Kajol Talks ‘The Trial,’ Indian Adaptation of ‘The Good Wife’: ‘Acting Has Changed, You Have to Change With It’ (EXCLUSIVE)
13.07.2023 - 12:03
/ variety.com
Naman Ramachandran Kajol, one of India’s best-loved actors, stars in Disney+ Hotstar series “The Trial – Pyaar, Kaanoon, Dhokha,” the Indian adaptation of CBS series “The Good Wife.” The courtroom drama sees Kajol star as Noyonika Sengupta, a housewife who is forced to return to work as a lawyer after her husband’s public scandal puts him behind bars. Produced by Banijay Asia and Ajay Devgn FFilms, “The Trial” is directed by Suparn S. Varma (“Rana Naidu”). Kajol is a huge fan of “The Good Wife.” “I loved the characters, I love the whole show, I binge watched it,” Kajol told Variety. Noyonika is the Alicia role that Julianna Margulies played in the original.
Unlike the U.S., India does not have a trial by jury system. That changes the judicial process depicted and the storytelling in the adaptation, Kajol explained.
“The culture of India is completely different. The pressure is different. If something happens in a woman’s life – whether the husband has the affair or the husband dies, the woman is shamed and the woman is blamed for it. And that is society’s perception of it,” Kajol said. “So that in itself changes Noyonika’s character from Alicia in 100 different ways, her reactions, the way she behaves, what she thinks, what she says – they’re all completely different. I would say it’s a very nicely put adaptation, but it’s not scene-for-scene identical.” On her character, Kajol added: “She has to build herself up all the way from the bottom where work is concerned and where family life, social pressure and family pressures are concerned. Noyonika is pretty much all women. Noyonika is a woman that any woman would understand and sympathize with.” Keeping things realistic was a priority during production. To this end,
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