In a country where love is not left to chance, but a carefully calculated choice, we share the humorous yet humbling journey of Divya and Neha, internationally educated, beautiful Indian women, who prefer taking the arranged marriage route despite being daughters of love marriages. This is particularly ironical as both girls are daughters of strong-willed mothers who choose love marriages and prefer the same for their daughters. Divya is India’s leading wedding planner and Neha a creative business woman; unable to meet prospective grooms at bars or BBQs. Realizing the parochial mindset on dating, they elect to meet matchmakers, download grooms, even tolerate being primed and positioned as commodities paraded before suitors.
Arjun and Abishek are ‘suitable boys’, confident and successful Indian men providing the male point counter point of view. Their ‘arranged meetings’ adds magical mayhem effortlessly. Commonalities are struck, friendships forged hope blossoms amidst a conundrum of color and culture. Just as things seem to go a notch higher, rejection and rebuke reveals contradictions in modern mindsets and values raise gender issues, question diktats of marriage in a country where girls are rejected based on horoscopes or skin color. This exploration questioning why Indian women walk this cultural tightrope whilst revealing what courage it takes to keep their identity and dignity in a country where marriage seems like a Russian Roulette.
