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The Wedding, an episodic novel told from fifteen unique perspectives about a lavish week-long Indian wedding would require a dream ensemble cast that was capable of portraying a high maintenance bride, an unsure groom, a conflicted wedding party, frenemies, gossiping aunties, a local bad boy, and a host of ever-watchful event staff. Since the novel is set in Canada and is multi-generational, and there are not a lot of well-known Indian actors, I’ll take some liberties in casting and draw from Bollywood and Hollywood past and present and cast just a few of the fifteen starring roles:Visit Gurjinder Basran's website.
The Bride, Devi : Alia Bhatt, a British born Indian actress who is known for portraying strong women would be perfect to play the somewhat unlikeable strong willed bride Devi.
The Groom, Baby: If we could go back in time to the early 2000s, I would choose Bollywood heartthrob, Hritick Roshan because he was always able to portray vulnerability and strength.
The Groom’s brother, Gobind: Ishaan Khatter, recently made famous in North America for his role in The Perfect Couple and in the Netflix hit The Royals would be...[read on]
Q&A with Gurjinder Basran.
My Book, The Movie: The Wedding.
--Marshal Zeringue
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