Tabu joins A Suitable Boy

Actors Tabu, Ishaan Khatter and newcomer Tanya Maniktala will be seen in filmmaker Mira Nair’s screen adaptation of Vikram Seth classic A Suitable Boy. “I’m very happy to be working on A Suitable Boy, and especially with Mira. Having worked with her on the Namesake, I look forward to one more creatively charged experience,” Tabu said. 

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Adapted by Andrew Davies and directed by Mira and produced by Lookout Point, “A Suitable Boy” will shortly begin filming in India. The cast of the six-part BBC One drama is led by Ishaan, Tabu alongside Tanya in the central role of Lata.

 A Suitable Boy tells the story of spirited university student Lata 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 democratic general election.  It is a tale charting the fortunes of four large families and exploring India and its rich and varied culture at a crucial point in its history.

Epic tale

“Vikram tells the story of a free India and our people with wit, clarity and love - I am deeply honoured to be the one bringing this intimate, epic tale of an unseen India to the world,” Mira said. Ishaan will be seen as Maan, who is determined to enjoy life to the full, much to the concern of his politician father. He is infatuated with courtesan Saaeda Bai (Tabu). Ishaan feels honoured “to be working alongside such distinguished artists. — IANS