Fascination With Kamala Harris Could Attract U.S. Audiences to ‘A Suitable Boy,’ Says Mira Nair (EXCLUSIVE)
Naman Ramachandran A fascination with Vice-President elect Kamala Harris could drive American audiences towards Mira Nair’s mini-series “A Suitable Boy,” the director says.Based on Vikram Seth’s epic 1993 novel, the series follows the Mehra family and their associates as they go about the process of finding a husband for 19-year-old university student Lata Mehra (newcomer Tanya Maniktala), against the backdrop of the 1951 general elections in newly independent India.The series aired on the BBC in July and began streaming in several territories on Netflix, excluding North America, in October.