Audiobooks by Ayeesha Menon

TakeOver: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast drama Audiobook

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 © 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (p) 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Ayeesha Menon, Matthew Solon (Author), Abhin Galeya, Amrita Acharia, Danny Ashok, Munirih Grace, Rajit Kapur (Narrator)

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Undercover Mumbai: A BBC Radio full-cast drama

All eleven episodes of the detective serial set & recorded in Mumbai Inspector Alia Khan is a tough, determined female cop struggling to make her mark in a male-dominated world. As she fights to uncover crime and corruption, she must also battle the endemic sexism of the police force, and the patronising, chauvinist attitudes of her boss and colleagues - as well as dealing with her own personal demons. In Series 1, landed with a new partner, she investigates a rescued baby, a missing husband, a child prostitution ring and strange goings-on at a psychiatric hospital. When a glamour model is found dead in a five-star hotel, she sets out on the trail of Bollywood's leading heart-throb, and uncovers murder, political scandal - and the truth about her policeman father's death. In Series 2, the disgraced police inspector has just been released from jail. Seeking a life of obscurity, she gets a job as a receptionist in a run-down Mumbai hotel. But when a serial killer starts operating on the rooftop, Alia is called in. Paired up with incompetent Inspector Ratna Shinde, she soon realises that the murderer is trying to communicate with her through the victims themselves... Series 3 finds Alia going undercover after suspicions are raised about a young woman's death. When Nyla Ansari is found in a bathtub in her parents' home, a bottle of pills beside her, it looks like suicide. Then a video is discovered, made by Nyla a year before. In it, she claims her father, a wealthy Indian businessman, was going to kill her. Posing as a newly married couple, Alia and her male colleague Junaid Qureshi move into the flat next door. Their mission: befriend Nyla's family, friends and servants, and find out the truth... Written by Ayeesha Menon, these fast-paced crime thrillers, recorded on location in India, star Prerna Chawal as Alia, with Anand Tiwari, Rajit Kapur, Shivani Tanksale, Tavish Bhattacharya, Rohit Malkani and Radhika Mital. Production credits Written by Ayeesha Menon Script Editors: Mike Walker and Phillip Shelley Produced by Nadir Khan Directed, recorded and edited by John Dryden Assistant Producer/Production Manager: Toral Shah Production Assistant: Vivek Madan Editing Assistants: Andrew Lewis, Aditya Khanna and Varrunn Bangera Music: Sacha Putnam Sound Recordists: Hitesh Chaurasia and Ayush Ahuja Sound Design: Steve Bond A Goldhawk Production for BBC Radio 4 Cast Alia - Prerna Chawla Nakul - Anand Tiwari Inspector Desai/Parvez - Rajit Kapur Mrs Gomes - Radhika Mittal Popo - Rohit Malkani Alia's father - Zafar Karachiwala Vikram Naresh - Darius Shroff Commissioner Kripalani - Jayant Kripalani Ratna - Shivani Tanksale Jamal - Kenny Desai Yamraj - Abhay Mahajan Meenakshi - Ratnabali Bhattacharjee Faisal - Prashant Prakash Bala - Prabal Panjabi Hotel Manager - Joy Sengupta Principal Pandey - Sohrab Ardeshir Inspector Siddiqui - Adhir Bhat Home Minister - Satchit Puranik Dhruv - Neil Bhoopalam Shaina Patel - Preetika Chawla Junaid - Tavish Bhattacharya Shahnaz - Shernaz Patel Jaz - Sukant Goel Roopkala - Lovleen Mishra Bhupinder - Aseem Hattangady Patel - Jaimini Pathak Roopkala's son - Ajitesh Gupta Dr. Rao - Sohrab Ardeshir Dr. Rameshwari - Anahita Uberoi Sam/Inspector Kaur/Ensemble - Vivek Madan Pander/Bartender/Ensemble - Nadir Khan Nyla/Adele/Ensemble - Abir Abrar Poona/Ensemble - Kamakshi Rai Boy - Dhruv Hemdev With Karan Pandit, Faezeh Jalali, Devika Shahani-Punjabi, Ayeesha Menon, Ankur Vikal First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 9-14 September 2013 (Series 1), 18-19 August 2015 (Series 2), 11-13 September 2019 ©2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Ayeesha Menon (Author), Anand Tiwari, Prerna Chawal, Rajit Kapur (Narrator)

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The Mumbai Chuzzlewits

Award-winning writer Ayeesha Menon's rework of Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit is set amongst the Catholic community in modern-day Mumbai. Convinced his relatives are after his money, Martin Chuzzlewit, a wealthy old landlord, has adopted orphan girl Mary as his carer with the understanding she will be housed and fed as long as he lives - but on his death, she will inherit nothing. But when his grandson Mickey falls in love and wishes to marry Mary, Martin's plans are thrown into disarray... Told from the point of view of orphan Thomas, an observer into the world of the Chuzzlewits, this is a fast-paced drama full of intrigue, romance, suspense and murder. Starring Roshan Seth, Karan Pandit, Zafar Karachiwala and Nimrat Kaur. Producer: John Dryden. A Goldhawk Essential Production for BBC Radio 4. 'A dazzling transposition of Dickens across centuries and continents' - Gillian Reynolds, Telegraph.

Ayeesha Menon (Author), Roshan Seth (Narrator)

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