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A Suitable Boy is an adaptation by Andrew Davies from Vikram Seth’s novel. The drama series by BBC television drama miniseries directed by Mira Nair. It is set in the backdrop of post-independent India and was released on Netflix.
The story is about a young college girl and at age of 19, where her dominating and opinionated brother is trying to find a suitable boy for her. She is an independent girl who will not come under the influence and wishes to make her own decision.
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A Suitable Boy review: Mira Nair crafts an unsubtle and tedious adaptation
A Suitable Boy review: Mira Nair crafts an unsubtle and tedious adaptation
Mira Nair’s unsuitable adaptation is partially redeemed by Ishaan Khatter, Tabu
Mira Nair crafts an unsubtle and tedious adaptation
A Suitable Boy, On Netflix, Is Filmy In The Best Sense Of The Word
3/5
‘A Suitable Boy’ is a glamourised and Bollywood-esque rendition of its source material.
It is both celebratory and elegiac, and reminds us of the times when cynicism hadn’t completely overpowered optimism, a feeling that we can do with in these times.
It's just a little disheartening to see a story that rightfully belongs to Indians being snatched away and fetishised in such a disrespectful manner.
The signature stamp is so impressionable that the residual feeling is that of fulfilment.