Bollywood is increasingly adapting books—but only English ones

The Bengali, Malayalam and Tamil film industries borrow heavily from regional language literature. What stops filmmakers in Hindi cinema?

11 March, 202211 min
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Bollywood is increasingly adapting books—but only English ones

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