10 Famous Hindi Movies Based On Novels

Zee Media Bureau
Apr 27, 2023

Devdas

Adapted in several Indian languages -Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Assamese Based on Bengali novel "Devdas" by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (Year: 1962)

Director: Abrar Alvi; Stars: Meena Kumari, Guru Dutt, Rehman Khan, Waheeda Rehman Based on Bengali novel "Shaheb Bibi Golam" by Bimal Mitra

Maqbool (Year: 2003)

Based on "Macbeth" from William Shakespeare Director: Vishal Bhardwaj; Stars: Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah

Pinjar (Year: 2003)

Director: Chandra Prakash Dwivedi | Stars: Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee, Sanjay Suri, Sandali Sinha Based on novel "Pinjar" from Amrita Pritam

Choker Bali (Year: 2003)

Director: Rituparno Ghosh; Stars: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Raima Sen, Lily Chakravarty Based on novel "Chokher Bali" by Rabindranath Tagore

Parineeta (Year: 2005)

Director: Pradeep Sarkar; Stars: Vidya Balan, Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Dia Mirza Based on Bengali novel "Porinita" by Sharat Babu

The Namesake (Year: 2006)

Director: Mira Nair; Stars: Kal Penn, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Jacinda Barrett Based upon the novel "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Omkara (Year: 2006)

Based on "Othello" by William Shakespeare Director: Vishal Bhardwaj; Stars: Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma

7 Khoon Maaf (Year: 2011)

Director: Vishal Bhardwaj; Stars: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Vivaan Shah, Neil Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham Based on the short story "Susanna's Seven Husbands" by Ruskin Bond

Haider (Year: 2014)

Director: Vishal Bhardwaj; Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Tabu, Shraddha Kapoor, Kay Kay Menon Based on "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare

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