{"id":129272,"date":"2020-12-09T02:51:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T23:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bbc-hit-a-suitable-boy-makes-its-us-premiere\/"},"modified":"2020-12-09T02:51:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T23:51:51","slug":"bbc-hit-a-suitable-boy-makes-its-us-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bbc-hit-a-suitable-boy-makes-its-us-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"#BBC hit ‘A Suitable Boy’ makes its US premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#BBC hit ‘A Suitable Boy’ makes its US premiere<\/strong>”
\n<\/p>\n

\n

There\u2019s a lot going on in \u201cA Suitable Boy\u201d \u2014 but the British import takes its time to unravel.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s worth the wait.<\/p>\n

The six-episode series<\/a>, which premiered in July on BBC One, has now landed in the US on AMC-owned Acorn TV, which has exclusive American and Canadian rights. Directed by Oscar nominee Mira Nair (\u201cSalaam Bombay!\u201d), and based on Vikram Seth\u2019s 1993 doorstop-of-a-bestseller (over 1,300 pages), it tracks the intertwined lives of several families in India and is set in 1951, four years after the end of British rule and the birth of Pakistan, as the series\u2019 characters grapp<\/a>le (in various ways) with the countries\u2019 newfound independence, class-conscious divisions and prejudiced views of one another.<\/p>\n

At its core, though, \u201cA Suitable Boy\u201d is a love story that plays itself out in the different arcs of two characters, Lahta Mehra (Tanya Maniktala) and Maan Kapoor (Ishaan Khatter). <\/p>\n

The studious Lata falls in love with fellow university student Kabir Durrani (Danesh Razvi), much to her widowed mother\u2019s horror. Kabir\u2019s sin is that he\u2019s Muslim, which is a no-no in Lata\u2019s family because of the ongoing cultural and (sometimes) physically violent battles between the two cultures (played out here against the simmering backdrop of an Indian temple being built right next to a mosque). Worst of all, Kabir is not the \u201csuitable boy\u201d who\u2019s supposed to be chosen for Lata in a pre-arranged, caste-system marriage in which she has no say. But times are changing and Lata is a rebel at heart \u2014 who\u2019s ready to take control of her own life and buck tradition.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s Maan Kapoor (Ishaan Khatter), the daydreaming, ne\u2019er-do-well son of a respected government official who falls for the much-older Saeeda Bai (veteran actress Tabu). She\u2019s a renowned singer with a \u201creputation,\u201d which fuels his father\u2019s fury. Why can\u2019t Maan just follow in his older brother\u2019s footsteps? (Translation: get a respectable job, settle down and have lots of children with a submissive wife).<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a lot to take in, and, early on, viewers will find themselves trying to figure out who\u2019s who in the large ensemble cast, which includes brothers, sisters and friends of Lata, Kabir, Maan and Saeeda \u2014 all of whom, in one way or another, figure into the show\u2019s plotline. But once the dust settles, each of the main characters come sharply into focus, thanks to crisp writing (\u201cA Suitable Boy\u201d was filmed in English with subtitles where applicable). It was also shot on location, mostly in the Lucknow, the capital of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh, and that lends an air of authenticity to what\u2019s unfolding onscreen.<\/p>\n

Maniktala has a winning presence as Lata \u2014 you\u2019ll root for her through her various trials and tribulations \u2014 and the same goes for Khatter, who, as Maan, combines an impish sense of humor with a surprisingly touching sensitivity. They both start to travel<\/a> down roads that will have significant consequences \u2014 not only for themselves, but for the others in their orbit.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

For forums sites go to Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

If you want to read more News<\/a> articles, you can visit our News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“#BBC hit ‘A Suitable Boy’ makes its US premiere” There\u2019s a lot going on in \u201cA Suitable Boy\u201d \u2014 but the British import takes its time to unravel. And it\u2019s worth the wait. The six-episode series, which premiered in July on BBC One, has now landed in the US on AMC-owned Acorn TV, which has…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/a-suitable-boy-01.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[83002,78983,17318,46355,83113,17320,1373],"class_list":["post-129272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-12-8-20","tag-british-drama","tag-india","tag-mira-nair","tag-new-on-acorn-tv","tag-pakistan","tag-what-to-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}