Newcomer blazes own path in love for drama

In A Suitable Boy, Indian actress Tanya Maniktala plays Lata (left), a university student from a well-to-do family seeking her own path even as her family plans an arranged marriage for her.
In A Suitable Boy, Indian actress Tanya Maniktala plays Lata (left), a university student from a well-to-do family seeking her own path even as her family plans an arranged marriage for her. PHOTO: NETFLIX
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The miniseries A Suitable Boy is set in India in the early 1950s when proper behaviour for young women was far more restrictive than it is today.

In the six-episode historical drama, based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Vikram Seth, Indian actress Tanya Maniktala plays Lata, a university student from a well-to-do family seeking her own path even as her family plans an arranged marriage for her.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 29, 2020, with the headline Newcomer blazes own path in love for drama. Subscribe