Mira Nair`s TV series closes Toronto Film Fest |
In a rarity, and for the first time, the famous Toronto International Film Festival concluded not with a movie, but with the TV series A SUITABLE BOY adapted by Indian-origin director Mira Nair from Vikram Seth`s classic novel. The screening spanned six hours, covering the entire series produced for BBC, with two intermissions of 20-minutes each. Mira Nair said that she was “delighted” when TIFF chose to make this the first-ever TV project to close the festival in its 45-year history. Nair said this was the only format to do justice to Seth`s monumental work. She said A SUITABLE BOY cannot be a two-and-a-half hour film. It should be at least a six- hour show, the way she has tried to do it. In fact, it could be even a longer one. While the novel was first published in 1993, many of its themes remain relevant, including that of communal fault lines. The novel is set in the period right after Independence, and the syncretic culture is the foundation of the series. Nair has already been feted at TIFF this year with the Tribute Award, along with actors Kate Winslet, Sir Anthony Hopkins, and director Chloe Zhao. The series has been acquired by Netflix and will be available to Indian audiences very soon.
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