Although it was expected this spring or at the end of the year,
BBC has decided to launch their all Indian period set series
A SUITABLE BOY this month July 26th (there might be a clash with ITV's
Singapore Grip on Sunday
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| A Suitable Boy will start airing July 26th, Sunday, on BBC One |
nights). You can check out the trailer for the six episode small screen adaptation of
Vikram Seth's novel directed by
Mira Nair and written by
War and Peace and
Les Miserables scribe
Andrew Davies.
A Suitable Boy Tells The Storyof spirited university student Lata (
Tanya Maniktala); coming of age in North India in 1951 at the same time as the country is carving out its own identity as an independent nation and is about to go to the polls for its first
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| Tabu, who plays a courtesan, is a massive star in India |
democratic general election. Lata’s mother is determined to find her a husband – a suitable boy – but Lata, torn between family duty and
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| Vikram Seth's book is considered one of the longest in English language |
the excitement of romance, embarks on her own, epic journey of love and self-discovery. Connected to Lata through their siblings’ marriage, the wayward
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| The series will air in six hourlong episodes this summer |
Maan (
Ishaan Khatter) is determined to enjoy life to the full whatever the consequences, much to the concern of his politician father. But could his infatuation with beautiful courtesan Saaeda Bai (
Tabu) be one step too far?
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| The whole series was shot entirely in India featuring an all Indian cast |
Their stories play out during a tumultuous period for India and reflect the wider conflict between tradition and modernity at the time, as the election looms and the country decides its destiny.
