Sanjeev Bhaskar, creator & writer of The Kumars at No.42 & Goodness Gracious Me, embarks on an epic & uniquely personal journey through the heart of India for his namesake BBC2 series ” India with Sanjeev Bhaskar”, unveiling a country of contradictions & surprises, where ancient & modern collide. Now we follow Sanjeev’s adventures through the country of his roots, where he is reunited with old relatives with traumatic stories of Partition
- but also discovers a shiny new India of high-tech industry & glittering Bollywood kitsch. This is still a country of extremes. In Bombay, Sanjeev sees where India’s billionaires party, then he travels on to India’s spiritual heartl&, Rishikesh, where hippies & monks mingle on the banks of the holy river. He even lands himself a walk-on part as a sleazy producer in an Indian soap opera. In Sanjeev we have the perfect witty & thoughtful travelling companion with a unique take on a remarkable country
- chaotic, astonishing & jaw droppingly beautiful. This is India like you’ve never seen it before.