Inspiration is the fuel Bollywood runs on. Sometimes, we're inspired by Hollywood movies, sometimes the Tollywood movies. Inspiration, like creativity has no boundaries. Readers will agree that books are endlessly inspiring. Bollywood filmmakers have found novelty in literary masterpieces too.

Guide - Guide

'Yaad mein nasha karrta hun, nashe mein yaad karrta hun.' Padma Vibhushan winner RK Narayan, not only gifted us the world of Malgudi, but also upon bestowed Bollywood the classic screenplay of Guide in the form of the critically acclaimed novel by the same name.

Emma - Aisha

Those of you who swear by Hollywood movies would say that Sonam Kapoor starrer, Aisha was based on Clueless and/or Gwyneth Paltrow starring Emma (2005), but y'all readers know how all three of them were actually a lifted and twisted form of Jane Austen’s novel, Emma.