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Mira Nair’s BBC One’s 6 part adaptation of Vikram Seth’s coming of age story A Suitable Boy is the most awaited series in 2020.
Vikram Seth’s most celebrated novel ‘A Suitable Boy‘ will be streamed exclusively on BBC One in July 26,2020, the release date over Netflix will be made soon. The most awaited series has been rising the curiosity levels of the book lovers hooked with inquisitiveness over the release from the time of announcement.
A six part TV series adapted from the novel, titled as A Suitable Boy, directed by Mira Nair, written by Andrew Davies and starring Tabu, Ishaan Khatter, Tanya Maniktala and Rasika Dugal has been produced and will be broadcast in the UK . The production has drawn attention for the fact that it is the first time that a BBC historical drama has a cast completely featuring people of colour.
A Suitable Boy is a novel by Vikram Seth, published in 1993. At 1,349 pages (1,488 pages softcover) and 591,552 words, the book is one of the longest novels ever published in a single volume in the English language. A sequel, to be called A Suitable Girl, was due for publication in 2017. As of 2020 the novel was still unpublished.
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BBC One’s 6 part adaptation of Vikram Seth’s coming of age story A Suitable Boy is set in a post-independence, post-partition India. The novel follows the story of four families over a period of 18 months, and centres on Mrs. Rupa Mehra’s efforts to arrange the marriage of her younger daughter, Lata, to a “suitable boy”. Lata is a 19-year-old university student who refuses to be influenced by her domineering mother or opinionated brother, Arun. Her story revolves around the choice she is forced to make between her suitors Kabir, Haresh, and Amit.
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