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Literary boom: Books being brought to life

By: Eastern Eye Staff

BOLLYWOOD is embracing books in a big way and look­ing to literature for inspiration. That is why there are high-profile film and television projects on the way that are based on popular novels. With that in mind, here are some books being bought to life onscreen. Calling Sehmat: Harinder Sikka’s debut novel based on a real-life female spy from the 1971 Indo-Paki­stani war has been adapt­ed into Bollywood film Raazi. Alia Bhatt plays the lead role in the Meghna Gulzar-directed espionage thriller about a Kashmiri Muslim woman who put her own life in danger to help her country. The Fault…

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