'm glad Merchant-Ivory didnt get their hands on Guide! The movie would have turned into an exploration of the-mystic-of-India and how even a common convict gets worshipped as God!!! Instead, it turned into a really nice movie with interesting characters, a fast moving and engrossing story with ofcourse, lovely songs and dances. Do Shakespeare, Dickens and Bronte write "masala" or is it just that Bollywood finds more Indian parallels in them than in Indian writers? Reply Delete The fact that adaptations of English literature do much better in Hindi both critically and commercially makes me wonder what it says about English writers and Indian movie-makers. From the movies in this post, it is clearly not true! What I take issue with though, is his opinion that Bollywood is incapable of doing such things and doing them well. He talks about Shatranj Ke Khiladi too, and commends Ray's genius for converting a short story into a masterpiece. Growing up I think I was the only one who openly read Harlequin romances while the rest of my contemporaries wouldnt admit to reading them but would borrow my books!Ībout the article, I was bit hasty in saying that he thinks Hindi literature didnt make it to Bollywood - he does go on to give a few examples which were "disasters, commercially as well as qualitatively". Ajnabi, agreed - I hate such snobbishness too.
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