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Exclusive: Harry Potter star Tom Felton has boarded Gandhi, the Hansal Mehta-directed streaming series about the iconic Indian nonviolent resistance leader from Applause Entertainment.

Felton will play Josiah Oldfield, Gandhi’s first and best friend during a period he spent in London while studying law. Pratik Gandhi (no relation) is playing Gandhi, as we reported back in May 2022, and we can reveal his real-life partner, Bhamini Oza, will play Kasturba Gandhi, the Mahatma’s wife.

The period drama series has been billed as India’s answer to The Crown, and several scenes are being shot in London this month. As such, British actors James Murray, Jonno Davies, Molly Wright (Apostasy), Simon Lennon, Ralph Adeniyi, Libby Mai and Lindon Alexander are joining Felton in the cast.

Record 78% of first-year participants are women.

Bafta has announced the 2020 participants for its Newcomers Program, which for the first time has expanded to New York with first-year female participants accounting for a record 78% of the field.

As in previous years the Los Angeles programme, which celebrates talent that has moved to the US, welcomed international talent from around the world, including UK, Australia, China, France, India, Israel, Nigeria, Poland, and Mexico.

Forty-one individuals were inducted into the programme this year, bringing the total number of participants on the four-year initiative to 98.

The combined group includes actors, directors, producers, screenwriters, composers,...