What is that single most important characteristic of a book adaptation? For me the answer is simply that it should captivate you with its storyline in the same magnetic way like the original book. There are various screen adaptations which vary a degree or two from this basic rule, in turn becoming less effective than…
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गिरीश कुबेर लिखित एका तेलियाने
खनिज तेल आणि त्याचा जगाच्या राजकारणावर तसेच अर्थकारणावर होणारा परिणाम या विषयाला वाहिलेलं हे लेखकाचं दुसरं पुस्तक. यामध्ये मुख्य फोकस आहे तो तेलाच्या जगड्व्याळ व्यापाऱ्यात गुंतलेल्या लोकांवर आणि प्रामुख्याने उल्लेख केलेल्या शेख झाकीर यामानी यांच्यावर. पुस्तकाचा केंद्रबिंदू म्हणता येईल अशा यामानी यांच्या कथेकडे वळण्याआधी लेखक आपल्याला खनिज तेलाच्या शोधामध्ये आणि व्यापारामध्ये गुंतलेल्या देशांची, लोकांची संक्षिप्त…
From Words To Views: The Laundromat
This is a new review section dedicated to screen adaptations based on written words – which can be books, articles, plays or snippets in a newspapers.
A Gentleman In Moscow By Amor Towles
The storyline is quite simple and without much plot twists; but what makes it engrossing is how the story is told. On face of it, it seems like it’s confined within the four walls of the Hotel Metropol just like it’s leading man Alexander Ilyich Rostov. Oh, the charms of getting pleasantly surprised!!!