A Suitable Boy producer Andrew Davies has confirmed that there are undertones of a gay romance between Maan Kapoor (played by Ishaan Khatter) and Firoz Ali Khan (Shubham Saraf).
The six-part series, based on Vikram Seth’s bestseller, takes place in a newly independent India in 1951 and the sub-plot follows Maan and his blossoming relationship with a courtesan named Saeeda Bai.
After tonight’s first episode, viewers might have also picked up on an electric connection between Maan and his best friend Firoz – and Andrew has revealed their chemistry was no accident.
Speaking about Maan and Firoz’s relationship, Andrew explained to Metro.co.uk: ‘I think if you read the book again, it’s [their relationship] very subtly indicated.
‘I think Maan and Firoz have a delightful romantic friendship which at times has become physical, I think they’re both on that great scale of which we’re all on from all out gay to all out hetero.
‘They’re both slightly towards the hetero end of it but they have a delightful relationship. Sometimes I think it is classed as physical and certainly, I’ve been indicating that.’
Director Mira Nair agreed, but said she believed their friendship was ‘more about an emotional dependency and love that they had from growing up together which manifests in the tenderness.’
‘I know many people in this way and I didn’t want to ignore it or sugarcoat it or avoid it,’ she said. ‘For me, it really deepens our word, to have a tenderness between each other.’
‘It’s a very unique relationship that they share,’ added actor Ishaan.
We love to see it.
The first episode of A Suitable Boy aired tonight and we’ve got a lot of questions that need answering in episode two and beyond.
A Suitable Boy continues on Sunday at 9pm on BBC One.
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