Vikas Swarup

Full Cast

Rasika Dugal

Vijay Chrishna

A BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation of The Accidental Apprentice

A ten-part dramatisation of the bestselling thriller by Slumdog Millionaire author Vikas Swarup 
 
Sapna Sinha is a sales assistant in a TV showroom in New Delhi. As the sole breadwinner in the family, she works hard to support her widowed mother and younger sister Neha. Then billionaire Vinay Mohan Acharya walks into her life and offers to make her the CEO of his global empire. All she has to do is pass seven tests - rites of passage, designed to gauge her mettle as a leader. 
 
It seems too good to be true, and Sapna is sceptical. But, in desperate need of money, she signs the contract that will subject her to the series of 'life tests'. She has no idea what they will be, or when they will come, but if she gets through them, her life will change forever. 
 
And change it does - though not in a way she could ever have predicted. As the consequences of her Faustian pact become clear, it seems there is no escape. Only by revisiting her past can she make sense of her present: but nothing can prepare her for what she finds there... 
 
Dramatised by award-winning authors Ayeesha Menon and John Dryden, this gripping, suspenseful drama with a twist in the tale stars Rasika Dugal as Sapna and Vijay Chrishna as Acharya. 
 
 
Production credits 
Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and John Dryden from the novel The Accidental Apprentice by Vikas Swarup 
Produced by Nadir Khan 
Directed by John Dryden 
Sound Design: Steve Bond 
Editing Assistant: Varun Bangera 
Script Editor: Mike Walker 
Assistant Producer: Toral Shah 
Music: Sacha Puttnam 
A Goldhawk Production for BBC Radio 4 
 
Cast 
Sapna - Rasika Dugal 
Acharya - Vijay Chrishna 
Karan - Neil Bhoopalam 
Nirmila Ben/Rosie - Radhika Mital 
Sapna's Mother - Shernaz Patel 
Raja - Sumeet Vyas 
Kuldeep Singh/Roaji - Rajit Kapur 
Neha - Amrita Puri 
Priya Capoor/Pushpa/Female Judge - Ayesha Raza 
Badan Singh/Politician/Constable - Kenny Desai 
Madan - Vivek Madan 
Neelam - Prerna Chawla 
Babli/Janet - Preetika Chawla 
Rent Collector - Satchit Puranik 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 19-30 May 2014 
 
© 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd 
(p) 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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