The Fault in Our Stars to get Bollywood remake

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." 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.