"Her energy is contagious," says Rasika Dugal on being thrilled to tick 'working with Mira Nair' off her bucket list. The actor insists that the filmmaker is a class apart from other directors as she helms the six-part BBC series based on Vikram Seth's novel, A Suitable Boy.

Dugal, who has wrapped up her scenes in the series says, "Despite working for so many years, Mira has the enthusiasm [of a newbie]. She brings unexpected energy to an otherwise dull scene. Reading how the script will unfold on paper, is usually very different from the outcome. When she directs the scene, it's almost magical." She reiterates that Nair pushes boundaries with every actor.

"She has a child-like energy on set. She gives you a freehand [to perform], then designs it accordingly at her end. As an artiste, it is a surreal experience to be directed by Mira as she knows how to get the best out of her actors," says Dugal, who plays the character of Savita Mehra Kapoor.

Mira Nair

Dugal only has one regret. "I don't share much screen time with Tabu," she says, and hopes that the future yields more opportunities.

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Krishna, dix ans, est abandonné par le cirque itinérant pour lequel il travaille et se retrouve à Bombay avec le rêve de gagner cinq cents roupies qu’il rapportera à sa mère dans son village natal.

En ville, il est immédiatement submergé par la folie et la cacophonie : policiers à l'affût, vacarme de la circulation, trafic de drogue, traite de femmes, univers fantasmagorique du cinéma, et partout des enfants qui comme lui survivent et succombent, dévorés par la ville.

Krishna débute au plus bas de la hiérarchie de la rue et devient Chaipu, ou celui-qui-porte-le-thé-et-le-pain.

Au hasard de ses livraisons, il rencontrera des personnages qui finiront par changer sa vie : Chillum, impétueux vétéran de la rue âgé de vingt-cinq ans ; Baba, caïd lunatique qui vit avec la solide Rekha et leur petite fille de huit ans, Manju ; Solasaal, une jeune Népalaise à l’esprit rebelle vendue comme prostituée... Chaipu devient, sans le savoir lui-même, le catalyseur de leurs vies respectives jusqu’à ce que celles-ci se fondent en un étonnant dénouement.