Sacred Games to Raazi: The manuscript adaptation game has been strong in 2018.

    While the beginning of 2019 will see the release of Anupam Kher starrer The Accidental Prime Minister (January 11), which is based on the memoir of the same name by Sanjaya Baru, and Anil Kapoor-Sonam Kapoor’s Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (February 1), which is inspired by PG Wodehouse’s Damsel in Distress; the recipe of adapting manuscripts was strong in 2018 as well.

    Netflix’s Sacred Games is based on Vikram Chandra’s book of the same name, while Alia Bhatt starrer Raazi is based on Harinder Sikka’s Calling Sehmat

   The new year is just around the corner and looks like some trends and formula will continue well into 2019 with regard to Bollywood. In case you are wondering, we are talking about the successful trend of adapting books and short stories into feature films and shows.

   While the beginning of 2019 will see the release of Anupam Kher starrer The Accidental Prime Minister (January 11), which is based on the memoir of the same name by Sanjaya Baru, and Anil Kapoor-Sonam Kapoor’s Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (February 1), which is inspired by PG Wodehouse’s Damsel in Distress; the recipe of adapting manuscripts was strong in 2018 as well.Netflix’s Sacred Games is based on Vikram Chandra’s book of the same name, while Alia Bhatt starrer Raazi is based on Harinder Sikka’s Calling Sehmat

   Be it Ranveer Singh-Deepika Padukone’s Padmaavat, Alia Bhatt starrer Raazi, Akshay Kumar-Sonam Kapoor’s PadMan, or the Sudhir Mishra directorial Daas Dev, this year saw quite a few filmmakers heading towards the reservoir of texts for a ready screenplay.

   While the lesser-known Daas Dev was based on Sarat Chandra Chatterjee’s classic Bengali novel Devdas, the Danny Denzogpa and Adil Hussain film Bioscopwala took its inspiration from Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s Kabuliwala. In the film, the story of Kabuliwala is taken forward and is placed from the 19th century into the 1980s Taliban regime.

    However, the biggest successes that Bollywood was able to churn this year based on book adaptations included the Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial Padmaavat, Akshay’s PadMan and Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal film Raazi.

   Padmaavat, which courted numerous controversies owing to its source, was said to be inspired from the epic poem of Padmavat, authored by Malik Muhammad Jayasi. PadMan was based on the short story of The Sanitary Man of Sacred Land which appeared in Twinkle Khanna’s book The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad, which in turn itself was inspired by the life and times of social activist Arunachalam Muruganantham. On the other hand, Meghna Gulzar directorial Raazi was based on the book Calling Sehmat by Harinder Sikka.

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