Love Arranged - Hot Docs 2011 Selection
Two smart, beautiful Indian women ditch the dating scene to try their luck with arranged marriages instead. A funny, insightful and ultimately humbling journey to find “a suitable boy” in the Internet age.
Love Arranged
Romance is everywhere in the Bollywood-drenched world of modern India. But what happens when love doesn’t work out? Two internationally educated, beautiful Indian women pushing 30 still haven’t found Mr. Right. Even though their parents married for love, Divya and Neha decide not to leave finding a husband to chance, and try their luck instead with arranged marriages. London-born, Canadian-educated Divya moved back to India two years ago. She’s smart, hard-partying, opinionated and too busy—planning weddings—to find a husband. Neha is a sweet, traditional, animal-loving graphic artist who’s comfortable with her curviness, but has been hurt on the dating scene by men wanting the trendy skinny type. The two modern girls walk backwards into a socio-cultural minefield: they bravely retain their dignity while enduring old-fashioned prejudices in this funny, insightful and ultimately humbling journey to find ‘a suitable boy’ in the internet age.
Love Arranged will be featured at Hot Docs 2011, which is North America's largest documentary festival, running from April 28th to May 8th, 2011. The festival will be presenting over 200 films from more than 43 countries and welcoming hundreds of international filmmakers and industry delegates to Toronto.
Screen Times:
Sat, Apr 30 – 6:45PM – Cumberland 3, 159 Cumberland Street
Mon, May 2 – 1:30PM – TIFF Bell Lightbox 2, 350 King Street West
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