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A Suitable Boy

A Suitable Boy

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A Suitable Boy

2020- 2020

1 Seasons

6 Episodes

6.0(33 votes)

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Drama

Overview

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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Netflix

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Production Companies

Lookout Point

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Tanya Maniktala

Tanya Maniktala

Lata Mehra

Ishaan Khatter

Ishaan Khatter

Maan Kapoor

Tabu

Tabu

Saeeda Bai

Mahira Kakkar

Mahira Kakkar

Rupa Mehra

Rasika Dugal

Rasika Dugal

Savita Kapoor

Shahana Goswami

Shahana Goswami

Meenakshi Mehra

Ram Kapoor

Ram Kapoor

Mahesh Kapoor

Aamir Bashir

Aamir Bashir

Nawab Sahib

Danesh Razvi

Danesh Razvi

Kabir Durrani

Vivek Gomber

Vivek Gomber

Arun Mehra

Creative team

Created by: Andrew Davies
Written by: Andrew Davies
Produced by: Lydia Dean Pilcher
Aradhana Seth

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