Tag: Indian weddings

  • ‘Made In Heaven’ comes back with a bang in second season, critics praise sinister take on Big Fat Indian Wedding

    ‘Made In Heaven’ comes back with a bang in second season, critics praise sinister take on Big Fat Indian Wedding

    Warning: spoilers if you havent seen season 1

    Eid came a little too early for social media users when on August 10, the much awaited sequel to the critically acclaimed Amazon Prime series ‘Made In Heaven’ released online. The nine episode drama focuses on the lives of Delhi wedding planners Tara and Karan, as they attempt to build a brand name for themselves in the cut-throat world of India’s wedding industry.

    Created by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti, the season was lauded for the powerful performances by Sobhita Dhulipala and Arjun Mathur, as well as for boldly bringing to light issues like cast prejudice and sexual assault.

    This time, the second season promised to be quite a show-stopper as Karan decides to stop living in shame because of his sexual orientation and Tara decides to take her ex-husband Adil to court to get a good settlement in divorce. The two were left grappling with loss as their business is torn to shreds after a mob attacks it because of Karan’s support to decriminalize homosexuality. And critics, along with social media, had to agree, kay dair aye laikan drust aye.

    Indian drama critics have praised the show for delivering beyond their expectations, and bringing the four year long restlessness to a solid conclusion. The Indian Express praised the show-stopping performances by Sobhita, Jim Sarbh and Marthur, praising the skills with which Akhtar, Kagti and their collaborators “detail their characters and fill them in with specificity, reflect a sense of inner knowledge and empathy, which makes you curious about what’s going on behind their perfect exteriors.”

    If the first season was praised for addressing bold themes like same sex relationships, infidelity and ageism, NDTV commented that the new season dwleves even deeper by casting a transgender actor to play a career woman who has had a gender-reassignment surgery and is proud of being in her own skin.

    Writing for Film Companion, Rahul Desai praised Made In Heaven for remaining “a rare series that isn’t afraid to present its characters as paradoxical and unlikable.”

  • Rishta ad banning software engineers goes viral

    Rishta ad banning software engineers goes viral

    An unusual Indian matrimonial advertisement has gone viral on social media for asking software engineers to not call. The advertisement said that the prospective groom must be an IAS or IPS, a working doctor but not a software engineer.

    “Fair beautiful MBA girl from Rich Family Business Background” mentions the and, specifying that they are looking for an “IAS/IPS, Working Doctor (PG), Industrialists/Businessman from the same caste.”

    The ad then says that “Software engineers kindly do not call”.

    The snippet of the advertisement printed in the paper does not show any date.

    People on social media are reacting to the advertisement:

  • Groom runs away from wedding after first wife comes with police

    Groom runs away from wedding after first wife comes with police

    Indian weddings are full of drama and several stories of celebrations gone wrong have gone viral on social media. The latest to join this dubious hall of fame is a video of a groom running away from his wedding in Hyderabad.

    The man, named Syed Nazeer aka Khaleel, was trying to remarry without informing or taking the permission of his first wife Dr Sana Samreen.

    During the wedding reception, a furious Dr. Sana entered the venue with policemen in tow. The groom panicked as soon as he saw his first wife and ran away from the back door.

    “My sister married Nazeer soon after he came back from New Zealand in 2019. During the Covid-19 lockdown, he was stuck here and we took care of his expenses. However, he demanded Rs. 1.5 million which we could not pay. He then began staying away from my sister,” Sana’s brother told Deccan Chronicle.

    Dr Samreen also told media that she has given away almost all her savings to her husband but he still chose to remarry which angered her.

    “I am a doctor. During the second wave of COVID-19, I served Syed’s uncle who was COVID positive and gave most of my savings to him during the lockdown,” said Sana.

    Hopefully, Nazeer will now think twice before trying to get married again.