Film Adaptation

1) Cast:
1-Siddhartha-Will Smith-On the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, he play a young, immature teenager who grows up to be a responsible adult along with some guidance
2-Govinda-DJ Jazzy Jeff-On the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, he plays the best friend of Will Smith
3-Kamala-Jennifer Lawrence-She is an amazing actress who is very versatile and will be able to reach the expectations for Kamala's character
4-Vasudeva-Morgan Freeman-He has played the role of God in one of his movies and Vasudeva is considered to be a god in the novel.
5-Siddharta's son-Jaden Smith-He is Will Smith's son and is easily recognizable. He is a spoiled brat in real life so he will have no trouble adjusting to this role.
6-Kawaswami-Andrew Garfield-He played the businessman in the Social Network.
7-Buddha-Christian Bale-He played the role of Batman and to be Batman you must be perfect in everything you do.

Will Smith

DJ Jazzy Jeff

Jennifer Lawrence

Morgan Freeman

Jaden Smith

Christian Bale

Andrew Garfield

 

2) An ideal place for shooting this film would be a mansion in Bel-air. The characters would be living in the same community of house and their conflicts would connect with each other since they are living in a community together. The story's themes would stay true since the effects of school and work would take place on the characters allowing them to grow and change as time passes on. This adaption would be appealing to audiences since it would take place in modern time that people will be able to relate to.

3) One major change I would make is the fact that the character of Siddhartha and Vasudeva would converse with each other more. In the novel, Vasudeva taught Siddhartha the ways of the river. However, there would be no river in the middle of Bel-air for that to happen so to transmit the wise saying of Vasudeva to Siddhartha is for them to talk more. Another thing I would change is Siddhartha's son leaving him. I think that after Siddhartha finds Enlightenment, that Siddhartha should take Vasudeva's role and become the teacher to his son in order to find Enlightenment.