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Episode 3: Dance of Defiance

The epic saga continues as Yash and Padma arrive in Manchester to begin their four year exile and find themselves immigrant outsiders with no money or power to insulate themselves.

The epic saga continues as Yash and Padma arrive in Manchester to begin their four year exile. It's a profound shock. Now they are an ethnic minority in a country where race is an increasingly charged issue and, with no money, they are powerless to insulate themselves from trouble.

In Mumbai, Dhruv is working hard to reinvent his public persona and doing everything he can to secure his grip on power. His best chance of controlling Hasta Enterprises in perpetuity is to trick Yash into breaking the terms of the contract. He sends spies into Manchester’s Asian communities to track down Yash and Padma and ensnare them.

The struggle between renewal and revenge puts huge strains on Yash and Padma’s marriage as the philosophical becomes personal. Do they accept their new situation, or do they vow to return to India and settle old scores? The Gods had a hand in this too – where are they now when the couple need them most?

The answer comes in the form of Gopi in physical form as a poor, elderly Mancunian woman, but she remains as evasive and mysterious as ever. She moves in with Yash and Padma - a roof over her head in return for housekeeping duties. But Padma becomes unnerved by Gopi's familiarity with Yash and the influence she seems to exert.

Written by Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle

Cast

Dhruv: Neil Bhoopalam
Yash: Tavish Bhattacharyya
Padma: Ira Dubey
Shaks: Vivek Madan
Karthik: Sukant Goel
Gopi: MIna Anwar
Nyra: Abir Abrar
Swati: Rina Fatania
Emmi: Ayla Wheatley
Landlord: Dean Harris
Andy: Kenny Blyth
Warehouse Supervisor: Sean Connolly

Other characters played by Abir Abrar, Omkar Kulkarni, Devika Shahani Punjabi and Prerna Chawla

Sound Supervisor (Mumbai): Ayush Ahuja
Sound Design and Post Production: Wilfredo Acosta
Original Music: Imran Ahmad

Producer (Mumbai): Nadir Khan
Producer(s): Helen Quigley and Andrew Mark Sewell
Director: Jatinder Verma

A B7 Media production for Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 4

57 minutes

Last on

Sat 3 Aug 2024 15:00

Broadcasts

  • Sun 15 Oct 2023 15:00
  • Sat 3 Aug 2024 15:00