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 film: 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

Books versus movie: Both versions of ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ lack bite and a moral core

Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Jordan Belfort’s memoir does not leave an impact.

Vikram Johri

· Mar 02, 2018 · 07:30 pm

Books versus movie: The churn in Ian McEwan’s ‘Atonement’ is missing on the screen

Joe Wright’s movie version does boast of a superb performance by Saoirse Ronan.

Bubla Basu

· Feb 05, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Books versus movie: ‘Strangers on A Train’ acquires new meaning in Alfred Hitchcock’s version

The 1951 adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s gripping novel gets its edge from the director’s wit and visual imagination.

Bubla Basu

· Jan 22, 2018 · 08:30 pm