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TakeOver

Sep 22, 2024 12:27 PM

Author:Ayeesha Menon,Matthew Solon,Rajit Kapur,Amrita Acharia,Full Cast,Abhin Galeya,Munirih Grace,Danny Ashok

TakeOver

A fast-paced, globe-trotting family saga of wealth, power, revenge and karma - with helicopters, private jets and a tiger reserve

Meet the Majumdars, a family at war - with itself...

Self-made tech mogul Ravi Majumdar fought his way up from nothing to make a billion-dollar fortune. Now he risks losing everything in his single-minded quest to defeat his enemy, Jai Singh: the man he once considered his best friend. Concerned for their inheritance, his children - Ash, the eldest son and would-be heir; Maya the brilliant business student; socialite and ex-Bollywood actress Zara; and sensitive Shaan, who yearns for his father's approval - fight for control of the company. But there are others bidding for the succession: Seraphina, Ravi's 'spiritual advisor', and Amit, their Indian cousin, whose humility belies his ambition...

As Ravi plays 'divide and rule' with his offspring, the multinational corporation he has spent a lifetime building is brought to the brink of collapse. The warring siblings must join forces and work together if they are to see off the competition and save their father's business empire...

Written by Ayeesha Menon and Matthew Solon, this exhilarating drama of high-stake deals and sibling rivalry, set in the world of the super-wealthy, plays out on the grand scale of a Shakespearean tragedy. Recorded in the UK and India, it stars Rajit Kapur as Ravi, with Abhin Galeya as Ash, Amrita Acharia as Maya, Munirih Grace as Zara and Danny Ashok as Shaan.

Production credits

Written by Ayeesha Menon and Matthew Solon

Executive produced and directed by John Scott Dryden

Produced by Emma Hearn and Nadir Khan

Assistant Producer: Eleanor Mein

Production Assistant: Anna Calandra

Original music by Sacha Puttnam

India Sound Supervisor Ayush Ahuja

Editing and Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore

Sound recording by Paul Clark, Ashyar Bulsara and Ayush Ahuja

A Goldhawk Production for BBC Radio 4

Cast

Ravi Majumdar - Rajit Kapur

Anya - Dolya Gavanski

Ash - Abhin Galeya

Maya - Amrita Acharia

Zara - Munirih Grace

Shaan - Danny Ashok

Ian - Finbar Lynch

Seraphina - Jennifer Armour

Dr Lincoln - Emma Carter

Jeet - Ronny Jhutti

Amit - Tavish Bhattacharyya

Jai - Vincent Ebrahim

Karan - Zafar Karachiwala

Sharma - Neil D'Souza

Venitia - Laurel Lefkow

John Myson - Ash Hunter

Ben - Philip Desmeules

Beth Mitchell - Natalie Simpson

All other parts played by Lola Ogunyemi, Matthew Solon, Nadir Khan, Aseem Hattangady and Ayeesha Menon

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28 June-1 July 2021

(p) 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Reviews

A heartwarming and uplifting tale

—— Daily Express

Catherine Cookson fans will love this

—— Woman's Own

A thoroughly enjoyable historical saga

—— Jaffa Reads Too

The answer to finding a last-minute Mother's Day present, and it will also please thousands of Flynn fans

—— Peterborough Evening Telegraph

A bravura debut novel . . . It's clever, satisfying, and often playful

—— Guardian

This is a book saturated with the sensations of southeast Asia; where, in Menon's pungent turns of phrase, you feel as though you could "grab the air in two hands and wring it out"; where guilt can be "squatting in the room . . . stringy as spit", and where tiger princes and jungle spirits lurk amid a painful colonial past

—— The Times, pick of the latest fiction

A rich and moving family history takes shape, filled with love and heartache, guilt and grief, and no end of secrets and lies . . . Gripping, compelling . . . Menon's story shows that, though time flows on, history's waves still ripple decades downstream

—— Economist

Menon is a sparky storyteller whose thickly atmospheric debut keeps us guessing as its many ghosts press in ever closer

—— Daily Mail

A beautiful, richly textured absorbing read. I was utterly transported

—— Irenosen Okojie

A propulsive debut scattered with gems of fresh and surprising imagery. Menon is at her best exploring the intricate bond between women over generations, their histories strung tight over the fraught realities of a nation coming into being

—— Preti Taneja

Always here for a cross-generational family story, especially one that involves moral ambivalence

—— Marian Keyes selection for her PageTurners top reads

An intriguing, fast-paced, imaginative novel

—— Bad Form

A beautifully written story of one Indian Malaysian family's history, entwined with secrets and hidden heartbreak . . . Fragile Monsters is a story of homecoming which illustrates the tension of returning to a past which remains painfully present . . . a cleverly-crafted family saga which explores themes of truth, belonging and shame across multiple generations

—— Asian Review of Books

Leavened with a brisk, dry humour, Fragile Monsters is as propulsive as any mystery, with a bewitching sense of place . . . an accomplished feat of multi-stranded storytelling

—— Evening Standard

Lyrically beautiful writing

—— i

Spellbinding

—— Tatler Malaysia

A story about love, betrayal and redemption with an electric daughter-grandmother relationship at its heart

—— Sheer Luxe, reading recommendation

A terrific family saga.

—— Village Bookshelf

A lyrical prose reminiscent of William Trevor, and a haunting family drama.

—— Times Literary Supplement

One of the most exciting literary talents to emerge in the last decade.

—— Irish Examiner

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