Made in Heaven - an afterthought
Made in Heaven, a drama series about two wedding planners, focusses on Delhi and its layered classes and the issues that silent domestic issues that plague our country. It is neither melancholic nor apologetic. It is as is It is such a relief to watch protagonists dipped in shades of grey. The story is simple. Two ambitious people run a marriage bureau: Tara Khanna and Karan Mehra. It is a 2020 version of Rishta.com, set in Mumbai. Each episode focusses on the grandeur of marriage, be it grandeur emotions or the pomp and show and camouflaging the societal issues. So, what’s new in this? The screen play, the script is so crisp that you’d root for each character and hope they realise their follies or realise their hidden strength. Tara Khanna, a lower-middle-class ambitious woman, is married to Adil Khanna, a socialite and an entrepreneur. They have an endearing friendship with Faiza, played splendidly by Kalki Koelchin, but she is not the star of the show. Neither is Jauhari, the p...