Where is a suitable boy set

Republic World is your one-stop destination for trending Bollywood news. Tune in today to stay updated with all the latest news and headlines from the world of entertainment. The Debate. Breaking News. Where was A Suitable Boy filmed? View this post on Instagram. In the novel, Brahmpur is located along the Ganges river between Banares and Patna. The BBC series boast beautiful period filming locations, most of them shot in Lucknow , the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state.

We will be updating this report soon with more details about the show: The Brahmpur University is the King George Medical College , situated in the heart of the historic city of Lucknow.

Some establishing shots show the Ghanta Ghar, the tallest clock tower in India. Constructed between and , this large building with a garden in the front facade, looking like a palace, is considered one of the most beautiful train stations in the country. The producers only pointed to suburbs of Lucknow where period buildings are best preserved. The series is set in the newly independent India, post-Partition and after the independence movement.

As a result of Partition, two provinces were established Bengal and Punjab, based on district-wide non-Muslim or Muslim majorities.

Partition also saw the division of the British Indian Army, the Royal Indian Navy, the Indian Civil Service, the railways, and the central treasury and led to an enormous refugee crisis of approximately 11 million people.

Speaking to press, including Express. The majority of the series was filmed in Lucknow, the multicultural, capital city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Parts of the series were also shot in Maheshwar, a town in the Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh state, in central India.

Actor Tanya Maniktala who plays Lata in the series told press, including Express. That's just as true for the costuming and spaces that reflect the story, she says with a dedicated shoutout to cinematographer Declan Quinn. Nair's team scouted half a dozen Indian cities before settling on Lucknow as the most accurate stand in for Brahmapur, and Kolkata and Kanpur providing their own tehzeeb.

The production team then pored over photographs and anecdotes from the time period of the show to create those amalgams as they would relate to an audience. They spent It's hours of crafting it. And yet, when you look at it, it feels normal.

Seth says the cast and crew have been overwhelmed by positive response to the show, especially since its characters are very much of a specific time and place in Indian history.