By Entertainment Desk | July 10, 2025
Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, this is a gritty adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Set in the Mumbai underworld, the film explores ambition, betrayal, and guilt.
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Based on Amrita Pritam’s iconic novel Pinjar, the film delves into the trauma of India’s Partition.
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Vishal Bhardwaj’s film reimagines Shakespeare’s Hamlet against the backdrop of insurgency-hit Kashmir. The screenplay captures a young man’s descent into revenge, madness, and moral conflict.
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Satyajit Ray’s classic is adapted from Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay’s novel Pather Panchali. The film explores the rural Bengali family struggling with poverty.
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Directed by Mani Ratnam, Ponniyin Selvan I & II are grand cinematic adaptations of Kalki Krishnamurthy’s epic historical novel, with the story, set in the Chola dynasty.
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Inspired by Ruskin Bond’s short story Susanna’s Seven Husbands, this film features Priyanka Chopra as a woman who marries and murders seven husbands in her quest for love.
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A vibrant, musical adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Gurinder Chadha’s film adds Bollywood flair to the classic love story, reimagining Elizabeth Bennet as Lalita Bakshi.
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Vishal Bhardwaj reimagined another of Shakespeare’s classics, Othello, and set it in the political landscape of Uttar Pradesh. The film explores themes of jealousy, loyalty, and power.
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Sujoy Ghosh’s film is based on the Japanese novel The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino. Set in Kalimpong, the thriller follows a single mother, her mysterious neighbor, and a murder investigation.
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Based on Mathilukal by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer’s autobiography, the film delves into his prison life as he finds friendship, loneliness, fear and finally love, but that remains questionable.
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