July 17, 2020
Watch Indian Matchmaking on Netflix
Starring: Sima Taparia
India release date: July 16, 2020
Genre: Realty TV, romance
Certification: 12
Language: Hindi
Duration: 130 mins
“If Indian Matchmaking had only been about marriages that are finalised around a dining table by elders sitting with folded hands and judging, figuring out everything apart from how the boy and girl will fare in bed, it would have passed without a ripple, like the long matrimonial ads seeking fair complexioned girls do, every weekend. But because it also follows girls sitting across restaurant tables, sipping cocktails and wondering, even as they chat smilingly with the boys, when they can leave, it’s causing much discomfort.”
Suparna Sharma, The Asian Age
“Under the guise of giving us a detailed look at a culture which privileges marriage amongst ‘equal’ families and not individuals, all kinds of classist, casteist stereotypes gets an airing… Especially galling is the way independent-minded women are shown the door.”
Shubhra Gupta, Indian Express
“What could have been ironically fun and an enjoyable archetype of trashy television, begins to feed into the various stereotypes, and borders on being didactic. The characters say and believe in some of the most atavistic ideals.”
Kennith Rosario, The Hindu
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