The Inheritance: Kunal Nayyar and Geeta Vasant Patel team up for a TV take on Trisha Sakhlecha’s novel

Kunal Nayyar’s Good Karma has acquired the television rights to Trisha Sakhlecha’s novel The Inheritance, and Geeta Vasant Patel is attached to direct. Trisha Sakhlecha is listed as an executive producer alongside Nayyar and others.

The project is based on the book, which mixes family conflict and mystery, with the author and named creatives involved in shaping how the story will be told. The novel centers on the Agarwal family meeting on a private Scottish island for a tense succession discussion about their Delhi petrochemicals business.

That meeting takes a turn for the dark when a death changes the group’s plans and forces long-held secrets into view. With the author participating in production, the adaptation has a direct tie to the creator’s point of view and character focus, which may guide the series’ tone and episode choices.

Development team and production roles of The Inheritance

Good Karma is the driving production company of The Inheritance. Kunal Nayyar and Logan Kovarick are attached as executive producers, and Trisha Sakhlecha joins the producing team as well.

Geeta Vasant Patel will direct and serve as an executive producer, giving the show a clear creative lead for visual and pacing decisions. UTA represented the deal that brought the rights to Good Karma.

How can key scenes from the novel “The Inheritance” map to early episodes?

Based on events in the novel, the opening episodes can be described in concrete terms. The Inheritance Episode 1 can open with the Agarwals arriving on the island for the patriarch Raj’s announcement about succession; the episode may end with a public argument that foreshadows worse tensions. The next episode could follow Zoe and Myra in parallel, with Zoe adjusting to family expectations while Myra struggles with money problems tied to the family business.

Another episode may mark a crucial moment when it is discovered that someone has died, and the island effectively becomes a place of questions and simmering accusations. Those beats' arrival, private arguments, character backstory, and then the life-changing event give the adaptation a clear sequence to build from without revealing later plot turns.

Author and director participation shape the tone for The Inheritance

Trisha Sakhlecha’s executive producer credit suggests the series will stick to the book’s perspectives and translate the emotional weight presented in the book to the screen. Geeta Vasant Patel’s role as director after having worked on popular series such as House of the Dragon and Star Wars' Ahsoka, bodes well for the upcoming project.

The adaptation is in early development. Rights are secured, and creative leadership is set. The next visible steps are scriptwriting, casting, and a distribution partner. How The Inheritance ultimately structures episodes, or how many episodes it becomes, will depend on script choices and the platform that picks it up.

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Good Karma’s acquisition and the named creative team mean The Inheritance is moving from page to screen with direct author input and an experienced director in place. Early episode structure can be drawn from the novel around the arrival and family tension, followed by a pivotal death that forces investigation and personal reckonings. Casting and platform news will shape how closely the show tracks the book’s plot and which characters gain more screen time.

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