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The Wedding

Episode 3 of 10

Sent to a village outside Delhi, Sapna discovers a wedding about to take place, and that the young bride is being married against her will. Stars Rasika Dugal.

Sapna Sinha works as a sales assistant in a TV showroom in New Delhi. Being the only bread-winner in the family she works long hours to provide for her widowed mother and younger sister. But then a man walks into her life with an extraordinary proposition: pass seven "life" tests of his choosing and she will have wealth and power. At first the tests seem easy, but things are not quite as they seem. Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and John Dryden from Vikas Swarup's best-selling novel "The Accidental Apprentice".

3) The Wedding

A thriller set in India from the author of "Slumdog Millionaire".

Sent to a village outside Delhi to install electrical appliances, TV sales assistant, Sapna Sinha, discovers a wedding about to take place - and that the young bride is being married against her will. What Sapna decides to do about it will be a matter of life and death. Could this be one of the seven tests that she has signed up for?

Dramatised from Vikas Swarup's best-selling novel "The Accidental Apprentice".

Writers:
Vikas Swarup is an Indian diplomat and a best-selling novelist. His first novel "Q & A" was made into the Oscar winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" as well as Sony Award winning radio drama serial for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio .

Ayeesha Menon dramatized Vikas Swarup's other novels SIX SUSPECTS and Q & A, which won a Sony Award for Best Drama. She also wrote for Radio 4 THE MUMBAI CHUZZLEWITS, UNDERCOVER MUMBAI, THE CAIRO TRILOGY and MY NAME IS RED. Her stage play PEREIRA'S BAKERY AT 76 CHAPEL ROAD, which was developed with the Royal Court Theatre, was recently staged by the Curve Theatre, Leicester.

John Dryden wrote the original three-part dramas series SEVERED THREADS, THE RELUCTANT SPY and PANDEMIC, which won the Writer's Guild Award for best radio drama script. His dramatisation of BLEAK HOUSE won a Sony Award for Best Drama. Other dramatisations include A SUITABLE BOY, A HANDMAID'S TALE and FATHERLAND one of the most repeated dramas on R4 Extra.

Production:
Sound Design - Steve Bond
Editing Assistant - Varun Bangera
Script Editor - Mike Walker
Assistant Producer - Toral Shah

Music - Sacha Putnam

Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and John Dryden from the novel "ACCIDENTAL APPRENTICE" by Vikas Swarup.

Director - John Dryden
Producer - Nadir Khan
A Goldhawk Production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

14 minutes

Last on

Sun 23 Jan 2022 14:45
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Credits

Sapna Rasika Dugal
Acharya Vijay Chrishna
Karan Neil Bhoopalam
Nirmila Ben Radhika Mital
Rosie Radhika Mital
Sapna's Mother Shernaz Patel
Raja Sumeet Vyas
Kuldeep Singh Rajit Kapur
Roaji Rajit Kapur
Neha Amrita Puri
Priya Capoor Ayesha Raza
Pushpa Ayesha Raza
Female Judge Ayesha Raza
Badan Singh Kenny Desai
Politician Kenny Desai
Constable Kenny Desai
Madan Vivek Madan
Neelam Prerna Chawla
Babli Preetika Chawla
Janet Preetika Chawla
Rent Collector Satchit Puranik
Director John Dryden
Producer Nadir Khan
Adaptor Ayeesha Menon
Adaptor John Dryden
Author Vikas Swarup

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