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Episode 3

Episode 3 of 6

Rupa enlists a friend to find her headstrong daughter a husband. In exile, Maan starts to enjoy village life.

Concerned by Lata’s growing friendship with poet Amit Chatterji, Rupa enlists the help of a friend to find her headstrong daughter a husband. When she meets enthusiastic shoemaker Haresh Khanna, Rupa is immediately charmed, but Lata is not so easily convinced.

Banished to the countryside with his Urdu tutor, Maan is preoccupied by thoughts of Saeeda Bai. But as his eyes are opened to the hardships of rural life, he becomes an unlikely warrior for social justice.

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RoleContributor
Lata MehraTanya Maniktala
Rupa MehraMahira Kakkar
Saeeda BaiTabu
Maan KapoorIshaan Khatter
Kabir DurraniDanesh Razvi
Mahesh KapoorRam Kapoor
Savita KapoorRasika Dugal
Amit ChatterjiMikhail Sen
WriterAndrew Davies
ProducerLydia Dean Pilcher
ProducerAradhana Seth
DirectorMira Nair
Production CompanyLookout Point

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Meet the characters from BBC One's six-part adaptation of A Suitable Boy.