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Meenakshi Sundareshwar movie review: Early charm gives way to a bad ad for arranged marriages
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Meenakshi Sundareshwar movie review: Early charm gives way to a bad ad for arranged marriages

It may well be argued that this unquestioning acceptance of tradition accurately reflects most Indian homes. True enough, but if this film’s aim was to romanticise tradition, then its lack of energy and spark makes it an ineffective endorsement of arranged marriages.

Netflix series Indian Matchmaking is this year's scariest horror story about arranged marriages
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Netflix series Indian Matchmaking is this year's scariest horror story about arranged marriages

Indian Matchmaking treads into dangerous territory when it allows Sima Taparia free rein to reinforce regressive methods of Indian matchmaking as undeniable fact.

Journalist Elizabeth Flock explores love and marriage in Mumbai in a compelling new book
Life

Journalist Elizabeth Flock explores love and marriage in Mumbai in a compelling new book

Containing vignettes from a decade of reportage, American journalist Elizabeth Flock’s debut book peeks into India’s oldest institution: marriage

Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana: Rajkummar Rao, Kriti Kharbanda starrer redefines rules of arranged marriages
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Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana: Rajkummar Rao, Kriti Kharbanda starrer redefines rules of arranged marriages

The first meeting of Rajkummar Rao and Kriti Kharbanda's characters is not in a room populated with relatives. It is in a cafe, away from parental control.

A Suitable Girl: An acclaimed documentary takes a look at arranged marriages in India
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A Suitable Girl: An acclaimed documentary takes a look at arranged marriages in India

A Suitable Girl premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on 22 April 2017 and won the Albert Maysles prize for Best Documentary Director.

Shahid Kapoor, Mira Rajput's arranged marriage isn't open for dinner table talk: It's their choice
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Shahid Kapoor, Mira Rajput's arranged marriage isn't open for dinner table talk: It's their choice

Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput's appearance on Koffee With Karan got a lot of people commenting on the whole institution of arranged marriages.

My father will not choose the girl I marry: Shahid Kapoor
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My father will not choose the girl I marry: Shahid Kapoor

Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor today dismissed reports about his father actor Pankaj Kapoor looking for a girl for him and said that he will choose the life partner for himself