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A Suitable Boy star plucked from normal day job to star alongside Bollywood royalty

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At nearly 1,500 pages, it’s one of the longest novels ever published. And now book adaptation supremo Andrew Davies has turned Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy into a TV series.

It’s directed by Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding) and stars actress Tabu – one of Indian cinema’s biggest names – as Saeeda. The story revolves around four families over 18 months, and focuses on Mrs Rupa Mehra’s efforts to marry her daughter Lata off to ‘a suitable boy’.

But the strong-willed student has no intention of being told who to wed. The central role of Lata went to newcomer Tanya Maniktala.

After doing lots of drama at university she was confused about her future. Yet when the chance to audition for A Suitable Boy came along, Delhi-based Tanya didn’t jump at it. ‘

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