From Ink — Paper to the Screens!
Fiction is a literary genre that includes imaginative storytelling, creating narratives that come from the author’s imagination, life experiences rather than being based on actual facts. There are multiple forms of fiction such as short stories, novels, and a wide range of characters and theme setting of the story. It is such a genre that it entertains the readers, awakens some emotions within them and let the reader explore different perspectives and emotions. The genre transports the readers to a fictional world where the readers can imagine themselves in the story–as some character. While reading,one can make the whole scenario in front of them. Adding more to it, books have been adapted by the filmmakers.
Here are few of the books which are adapted by the filmmakers worldwide:
- Half Girlfriend:
It is one of the most popular books by the Indian author Chetan Bhagat, ‘Half Girlfriend’. It is a love story of a Bihari boy Madhav who falls in love with a Delhi girl Riya, who comes from a high standard family. The book explores the hurdles that Madhav and Riya face due the different backgrounds they come from. The film adaptation, directed by Mohit Suri, featuring Arjun Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor was released in 2017. This movie grabbed the attention of the audience with the catchy music and the exploration of modern-day relationships in India. Additionally, people also opted for the book, after watching the movie.
2)2 States:
Another popular book by the author Chetan Bhagat is ‘2 States’ which was also adapted by the filmmaker. 2 States is a romance novel that explores an inter-cultural relationship between Krish and Ananya who come from different cultural backgrounds. The book describes how Krish and Ananya tackle their challenges of familial acceptance in the traditional Indian society. The film was released in 2014 and directed by Abhishek Verman and the lead role was played by Arjun Kapoor (Krish) and Alia Bhatt (Ananya). The film portrayed the characters’ college life, office life till marriage.
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3)The Fault in Our Stars:
This book is written by the American author John Green which has been adapted into multiple languages. Bollywood movie ‘Dil Bechara’ is an adaptation of this book which had Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput and Sanjana Sanghi and was released in 2020. The movie introduces the characters and settings and explores the love story of two teens who are battling cancer.
4)It Ends with Us:
Colleen Hoovers ‘It Ends With Us’ recently hit cinemas worldwide in 2024. It is considered to be one of the most selling romance books and people loved it when the heart warming yet heart wrenching love story of Lily and Atlas finally got life and audience could finally see the characters involved fully in the story. This movie is a visual representation of the book, which is directed by Justin Baldoni starring himself along with Blake Lively and Jenny Slate.
5)To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before:
This is a contemporary young adult novel by Jenny Han which has been adapted by the filmmaker and was released on Netflix in 2018 with the first installment. ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’ unwraps a sweet — romantic high school love story between Lara Jean and Peter. The film, starring Lana Condor and Noah Centineo, beautifully shows the teenage love between the two and it also has two sequels.
6)When Dimple Met Rishi:
Sandhya Menon’s ‘When Dimple Met Rishi’ book has been recently adapted as a series namely ‘Mismatched’ on Netflix by Akarsh Khurana. It has two seasons that are available on Netflix till date. Season 3 is what the production is working on with the same cast ‘Rohit Saraf’ and ‘Prajakta Koli’. This series unwraps how love connected the two with each other. The iconic first meet when Dimple (Prajakta) throws coffee on Rishi’s (Rohit) face is what the audience liked a lot and the way their story took a turn and let the love enter is really something that one needs to watch out for. First season was released in 2020 and the series is tied up with two more seasons wherein, Mismatched season 3 will be releasing soon.
These are the few books are been on top charts globally and in bollywood. There are many more movies, series that been inspired by the books. So, to know about others books, stay connected with us.
