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| The Fault in Our Stars, the smash hit weepie about teenage cancer patients who fall in love after attending a support group, is to be remade by Bollywood. | The Fault in Our Stars, the smash hit weepie about teenage cancer patients who fall in love after attending a support group, is to be remade by Bollywood. |
| The new Hindi-language version is being put together by Mumbai-based Fox Star Studios, according to the Hollywood Reporter. "We think the story will have an emotional [connection] with Indian audiences," studio CEO Vijay Singh told the US trade bible. "The original English version was released here a couple of weeks ago and is still running. The film has done a business of about $1m. We had actually thought of adapting it locally even before the film was released here." | The new Hindi-language version is being put together by Mumbai-based Fox Star Studios, according to the Hollywood Reporter. "We think the story will have an emotional [connection] with Indian audiences," studio CEO Vijay Singh told the US trade bible. "The original English version was released here a couple of weeks ago and is still running. The film has done a business of about $1m. We had actually thought of adapting it locally even before the film was released here." |
| Based on John Green's bestselling young adult novel of the same name, Josh Boone's film features Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort as lovers Hazel and Gus, she a patient who must wheel around a portable oxygen tank, he a young man whose bone cancer has led to the amputation of a leg. | Based on John Green's bestselling young adult novel of the same name, Josh Boone's film features Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort as lovers Hazel and Gus, she a patient who must wheel around a portable oxygen tank, he a young man whose bone cancer has led to the amputation of a leg. |
| It has proven to be one of the year's surprise blockbusters, with a worldwide box office gross of more than $263m (£156m) worldwide against a budget of $12m (£7m). The film has generally benefited from positive reviews, though The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw called it "fantastically manipulative and crass" when the film hit UK cinemas in June. | |
| Fox Star Studios is something of a specialist in Bollywood makeovers. The production company released a Hindi version of Metro Manila (the UK entry for the 2014 best foreign language film Oscar) in May, and has a remake of the 2010 Tom Cruise/Cameron Diaz action comedy Knight and Day set to open in October. |