A Suitable Boy

Synopsis

Modernity confronts tradition in 1950s post-Partition India as a young woman resists an arranged marriage in favour of pursuit of love and a politician's son becomes involved in a transgressive affair.

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Streaming on

• BBC One↗

Top of the call sheet

• 
  Tanya Maniktala
  as Lata Mehra
• 
  Ishaan Khatter
  as Maan Kapoor
• 
  Tabu
  as Saeeda Bai
• 
  Mahira Kakkar
  as Rupa Mehra
• 
  Rasika Dugal
  as Savita Kapoor
• 
  Shahana Goswami
  as Meenakshi Mehra

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