Malavika has been directed by the Iranian great Majid Majidi, in Beyond the Clouds in 2017; by Karthik Subbaraj in Petta in 2019; and most recently by Pa. Ranjith in Thangalaan
Based on the Nithari killings Sector 36 features Vikrant Massey as Prem Singh, a version of Surinder Koli, who supposedly aided Moninder Singh in the killings
The role of Shooter, the groom’s enigmatic friend in Susanne Bier’s The Perfect Couple (the Netflix series adapted from the book) went to India’s very own Ishaan Khatter
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle