Literature on Screen

Film adaptation is an emerging area in literary research though its origin goes back to the origin of the film itself. The same fiction adapted into film differently in different times in different countries proves adaptation has already assumed the shape of a literary form. The universal approach to adaptation in addition and deletion of plots and characters for the suitability of the audience has been accepted as an art. The fiction may freely portray anything the writer likes but when it is carved out as the script, a lot of artist like director, producers and the script writers get involved. This text is designed studying the film adaptation of the writings of Chetan Bhagat, Vikas Swarup and Sanjaya Baru. About the Authors Dr. Manoranjan Behura, Lecturer in English, Mahanga Puspagiri Mahavdyalaya, Erakana, Cuttack, is a freelance journalist columnist, short story writer, motivational speaker and research scholar. He writes both in English and Odia, his mother tongue. His short story collections: The Village Poet & Other Stories, Voka, Anandar Anusandhane O Anyanya Galpa are wide read. His none fiction collections are Jabakachare Pruthibi and Trutiya Akhi: Eka Rajanitika Samikshya are the compilation of different articles, published in different news papers on the socio-cultural and economic issues of India and the world. Ajaya Kumar Acharya, Lecturer in English, D.K.N. College, Eranch, Cuttack, Odisha, is a research scholar and writer.