EXCLUSIVE: Sanjena Sathian’s novel Gold Diggers is being adapted for television by Mindy Kaling’s Kaling International.Sathian is to co-write the adaptation with Kaling set to exec produce.Spanning two continents, two coasts, and four epochs, Gold Diggers is a social satire and tale tale of magical realism.
It follows Neil Narayan, a floundering second-generation teenager growing up in the Bush-era Atlanta suburbs, who is authentic, funny, and smart.
He just doesn’t share the same drive as everyone around him. His perfect older sister is headed to Duke. His parents’ expectations for him are just as high.
He tries to want this version of success, but mostly, Neil just wants his neighbor across the cul-de-sac, Anita Dayal.But Anita has a
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