John Abraham says Bollywood can find new stories in books

Copying Hollywood movies is one of the oldest trends in the Bollywood industry but John Abraham feels the filmmakers can find new stories by looking into the books.

Bollywood world has also started a trend to remake their hit films and the main reason which is normally given by the filmmakers is this that there are not many stories left out there. However, John, who previously participated in the film ‘7 Khoon Maaf’ which was based on Ruskin Bond’s short story ‘Susanna’s Seven Husbands’, believes it is not true.

The actor said instead of getting inspired by Hollywood films or making remakes, Bollywood filmmakers should adopt stories from books.

“Most of the time, in our industry we get a lot of inspiration from other films, especially English films. But I think the best inspiration you can get is out of books,” the 39-year-old said here at the launch of the book ‘In A Bubble of Time.’

“Even English films that have done well, got their inspiration out of books. So I think it’s important to read and get new ideas and I think that is where we are limiting ourselves,” he added.

Well, it looks as if the director-producer Sujoy Ghosh, whose upcoming film ‘Kahaani’ is all set to release on March 9, has given a thought to John’s advice since he is now planning to make a movie based on a Bengali novel ‘Aranyer Din Ratri’ (Days And Nights In The Forest).

Sujoy while sharing his thoughts with the media admitted that there is still so much to explore in the Indian literature.

“I’m a huge Sunil Gangopadhyay fan, and this is the book I loved best,” said Sujoy. “I wanted to adapt a book for my next film since we have so much great literature in India that has not been exploited.”

John Abraham will be seen on the big screen on April 5 this year, as he has played a lead role in Sajid Khan’s forthcoming movie ‘Housefull 2’, which is a sequel to the 2010 Bollywood commercially successful movie ‘Housefull’. Along with John, the film will also feature superstar Akshay Kumar in the lead role.

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