Book versus movie: The poignancy and power of ‘Usne Kaha Tha’ don’t make it to the screen

Moni Bhattacharjee directed the adaptation of the reputed short story by Chandradhar Sharma Guleri.

Nirupama Kotru

· Aug 02, 2022 · 10:30 am

Book versus movie: In ‘Ghare Baire’, questions on nationalism and the nature of freedom

Satyajit Ray’s adaptation of the Rabindranath Tagore novel stars Swatilekha Sengupta, Victor Banerjee and Soumitra Chatterjee.

Anu Kumar

· Jun 17, 2021 · 02:30 pm

Book vs movie: In ‘Ice Candy Man’ and ‘Earth’, treats, unrequited love and betrayal

How does Deepa Mehta’s movie, starring Aamir Khan, Nandita Das and Rahul Khanna, stack up against Bapsi Sidhwa’s source novel?

Anu Kumar

· Sep 14, 2020 · 10:27 am

Book versus movie: Rajendra Yadav’s prose comes alive in Basu Chatterjee’s ‘Sara Akash’

The 1969 movie was drawn from the Nayi Kahani writer’s pathbreaking novella.

Nirupama Kotru

· May 25, 2020 · 11:30 am

Book versus movie: It’s a tie between Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘The Namesake’ and Mira Nair’s screen version

A novel that details the generational confusions of an immigrant family also becomes a film about finding and cherishing love.

Anu Kumar

· May 07, 2020 · 10:00 am

Book versus movie: Revisiting ‘Yehi Sach Hai’, the short story that inspired ‘Rajnigandha’

Spot the similarities and differences between Manu Bhandari’s short story and Basu Chatterjee’s screen version.

Nirupama Kotru

· Apr 19, 2020 · 10:00 am

Book versus movie: The 1994 ‘Little Women’ remains the best adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel

Gillian Armstrong’s film was recently made available for streaming on Netflix.

Vikram Johri

· Aug 14, 2018 · 08:15 am

Book versus movie: Brad Pitt-starrer ‘Moneyball’ takes the best of the text and makes it better

If you are even a tiny bit a sports fan, you will enjoy them both.

Utkarsh Srivastava

· Jun 09, 2018 · 09:15 am

Book versus movie: Latest adaptation of ‘Fahrenheit 451’ goes heavy on the underlining

Far too much is going on in Ramin Bahrani’s adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s classic 1953 novel.

Sanjay Sipahimalani

· May 27, 2018 · 07:30 pm

Interview: Behind the film on Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger is the story of an enduring friendship

Ramin Bahrani, to whom the novel is dedicated, is adapting the Booker Prize-winning work for Netflix.

Nandini Ramnath

· Apr 23, 2018 · 09:15 am

Book versus movie: What James Franco’s comedy doesn’t get about the memoir ‘The Disaster Artist’

The Oscar-nominated film does not adequately recreate Tommy Wiseau’s success in directing ‘the worst movie ever made’.

Vikram Johri

· Mar 24, 2018 · 07:30 pm

Why Anuja Chauhan is re-reading her bestselling debut novel ‘The Zoya Factor’

‘I have forgotten large amounts of it,’ said the author about the screenplay she has written for the movie version, starring Sonam Kapoor and Dulquer Salmaan.

Chandrima Pal

· Mar 19, 2018 · 07:30 pm