Enjoyed Persuasion? Here are 8 adaptations of Jane Austen novels you cannot miss

This 2005 adaptation of Austen's most popular work is by far one of the best adaptations known of the author's works across time, languages and formats. The film, supported by an extraordinary screenplay that contracted the sweeping scope of the novel into an intimately crafted chamber drama, relies heavily on the largely able shoulders of Keira Knightly and Macfadyen. The actors are stunning in their portrayal of Regency era restraint while also giving the audience adequate doses of electric eros. Victorian romances have never been filmed better! (Photo: Movie Poster)

Aishwarya Rai might not be the first face that comes to the mind when one says Lizzie Bennett, but with a established history of family dramas and melodramas one cannot be surprised that Gurinder Chaddha chose to adapt this English classic. Fusing the pulpier elements of the novel with the cultural flourishes of its immediate setting, this modern retelling of the Austen classic had its faults but was never was anything short of entertaining. (Photo: Movie Poster)

This recent adaptation of one of Austen's most complex heroines succeeded on two folds. First, it was a pitch perfect production that got the details of the Regency Era down to the prints of the wallpapers. But what it also managed to do, something not a lot of adaptations succeed at, is get into the interior mindscape of one of the most complex, endearing and yet frustrating heroines of all time. (Photo: Movie Poster)

If one was to ever write a paper on smart film-making, Aisha would definitely feature somewhere in it. This largely underrated film took a complex literary persona and fused it with an equally complex artiste figure. Sonam Kapoor was perfectly cast as the ditzy fashion-loving and match-making Aisha who learns more than one lesson about the heart and her life. With a fabulous sound-track and fun supporting acts, this film needs to be shown more love than is sent its way. (Photo: Movie Poster)

This 2007 adaptation of the novel does no formal experiment with the source text. It is as faithful as adaptations get. But the reason why it remains an emphatic watch is Sally Hawkins' tour de force of a performance as Anne Eliot - Austen's most unlikely and yet deeply layered heroine. (Photo: Movie Poster)

This Ang Lee masterpiece is only bettered by the performances of Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet as two sisters who get their heart broken in their pursuit of love. Winslet and Thompson are fantastic in their respective roles and under the assured direction of Lee, this beautiful story of two parallel love stories come to life. Despite the lack of overt brouhaha, this film shall always go down as one of Austen's best adaptations for the sheer simplicity with which it takes on the themes of family, marriage, love and heartbreak in Regency Era England. (Photo: Movie Poster)

Rajiv Menon's Kandukondain Kandukondain stars an ensemble cast that includes Mamooty, Ajith, Aishwarya Rai and Tabu. Yet another cultural translation of an Austen classic, this film won the National Award for best playback for Shankar Mahadevan as well. (Photo: Movie Still)

This film keeps the period setting of the early 1800s, but also has an engaging post-modern flair in its depiction of the film's heroine, Fanny Price (Frances O'Connor). Mansfield Park is not the most appealing Jane Austen novel. Fanny can come across as a bit of a wet blanket, and she has the most tiresome of all of Austen's love interests. The film version, however, manages to mitigate some of the structural issues in the text. Fanny gets some much-needed personality, and while Edmund is played by Jonny Lee Miller, who brings a charm to character that lets us forget some of his flaws. (Photo: Movie Poster)