Editing Premchand (section)

== Adaptations of Premchand's works ==
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''[[Sevasadanam]]'' (1938) was made into a film with [[M. S. Subbulakshmi]] in the lead role. The novel is set in [[Varanasi]], the holy city of [[Hindu]]s. ''Sevasadan'' ("House of Service") is an institute built for the daughters of courtesans. The lead of the novel is a beautiful, intelligent and talented girl named Suman. She belongs to a high [[caste]]. She is married to a much older, tyrannical man. She realises that a loveless marriage is just like prostitution, except that there is only one client. Bholi, a courtesan, lives opposite Suman. Suman realises that Bholi is "outside [[purdah]]" while she is "inside it". Suman leaves her husband and becomes a successful entertainer of gentlemen. But after a brief period of success, she ends up as a victim of a political drama played out by self-righteous Hindu social reformers and moralists.

[[Gaban (film)|A film version]] of Premchand's novel, ''[[Gaban (novel)|Gaban]]'', was released in 1966. [[Sunil Dutt]], [[Sadhana Shivdasani]], [[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]] and [[Leela Mishra]] acted in the film and the music was scored by musician duo [[Shankar–Jaikishan]]. ''Heera Moti'', a 1959 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Krishan Chopra, was based on Premchand's "Do Bailon ki Katha".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Heera Moti (1959)|url=https://www.cinemaazi.com/film/heera-moti|access-date=22 January 2021|website=Cinemaazi}}</ref>

In 1977, [[Satyajit Ray]] made [[The Chess Players (film)|a film]] based on Premchand's short story "[[Shatranj ke Khiladi]]" ("The Chess Players"), which won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi]].<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0076696|title=Shatranj Ke Khilari}}</ref> The film revolves around the decadence of [[nawab]]i [[Lucknow]], where the obsession with a game consumes the players, making them oblivious of their responsibilities in the midst of a crisis.

''[[Oka Oori Katha]]'' (''A Story of a Village'') is a 1977 [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film directed by [[Mrinal Sen]]. It is based on the story "Kafan" by Munshi Premchand. It is one of the few art films made in the Telugu language.

Indian film director [[Satyen Bose]] adapted Premchand's "Panch Parmeshwar" into the 1979 film ''[[Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin]]''. ''[[Bazaar E Husn]]'', a 2014 Indian Hindi-language film, was based on Premchand's novel of [[Bazaar E Husn|the same name]]. A 2019 Indian film, ''Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein'', was based on [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]'s "[[White Nights (short story)|White Nights]]" and "[[The Dream of a Ridiculous Man]]", and Premchand's "Bhoot".<ref>{{cite news |last=Rao |first=Niraja |title='Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein' is an ode to love and alienation in small-town India |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2019/12/02/ek-betuke-aadmi-ki-afrah-raatein-review |access-date=22 January 2021 |work=[[Newslaundry]] |date=2 December 2019}}</ref>

At least three television series based on Premchand's works have been aired by the Indian national public broadcaster [[Doordarshan]] on [[DD National]] which include ''Munshi Premchand's Guldasta'',<ref>{{cite web|date=16 January 2009|title=Munshi Premchand's Collection of Short Stories - Guldasta Vol : 1, 2 & 3)|url=https://www.amazon.in/Munshi-Premchands-Collection-Short-Stories/dp/B002Y88GRU|website=[[amazon.in]]|publisher=[[Shemaroo]]|language=hi}}</ref> ''Munshi Premchand ki Kahani'',<ref>{{cite AV media|date=14 September 2019|title=Munshi Premchand ki Kahani - Bade Ghar Ki Beti|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u9uOIgOwgQ|publisher=Prasar Bharati Archives|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> and ''Tehreer Munshi Premchand Ki''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Chatterjee|first=Saibal |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040815/spectrum/main6.htm |title=Gulzar's vision of timeless classics|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|date=15 August 2004|access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref> The television films ''[[Sadgati]]'' (based on a Premchand short story) and ''Seva Sadan'' (based on ''[[Bazaar-e-Husn]]'') were also aired by Doordarshan.<ref>{{cite AV media|date=26 October 2017|title=Munshi Premchand's Seva Sadan Part 01|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArnBZm7YAjo|publisher=Prasar Bharati Archives|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref>