The new Netflix series Indian matchmaking It is a reality show with a difference: it not only offers classic entertainment to viewers, but also tries to bring back a whole cultural tradition.
Fun, exhilarating, but willing to correct the preconceived notions that some audiences may have about relationships and dating in South Asia, Indian matchmaking Follow matchmaker Sima Taparia as she plays Cupid for millennials who try and can’t find love.
Indian matchmaking It’s available to stream on Netflix now, and it has all the ingredients for a cult hit, but reality series director Smriti Mundhra has revealed that the show was initially turned down.
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Speaking to JezebelSmriti admitted that his original tone for the show aired for not being white enough. “I really came up with this idea in 2009 or 2010,” he explained.
“I met a television producer at a virtual reality television production company the moment I met Sima, and at that moment, they said, ‘Well, maybe it could work if you have a white person with the that makes a couple and you follow that journey through the lens of a white person.
“I thought, ‘That’s crazy, I don’t know how it makes sense.’ That’s what has changed in the last 10 years.”
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Smriti’s backhand worked well, however, with the director admitting that if Indian matchmaking It had been advanced in the late 2000s, it could only have been “through the white gaze”.
She added: “Now you can be blatantly, authentically Indian, from the perspective of the Indians, nuanced about the diaspora and showing the breadth of the diaspora …”
Indian matchmaking first announced alongside another new dating show, Australian series Spectrum love. Slightly different from existing streaming service offerings (Too hot to handle, Love is blindwe mean you) Spectrum love It will focus on young adults with autism as they try to navigate the often complicated world of dating.
Indian matchmaking is now available on Netflix.
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