Wedding Season is a romantic-comedy movie directed by Tom Dey and stars Pallavi Sharda, Suraj Sharma, Arianna Afsar and Sean Kleier, alongside other cast members. The movie has a runtime of 97 minutes.
Netflix describes the movie as:
Under parental pressure to find spouses, Asha and Ravi pretend to date during a summer of weddings — but their ruse goes awry when feelings turn real.
– Wedding Season Review Does Not Contain Spoilers –
Wedding Season is just like so many other romantic comedies that Netflix comes out with – tired of your parents shaming you for not having a partner? Yes, get into an odd contract with some random person and then eventually fall for them – a happily ever after.
But, unlike Christmas relationships of Holidate or Single All the Way, Wedding Season is about a couple of Indian-Americans from Newark, New Jersey, and it tries to focus on the nuanced problems that Indians in America, or, well, Indians in general, face as they grow up and the need to find the perfect spouse becomes extremely important, at least in our parents’ minds.
Ravi and Asha are your typical new-age adults who just really don’t care about relationships or marriage. Right now, there are more important things to think about. Unfortunately, neither of their parents thinks like that, and after forcefully creating a profile on a matchmaking site, our adventure begins for our couple.
Listen, we are a week away from Indian Matchmaking season 2. We know that matchmaking is somewhat of a big deal in Indian communities and that being said, Wedding Season captures that essence well – our brown parents are just too nosy in our tired, overworked lives! The sentimentality is there; you relate to these two ‘everyday’ people and their struggles somehow because they feel so grounded in reality.
Don’t get me wrong, not one thing about this movie is remotely new. In fact, it plays too deeply into the cesspool of tropes that silly movies such as these can conjure up. However, there’s something sweet about this couple that gives you a smile. The characters, with their expected flaws and all that, make you want to keep watching. And unlike Holidate’s leads, who, by all means, are just intolerable, they keep you invested in a stale storyline.
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As I mentioned previously, Wedding Season talks about the struggles of Indian-American families in regards to saving face in front of people and just, you know, if you’re too old, who will marry you and then you will be ruined! The over-the-top attitude in our parents’ view of the world, still stuck at a time when without a marriage your life is as good as over, is captured quite nicely and is a reason why you’d want to see our protagonists win one for themselves.
Pallavi Sharda and Suraj Sharma are so sweet in the movie. You do fall in love with them and their struggles in spite of knowing what exactly will happen in the end. The tropes are many, but these two actors embody these characters with a lot of charm and love. Also, Schitt’s Creek’s Ray Butani, aka Rizwan Manji, is here, so that’s fun.
Summing Up: Wedding Season
Wedding Season scratches that very distinct Indian-American sentimental itch that we all love. The characters are relatable and loving, and honestly, their lives are a hot mess, so it’s funny as well. It’s tropey, it’s annoying, and it’s very Indian. Watch it to be entertained and annoyed – a feast that is both sweet and very bitter.
Wedding Season is streaming on Netflix.