ADAPTATION OF FICTION INTO CINEMA

Art is as old as life itself. Imagining human existence in the
absence of art is difficult. Life draws a lot from art and vice versa, be it
sculpture, painting, music or literature. Literature or the written letter is
a fascinating art and how much the other arts draw from it is a marvel in
itself. Amongst all the varied forms that rely heavily on literature, one
that cannot go unnoticed in the recent times is that of films. Cinema in
comparison to literature is a fairly new art. We call it new because,
cinema as a medium developed in the twentieth century as compared to
literature that dates back to thousands of years. And in spite of being a
fairly new medium, it has managed to grow immensely and has achieved
widespread popularity. For a long time now, filmmakers have relied
heavily on literary materials to satisfy their quench for subjects and
matter.