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EPISODE · Oct 21, 2021 · 2H 50M

Listen to A Fine Balance: A BBC Radio full-cast drama by Rohinton Mistry

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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/547938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Fine Balance: A BBC Radio full-cast drama Author: Rohinton Mistry Narrator: Zafar Karachiwala, Kenneth Desai, Neil Bhoopalam, Anand Tiwari, Rajit Kapur, Shernaz Patel, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 21, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A compelling dramatisation of Rohinton Mistry's Booker Prize-nominated novel about India's underclass India, 1975. Desperate to preserve her independence from her abusive brother, Parsi widow Dina Dilal turns her cramped city apartment into a sweatshop. But when her eyesight begins to fail, she hires two tailors - uncle and nephew Ishvar and Om, who have fled from caste violence in their native village. She also takes in a lodger - Maneck, a reluctant student from the mountains. Initially wary of each other, the four strangers soon form a close bond of friendship, loyalty and love. But their lives are about to be turned upside down, for India in the mid-1970s is in a state of crisis, riven by political turmoil and corruption. As Indira Gandhi's 'Emergency' measures come into force, civil liberties are suspended and human rights suppressed. In this climate of chaos, violence and injustice, Dina and her makeshift family find themselves struggling to survive and facing an uncertain future... Tragic, comic, poignant and redemptive, this heart-rending drama is a celebration of the human spirit under inhuman conditions. Adapted by Ayeesha Menon and Kewel Karim, it stars Shernaz Patel as Dina, Kenneth Desai as Ishvar, Anand Tiwari as Om and Neil Bhoopalam as Maneck. Production credits Written by Rohinton Mistry Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and Kewel Karim Produced by Nadir Khan Directed by John Dryden Music: Sacha Putnam Sound Design: Steve Bond Production Manager: Niloufer Sagar A Goldhawk Production for BBC Radio 4 Cast Dina - Shernaz Patel Ishvar - Kenneth Desai Om - Anand Tiwari Maneck - Neil Bhoopalam Rustom - Zafar Karachiwala Ibrahim - Rajit Kapur The Thakur - Jayant Kripalaini Ashraf - Darshan Jariwala Nusswan - Farid Currim Ruby - Anahita Uberoi Narayan - Vivek Madan Young Dina - Tirtha Kotrial Young Ishvar - Eshan Savla Young Narayan - Samar Uraizee Ensemble - Jim Sarbh, Abhishek Saha, Meherangiz Acharya-Dar, Faezeh Jalali, Shivani Tanksale, Nadir Khan Beggarmaster - Ankur Vikal Worm - Namit Das Rajaram - Jaimini Pathak First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 22 March-5 April 2015 ©2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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