Analysis: 'Made in Heaven' offers a groundbreaking look behind big fat Indian weddings
Sobhita Dhulipala, left, as Tara Khanna and Arjun Mathur as Karan Mehra in Amazon Prime’s “Made in Heaven.” By Bilal Qureshi Bilal Qureshi Bio April 4 at 11:00 AM South Asians, it can easily be argued, are global leaders of the wedding industrial complex. Winter marks the height of the region’s annual wedding season. As temperatures cool, closets swell, and Technicolor tents unfurl.
“Made in Heaven” is about two wedding planners serving New Delhi’s elite and all their wedding spectacle needs. It’s Amazon Prime’s fourth original series for the Indian market, and in the four weeks since its release, the show has morphed into a bona fide cultural phenomenon among South Asians at home and abroad. The cast is stylish, the colors are exquisite, and the weddings themselves are nothing short of cinematic extravaganzas.
Karan is an openly gay man in a society that still largely despises his orientation, and Tara is an unhappily married pillar of the Delhi elite. While Karan leads negotiations with their clients in what remains a largely patriarchal culture, Tara is often looking out at her wedding designs quietly, hidden behind her designer sunglasses and severely tailored dresses.
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