What's Love Got to Do With It? (2013)

• 74%
• 2013
• Rohena Gera

Marriage pressure? Haven't found the right person? In love with the wrong person What's love got to do with it? tells real life stories of people like you and me... who are simply looking for happiness and companionship, and find themselves facing the prospect of the "arranged marriage." It is an amusing portrayal of privileged urban Indians coming to terms with expectations about love, marriage, happiness and tradition. The film interweaves the stories of eight unlikely candidates who each find themselves lining up for an arranged marriage... thereby playing by the rules that often reinforce class, caste and gender status quo. What makes these urbane, well-traveled individuals, who have the option to marry for love, choose practical marriages? An intimate look at the human quest for love and happiness, the film enters the inner spaces of the Indian family setup, capturing the obligations, social pressures, family bonds, excitement and double standards underlying the beautiful celebrations.