Adaptations : some journeys from words to visuals / edited by Shri Krishan Rai, Anugamini Rai.
Material type: TextPublisher: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015Description: 1 online resource (195 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781443884099
- 144388409X
- Film adaptations -- India -- History and criticism
- Motion pictures and literature -- India -- History
- Films, cinema
- Literature & literary studies
- Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference
- English literature -- Film adaptations
- Film adaptations
- Motion pictures
- Motion pictures and literature
- India
- 791.4360954 23
- PN1993.5.I8
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book invites readers to immerse themselves in the fantastic journey of written text to the screen. It is divided into two parts, the first of which broadly focuses on cinematic adaptations based on Indian literary texts. The second section explores the adaptations of literary works from other countries. In the world of Indian cinema, the first full-length Indian feature film, Raja Harishchandra, was based on a legend mentioned in Indian holy scriptures. Since then, several literary texts have been filmed, and this process has become a popular phenomenon. The recent film by Vishal Bhardwaj,
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