A Suitable Boy, BBC One’s adaption of author Vikram Seth’s book went on floors a month ago. While the primary leads began shooting a while ago, the remaining cast is slowly joining the project led by filmmaker Mira Nair.
Actors Rasika Dugal, Namit Das, Vijay Varma, Gagan Dev Riar, Danesh Razvi, Mikhail Sen and Mahira Kakkar are few among the ensemble cast to collaborate for the six-part BBC series.
Excited about working with the Monsoon Wedding filmmaker, the Dugal actress said in the statement:
“Working with Mira Nair has been on my bucket list. I have always been taken in by the attention to every person in her frame. There are very few films which are made with a lot of sensitivity and a lot of fun – and all her films are that for me.”
Gully Boy (2019) famed actor too is elated to begin shooting for his first international project:
“I’ve been the biggest admirer of [Nair’s] work and cannot wait to make this illustrious story come alive… During the process of screen tests, I read a few parts but it was the character of Rasheed that really attracted me as an actor and I was drawn to it.”
Earlier this year Nair disclosed names of some actors whom she is excited to collaborate with again post Monsoon Wedding in 2001. Actors Shefali Shah will play to role of a mother, Randeep Hooda will play a cool stud in Calcutta called Billy Irani and Vijay Raaz will be seen in a critical role.
The makers of A Suitable Boy have cast over 100 actors in India to showcase “first South-Asian epic on mainstream BBC television,” as described by Nair.
[THIS STORY HAS BEEN SOURCED FROM ANOTHER PUBLICATION. POPCORN PIXEL ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ITS AUTHENTICITY AND DATA OF THE TEXT, AND RESERVES SOLE RIGHT TO ALTER OR DELETE THE CONTENT IN ITS DISCRETION, WITHOUT NOTICE].
