Book versus movie: The Facebook story is better told by the source of ‘The Social Network’

Ben Mezrich’s ‘The Accidental Billionaires’ is a far more rounded account of one of the greatest business successes of our time.

Vikram Johri

· Sep 07, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Book versus movie: Swimming pigs and a perfectly adapted short story in Goutam Ghose’s ‘Paar’

Starring Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah, ‘Paar’ is a visceral piece of cinema that expands on suggestions in Samaresh Basu’s text.

Bubla Basu

· Aug 04, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Book versus movie: Meryl Streep is the best thing about ‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman’

Karel Reisz’s version of the John Fowles novel, based on the Harold Pinter screenplay, is a not always successful film within a film.

Bubla Basu

· Jul 16, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Book versus movie: Basu Chatterjee’s adaptation of ‘Swami’ has an edge in the form of Shabana Azmi

The 1977 movie, based on the Sarat Chandra Chattopadhayay short story, is less exacting than the literary source but also more affecting.

Bubla Basu

· Jun 20, 2017 · 03:00 pm

Book versus movie: ‘The English Patient’ is luminous on the page and on the screen

In a rare case, Michael Ondaatje’s book stands in its unique splendour while Anthony Minghella’s film blazes in its own light.

Bubla Basu

· Jun 04, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Book versus movie: ‘Revolutionary Road’ is a sumptuous watch but a better read

Richard Yates’s novel is a bitter portrait of mid-1950s America. The couple in Sam Mendes’s film could be from any time period.

Bubla Basu

· May 06, 2017 · 03:00 pm

The book versus the movie: Should you read EM Forster’s ‘Maurice’ or watch the James Ivory version?

In a new series that compares books with their screen adaptations, we revisit the movie based on the gay-themed EM Forster novel.

Vikram Johri

· Apr 25, 2017 · 03:00 pm

Why the real ‘Jungle Books’ are far more wonderful and fearsome than the movie

Going back to Rudyard Kipling’s original books provides a different experience.

Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan

· Apr 16, 2016 · 10:30 am

The Martian: Before it was a movie, it was a book

Scroll Staff

· Oct 01, 2015 · 05:49 pm