FILM ADAPTATION OF

LITERATURE

Text TransformationFive Points Someone(Chetan Bhagat)Q & A (Vikas Swaroop)

The Guide ( R.K. Narayan)

3 Idiots

Slumdog Millionaire

Guide

The Namesake ( Jhumpa Lahiri)

Harry PotterFrom IliadOthello (W.S)Macbeth(W.S)

Namesake (Film with same title)

Harry PotterTroyOmkaraMaqbool

White Nights ( Dostoevsky)

Pygmalion ( Bernard Show)

Night Bus

Sawariya

My Fair LadySantu Rangili

Chori Chori

Crime and Punishment ( Dostoevsky)

Comedy of Errors.

Fir Subah Hogi

Angoor

Devdas5 versions of Devdas1. Devdas ( Bengali)2. Devdas ( K.L. Sehgal)3. Devdas ( Dilip Kumar)4. Devdas( Shahrukh Khan)5. Dev D ( Abhay Deol)6. ???????????????

6.Muquddar Ka SikandarAmitabh Bacchan, Rekha and Rakhi.Film positively presented.

Some other pointsWriter’s perspective Producer’s perspectiveNovel / LiteratureWritten formOnly Device- Words

Imagination

Moral Message

Film/ Drama

Audio- visualMusic, costume,

settings…

Direct PresentationProfessional

Technical AspectsChoreography( dance)Cinematography( camera effects)DialoguesCostumesPublicity/ MarketingBackground MusicMore Effective

costumesCostumes are based on context Gulliver’s Travels Jodha Akbar

DifferenceLiterature MoviesMoral MessageInvestment- nominal

ProfessionalImmense Investment in

Team Shootings Legal permission Print Publicity

Production value low in Terms of money

Box office collection Public interest Cheap means sensationalis-m violence dance, music etc

It is advisable that one should read the literary work first and then watch the film because if one watches a film first, he will read the literary work with the impression of film in mind.

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