Mira Nair's 'A Suitable Boy' adds Ram Kapoor, Shahana Goswami

Ram Kapoor, Shahana Goswami and Vivek Gomber are latest names to be cast in Mira Nair's adaptation of Vikram Seth's "A Suitable Boy", makers anunced on Wednesday. Described as a paramic tale charting fortunes of four large families, story is set in rth India of 1951, same time country was carving out its own identity as an independent nation and was about to go to polls for its first democratic general election.

Lata (to be played by debutante Tanya Maniktala)'s mor is determined to find her a husband  a suitable boy. But Lata, torn between family duty and excitement of romance, embarks on her own, epic journey of love and self-discovery. Produced by Lookout Point for BBC One, six-part series also stars Tabu as courtesan Saaeda Bai, Ishaan as Maan Kapoor, Vijay Varma as Rasheed, Rasika Dugal as Savita and Namit Das as Haresh.

Kapoor will play Mahesh Kapoor, far of Maan. popular TV actor, who has worked with Nair on "Monsoon Wedding" and "Words with Gods", said he is excited to collaborate with director again. "I play Mahesh Kapoor in series, a veteran politician who is t only a patriot, but also a reformist at same time. He's a character with multiple shades and layers, and I'm looking forward to getting under his skin," Kapoor said in a statement. Goswami will play equally glamorous and disrespectful Meenakshi Chatterji, who is married to Lata's eldest bror, Arun (Gomber).

"It's been a dream to work with Mira since I was a kid and re couldn't be a better project to be able to collaborate with her on... I'm delighted to be playing Meenakshi Mehra, a kind of character I have never been entrusted to play and it's been extremely fun to create her with Mira," "Rock On!" actor said. Gomber of "Court" and "Sir" fame will play Arun, who as man of house since his far's death, Arun has strong opinions about whom Lata should marry.

"I am a huge fan of Mira and her films and I feel incredibly lucky to have got job. I hope I can do justice to role of Arun Mehra, Mira's vision and of course Vikram Seth's book," actor said. Mahira Kakkar, Gagan Dev Riar, Mikhail Sen and Danesh Razvi are also part of ensemble cast. Shooting is underway at locations across India including Luckw.