Updated On: 12 August, 2019 12:06 PM IST | | IANS
Mira Nair's 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

Tabu
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.
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.