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Siddharth Roy Kapur: ‘Game of Thrones’ ambition meets The Crown’s telling’
Updated On: 25 April, 2025 07:22 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
Collaborating with British director Stephen Frears to bring William Dalrymple’s The Anarchy to screen, Siddharth Roy Kapur shares his vision for the expansive series that will chronicle East India Company’s rise to power
Stephen Frears, director; William Dalrymple, author and consultant; Siddharth Roy Kapur, producer. Pics/AFP, Yogen Shah, X, Instagram
On April 23, Siddharth Roy Kapur announced what may easily be his most ambitious project—the screen adaptation of William Dalrymple’s acclaimed book, The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company. Imagine our surprise when he, during our chat, tells us that mid-day has been instrumental in introducing him to the 2019 book. “I first read about the book in mid-day many years ago, before it got published,” he recalls.
That article led him to contact Dalrymple via his publishers in early 2019. Kapur remembers meeting the historian and author at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai. “[When we started talking], what Dalrymple had in mind aligned with what I was trying to explore—the impact of global corporations that function as mini nation states today. Its ripple effects have been felt by everyone because almost every nation has been either a coloniser or colonised.” The producer adds that after a bit of back-and-forth, Dalrymple came on board, even passing on the unpublished manuscript to him.
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