A novel idea: 8 books that can be adapted into films

The journey from the library to the cinema hall would be rather interesting for the audience but not without able writers and filmmakers who are responsible for paving the path of that journey hitlist sheds light on a few Indian and foreign authors whose recent offerings can be adapted into filmsAlia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor in a still from last years 2 States which was adapted from Chetan Bhagats book of the same nameThe Underground Girls of KabulAuthor Jenny NordbergHere one finds the confluence of a poets temperament dispersed amongst the valid findings of an astute journalist It is easy for an author to drive hisher readers imagination to paint dark images but Nordberg drives us to Kabul the place her search leads her The book would make for a brilliant film for the simple reason that Nordberg follows the lives of young girls who masquerade as boys to escape social stigmaMumMe How I Raised Babies Survived Toddlers and Learnt to Love MyselfAuthor Naomi GeorgeThis well timed novel by the Bangalorebased writer fits in the present social structure mdash a woman who strived to nurture the woman in her while being bogged down by the responsibility of nurturing her children and achieved it She shares her experiences with some humorous anecdotes that sweetens the bitter reality which comes as a shock to all those who are burdened with this social responsibility While Shaadi Ke Side Effects comes close in intent it is far behind in contentAwful AuntieAuthor David WalliamsWe have seen the success of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as a book as well as a film If you arent snobbish about sinking your fingers into a chocolate cake and licking them clean then you shouldnt mind reading this kiddy fiction because it has got that Dalhish humour that suits only some If translated to film one can lure quite a few flexible snobs like the ones we came across during the Harry Potter mania who found the film a better bargain than the bookDuryodhana Just Another Shade of GrayAuthor V RaghunathanOurs is a country that thrives on myth but there are very few films that mirror mythology with moving images Besides when it comes to storytelling mythology can give the modern writer all the flexibility heshe desires because there is no one angle to a metaphor So when such creative liberation meets art the results can be worth the movie ticketSunita WilliamsAuthor Aravinda AnantharamanThe recent clutch of biopics on icons mdash Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Mary Kom and Rang Rasiya mdash has found favour with moviegoers If the farfromcakewalk lives and resilient pursuits towards ones dream are what win over Bollywood producers then the life of Sunita William has been well documented by AnantharamanA Children ActAuthor Ian McEwan The writer convinces the reader with the aid of satire that we might be far from cavemen in terms of years but close enough in our actions The protagonist is a High Court judge who has to come up with a judgment that can make or break a family she herself is jailed within a narrow social structure so her liberating judgment comes only after much well written prose While todays films speak volumes about the way postproduction has progressed this book could be adapted into a film to remind us of the fact that human beings are still more interesting than machinesMy Name is Abu SalemAuthor S Hussain ZaidiMumbai other than being the birthplace of Bollywood is also the breeding ground for some of the most notorious names of the underworld Formally an investigative journalist the author has already mastered the skill of presenting an exhaustive study of his subject matter In this case the life of Dawood Ibrahim is served on a platter to those who know the dons exploits only in chronological briefness If one were to link the two big industries mdash paint an illegitimate personality onto a legitimate multiplex screen mdash what we would have is a great filmA Strange LibraryAuthor Haruki MurakamiAt the cost of being partial Murakami is best described as the most potent piedpiper of Japan After bagging the Franz Kafka Prize the Jerusalem Prize and more Murakami is an author whose act of putting pen to paper should manage to inspire an filmmaker to throw open the same creative dams that can treat audiences to an electrifying film mdash in particular his recently released book A Strange Library It is about a boy who is trapped in a reading room and has for company only a book on tax collection in the Ottoman Empire a shepherd and a mute girl who communicates in sign language As Murakami says Writing novels is like planting a forest Is anyone listening