The filmmaker not only adds or eliminates some incidents from the original text, but also makes some major changes. He has every right to eliminate or add some characters and incidents which may or may not be a part of original text form. But at the same time, it is equally true that a film director is not bound to copy the original text form as it is. It is often said that the printed text is superior to the filmed version in one way or the other. Right from the beginning till date, it has been coming up with a good number of super hit films, which are an adaption of a famous novel or play or a short story of either regional, Indian or a foreign author. Our Indian film industry is of no exception.
History abounds with examples that almost three-fourths of all films ever made are the adaptions from novels, plays or short stories borrowed from the classic literature in every language. Adaptation in the film industry is not a new concept.
