Republic Entertainment Desk

Indian Films Based On Foreign Literature

Lootera, the Vikramaditya Motwane film, is inspired by O. Henry's short story. It tells a tragic love story set during the Zamindari Abolition Act.

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Kandukondain Kandukondain is an Indian adaptation of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility". It features two sisters with different temperaments.

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Sanwariyaan is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language romance film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor. It is based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's White Nights.

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Aisha, a remake of Jane Austen's 1815 classic, evokes a sense of nostalgia for a classic that has been adapted numerous times worldwide.

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Fitoor is a 2016 Indian musical romantic drama, directed by Abhishek Kapoor, produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur, and written by Kapoor and Supratik Sen. It is based on Charles Dickens' 1861.

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Noor, based on Saba Imtiaz's novel Karachi, You're Killing Me!, follows Indian journalist-writer Noor's journey through Mumbai and her love life.

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Monica, O My Darling is a 2022 Hindi-language neo-noir dark comedy crime thriller film directed by Vasan Bala, starring Rajkummar Rao, Huma Qureshi, and Radhika Apte.

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