by Olivia Christie, Daily Mail
A Bollywood-inspired adaptation of A Christmas Carol will star a version of Ebenezer Scrooge who ‘despises refugees’, the director has revealed.
The musical, which is directed by Gurinder Chadha and based on the 1843 novella by Charles Dickens, will feature a ‘British-Indian’ man named Sood as the lead character.
He is described as a wealthy man who hates poor people and refugees on the basis they ‘haven’t worked as hard as him to get where he is’.
The film, called Christmas Karma, is due for release in November this year and will star Kunal Nayyar, Boy George, Eva Longoria, Hugh Bonneville and Billy Porter.