MUMBAI: Penguin is set to release Ruskin Bond’s short story Susanna’s Seven Husbands that was adapted into 7 Khoon Maaf by filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj.

Susanna’s Seven Husbands is a story of an Anglo-Indian woman Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes, a beautiful woman who goes on to kill all her seven husbands. Finally she is not pleaded guilty after committing all of the seven murders.   

Said Bhardwaj in a statement, “Penguin will release the book on 19 February. This will help readers know our journey from the short story to the film.”

The film stars Priyanka Chopra as the protagonist who kills her seven husbands played by Naseeruddin Shah, John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Irrfan Khan, Annu Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah‘s youngest son Vivaan Shah and Russian actor Aleksandr Dyachenko.

7 Khoon Maaf will release on 18 February.