Actress-writer Mindy Kaling updates 1994's Four Weddings And A Funeral for TV

Actress Mindy Kaling (left) created a TV adaptation of 1994's Four Weddings And A Funeral. The new series revolves around four American friends, including Maya, played by Nathalie Emmanuel from Game Of Thrones (right) who attend a wedding in London. PHOTO: AFP, BLUE ANT ENTERTAINMENT
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LOS ANGELES - Actress Mindy Kaling's obsession with romantic comedies is why she eventually created one of her own - the sitcom The Mindy Project (2012 to 2017).

It made her the first Asian woman to star in and call the shots on an American television show - and, now, one of the most successful comedy writer-producers in Hollywood.

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