A Suitable Boy, BBC One’s miniseries, which is based on Vikram Seth’s novel of the same name, released in India on October 23 on Netflix. The six-part mini-series is directed by Mira Nair who is known for helming projects like Monsoon Wedding, Salaam Bombay and The Namesake. The script of the miniseries has been written by Andrew Davies
Tabu, Ishaan Khatter, Tanya Maniktala, Rasika Dugal, and Ram Kapoor have played the pivotal roles in the miniseries.
A Suitable Boy is about four families – the Mehras, The Chatterjis, The Kapoors and The Khans and how their lives progress in 18 months. The miniseries portrays how these families keep up with trends, traditions, oppressive social values and generation gaps while the country struggles amid post-independence era.
The sereis had earlier released in UK and Ireland and received mostly positive reviews.
The official synopsis of A Suitable Boy reads, “1951. In a newly independent India, passionate literature student Lata Mehra defies tradition, and her meddling mother’s wish to choose her a husband. Torn between family duty and the excitement of romance, Lata embarks on a journey of love and heartache as three very different men try to win her heart. Also threatening to break with tradition is the charming but directionless Maan Kapoor, whose romantic entanglements begin to jeopardize his father’s political career. As Lata and Maan attempt to shape their futures, India too is coming of age. Only a few years after independence from British colonial rule, tensions are high as its people prepare to campaign and vote in their first democratic general election.”
Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy remains one of the longest works of fiction in the English language with over 1,300 pages.
