Cinemaazi remembers Agatha Christie on her birth anniversary

The Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie remains one of the most beloved and influential authors of all time. She is revered and read across diverse literary cultures of the world and her work has been re-interpreted and adapted in various contexts. Indian cinema is no exception, adapting her works several times over its history. Arguably the first adaptation of her work was the Bengali thriller Chupi Chupi Aashey (1960) directed by Premendra Mitra and starring Chhabi Biswas, Jahar Ganguly and Asha Devi. It is arguably the only adaptation of Christie's play The Mousetrap. The most popular adaptation has always been the classic novel And Then There Were None, which has been adapted thrice. In Hindi as Gumnaam (1965), in Tamil as Aduthathu (2011), and in Kannada as Aatagara (2015). Other than this, there was also B R Chopra's Dhund(1973) which adapted the play The Unexpected Guest,Rituparno Ghosh's Shubho Mahurat (2003) which was based on The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side, the engaging Malayalam thriller Grandmaster (2012) based on The A.B.C Murders and the most recent Chorabali (2016) which took inspiration from the Poirot novel Cards on The Table. Widely considered as one of the most ingenious crime fiction writers of all time, the recent uptick in adaptations of her work clearly indicates her popularity will not wane anytime soon. Cinemaazi remembers the great author on her birth anniversary for inspiring generations of readers and filmmakers and gifting us some of the most devilishly brilliant thrillers of all time.