

60 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestLata makes a surprising decision about her future, as pressure on Maan’s family mounts after his disgrace.
Modernity confronts tradition in 1950s post-Partition India as a young woman resists an arranged marriage in favour of pursuit of love and a politician's son becomes involved in a transgressive affair.
Production
India's never looked this edible—every frame wants to be a painting.
Acting
Tabu walks in, steals every scene, walks out. Legend behavior.
Costume
The saris alone deserve their own credit sequence.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vikram Seth's 1,349-page novel was so dense that Andrew Davies—who adapted Pride and Prejudice—called it his hardest project ever.
The series sparked backlash in India for Davies, a white British man, adapting this specifically Indian epic; some critics argued it flattened the novel's political complexity into pretty heritage tourism.