As an English person growing up with very close Indian and Pakistani friends, I was already Au fait with Bollywood, and then introduced to Pakistani dramas, and I actually taught myself urdu( using the Roman script);so for me this film held a real magic, and watching the star power of Shabhana Azmi from India and also Sajal Ali from Pakistan, plus very talented British Asian actors,was a real treat! I could so relate to Zoe and her mother, ( Emma Thompson could have been my mum!) who also embraced all my Indian and Pakistani friends broader families, and often attended Eid/ Diwali functions and wedding with me! at the same time I understand the character played by Sajal, and Shehzad! I found the script very profound in a post brexit racist Islamophobic Britain and I loved the music but for me the piece ‘d resistance was the Sufi rendition by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, whom I had seen a few years ago in Brisbane Australia where I now reside! On a sad note is that while Sajal had worked in Bollywood, the current BJP hindutva narrative under Modi has stopped Pakistani actors from working in Bollywood, so for Sajal and Shabhana to collaborate they had to do it outside of their respective countries,via the British Asian route!😳! Jemima I solute you for bringing laughter and very poignant dialogues in this film and for showing us a different Pakistan, which I hope to visit one day!
Don't you think you wrote too much unnecessarily.. As a Brit or English how much you had destroyed India.. Shame on you, calling Modi's Hindutva but creation of Pakistan which was brainchild of britishers to have access to Iran, India, Russians and cental Asia used Pakistan and Pakistanis keep on fomenting problems in India and you scumbag Brits do you think we accept their actors and they keep on creating problem in our country. Shut up Mr Brit shame on you..
For islamophobia , certain obnoxious Muslims are also very much responsible if not more, many of whom you could find in comments section ,social media platforms or as content creators. A certain category of Muslims give out that Muslim supremacist vibes along with attitude of excessive self righteousness and moral superiority. And of course there are numerous cases of religiously motivated terrorism , criminal offenses and majority of them are committed by people who identify themselves as Muslim who are also responsible for Islamophobia. Of course it is dumb to target all for actions of certain people but you know humans have an innate tendency to generalize due to brain's search for patterns and trying to fit everything in one of the patterns it knows. Even rules are made seeing what happens in majority of cases not in exceptional ones Spoke a lot I know it is quite irrelevant to your comment but all of these came to my mind while reading your comment.. Anyways Heyyy!!!!! Do you have indian Or pakistani roots? You seem to be interested a lot in what is going on in the indian subcontinent. Btw did you find me islamophobic? Just asking.
current hindutva narative ? dude wtf . people only understand when it happens to them, do you even know how many bomb blasts india faced between 1990-2013 there were series of blasts in delhi mumbai hyderabad and the holy city of varanasi . when india provided proof to pakistan that these terrorists are being operated from their soil, they didn't took any action, these actors who you're so considered about didn't even condemned it. so its very likely for a sane country to cut ties from a hostile one, and as a english person you even doesn't have a right to call on others . after all your ancestors did this to my motherland considering that you should be thoughtful before giving your premature opinion about things.
These clips are truly heartwarming - I've admired Lilly for some time, and Kaz seems to also fit well with my especially well-loved, highly respected screen giants like Emma Thompson, Shabana Azmi, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - all of whom seem to infuse beautifully together into what promises to be a most interesting and endearing movie. My culture could certainly use more of this positivity. Can't wait to see it!! Nicky, Shekhar, and Jemima, accolades on a great job bringing this together in such an uplifting light!
Arranged marriages are more successful because you accept someone with knowing anything about him/her. And until you find bad habits in him/her he probably have overcame them
Loved this movie start to finish very true to life ( lv lived in Pakistan and uk ) made me very emotional at the end …..a must see .Thank you I do hope it’s an amazing success for all concerned
Oh my such Beauty...most vital epic movie in Years..as it portrays humanity*and mot the narrated fixed propaganda of certain countries**Well Done..Makes me happy
Funny how that arbitrary Radcliffe Line has rendered our post 1947 Great Subcontinent dubiously nameless: Asian, Eastern, South Asian. I for one, refer to myself, with deliberate INCLUSIVE intent, as inviolably DESI = shayed Pakistani, shayed Hindustani. Having got that out of my system, this is one great movie I’m just longing to see, as my compensation for a real visit to my beautiful sister country, Pakistan. InshaAllah, I will in fact someday soon set foot into the warm embrace of the real Pakistan 🥰 ❤️
Why this movie is not playing in fairfax or sterling va in the united states . We have huge pakistani and hindustani community here. We cannot find any pakistani movies in the theaters here.
I mean not really... I think you need to look at the cultural aspect of arranged marriages that are not happy not allowing divorce. It's just a different way to get married, not more successful, believe me.
Not successful, both partners bound to stay in it...with frustration fight or what ever, they both bound to be together because of society, and most male have affairs with other women, and destroy the society, just because of this fake successful marriage
Have you done survey if those people in marriage are still happy? The people who do arranged marriage are also enforced by society to suck it, and stay in bad relationship for longer time. So do your survey!
The cinematic experience is beautiful the environment and interior decor and the costumes. However the depiction of Muslims praying and simultaneously drinking alcohol was a real shame and pandered to Western audiences. Assisted marriages is a successful concept but sadly not portrayed in this film.
But Muslims do pray and some do drink, so it’s showing the truth versus the hiding it all under the carpet ! We are humans and we fail badly in adhering to our faiths!
Rubbish Movie, Jamiamh seems confused. in her interview she is saying opposite to her movie. Sajel role was not clear, on one hand she is Satti Sawteri and going for an arrange marriage & on the other hand, on her Mehndi she is doing vulgar dance and introducing her boyfriend to the guy she was marring next day and latter on sharing her boyfriend messages with her husband. If she was that bold why she has not told to her parents that she like someone else. So many blunders with immature effort without having proper understanding of the culture.
It’s not uncommon for girls to behave in this manner, if any of you watched an old film called Bhaji on the beach, there they have a very sophisticated Indian woman flabbergasted with how conservative the UK Indians were compared to the Indians in Mumbai! So it’s completely understandable that Sajal would portray an image, but is actually more ‘westernised’ than her British Pakistani peer group! I say this not to show disrespect, but because I know this to be the case amongst my Pakistani and I’d Ian friends!
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 2658 In-book reference : Book 52, Hadith 22 Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Isn't the witness of a woman equal to half of that of a man?" The women said, "Yes." He said, "This is because of the deficiency of a woman's mind."
That fact that She spent a decade in pakistan living and observing? Blows my mind
I’m Puerto Rican my dear husband is Pakistaní 14 years of happy marriage ♥️🙏🇵🇰🇵🇷
As an English person growing up with very close Indian and Pakistani friends, I was already Au fait with Bollywood, and then introduced to Pakistani dramas, and I actually taught myself urdu( using the Roman script);so for me this film held a real magic, and watching the star power of Shabhana Azmi from India and also Sajal Ali from Pakistan, plus very talented British Asian actors,was a real treat!
I could so relate to Zoe and her mother, ( Emma Thompson could have been my mum!) who also embraced all my Indian and Pakistani friends broader families, and often attended Eid/ Diwali functions and wedding with me! at the same time I understand the character played by Sajal, and Shehzad! I found the script very profound in a post brexit racist Islamophobic Britain and I loved the music but for me the piece ‘d resistance was the Sufi rendition by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, whom I had seen a few years ago in Brisbane Australia where I now reside!
On a sad note is that while Sajal had worked in Bollywood, the current BJP hindutva narrative under Modi has stopped Pakistani actors from working in Bollywood, so for Sajal and Shabhana to collaborate they had to do it outside of their respective countries,via the British Asian route!😳! Jemima I solute you for bringing laughter and very poignant dialogues in this film and for showing us a different Pakistan, which I hope to visit one day!
Don't you think you wrote too much unnecessarily.. As a Brit or English how much you had destroyed India.. Shame on you, calling Modi's Hindutva but creation of Pakistan which was brainchild of britishers to have access to Iran, India, Russians and cental Asia used Pakistan and Pakistanis keep on fomenting problems in India and you scumbag Brits do you think we accept their actors and they keep on creating problem in our country. Shut up Mr Brit shame on you..
Wow u sound like me a my friends I'm Asian with white close friends
For islamophobia , certain obnoxious Muslims are also very much responsible if not more, many of whom you could find in comments section ,social media platforms or as content creators.
A certain category of Muslims give out that Muslim supremacist vibes along with attitude of excessive self righteousness and moral superiority.
And of course there are numerous cases of religiously motivated terrorism , criminal offenses and majority of them are committed by people who identify themselves as Muslim who are also responsible for Islamophobia.
Of course it is dumb to target all for actions of certain people but you know humans have an innate tendency to generalize due to brain's search for patterns and trying to fit everything in one of the patterns it knows.
Even rules are made seeing what happens in majority of cases not in exceptional ones
Spoke a lot
I know it is quite irrelevant to your comment but all of these came to my mind while reading your comment..
Anyways Heyyy!!!!!
Do you have indian Or pakistani roots?
You seem to be interested a lot in what is going on in the indian subcontinent.
Btw did you find me islamophobic?
Just asking.
current hindutva narative ? dude wtf . people only understand when it happens to them, do you even know how many bomb blasts india faced between 1990-2013 there were series of blasts in delhi mumbai hyderabad and the holy city of varanasi . when india provided proof to pakistan that these terrorists are being operated from their soil, they didn't took any action, these actors who you're so considered about didn't even condemned it. so its very likely for a sane country to cut ties from a hostile one, and as a english person you even doesn't have a right to call on others . after all your ancestors did this to my motherland considering that you should be thoughtful before giving your premature opinion about things.
Such a heart warming comment Gerry💕 Shukria.
this movie is horribly underrated i cant believe people are sleeping on it
These clips are truly heartwarming - I've admired Lilly for some time, and Kaz seems to also fit well with my especially well-loved, highly respected screen giants like Emma Thompson, Shabana Azmi, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - all of whom seem to infuse beautifully together into what promises to be a most interesting and endearing movie. My culture could certainly use more of this positivity. Can't wait to see it!! Nicky, Shekhar, and Jemima, accolades on a great job bringing this together in such an uplifting light!
I hope it comes to OTT soon .. really interested in watching this one!
Arranged marriages are more successful because you accept someone with knowing anything about him/her.
And until you find bad habits in him/her he probably have overcame them
Loved this movie start to finish very true to life ( lv lived in Pakistan and uk ) made me very emotional at the end …..a must see .Thank you I do hope it’s an amazing success for all concerned
sounds great,wish i could watch in the cinema
Both have something to learn from each other. At the end . What Jamaima said is the essence of the whole work, I believe..
Best regards
Beautifully done👌👌👌
Can’t wait to watch it.
Oh my such Beauty...most vital epic movie in Years..as it portrays humanity*and mot the narrated fixed propaganda of certain countries**Well Done..Makes me happy
A beautiful depiction! 🌸❤️🎉
It's looks so beautiful I want to see it!!
Waiting for this movie to ocme out in Canada!
Funny how that arbitrary Radcliffe Line has rendered our post 1947 Great Subcontinent dubiously nameless: Asian, Eastern, South Asian.
I for one, refer to myself, with deliberate INCLUSIVE intent, as inviolably DESI = shayed Pakistani, shayed Hindustani.
Having got that out of my system, this is one great movie I’m just longing to see, as my compensation for a real visit to my beautiful sister country, Pakistan.
InshaAllah, I will in fact someday soon set foot into the warm embrace of the real Pakistan 🥰 ❤️
Watched it yesterday in Islamabad.Its a beauuuutiful movie.a must watch!!!! brilliant Jamima!
Do you know any website where I can see online
This Movie is a must watch its amazing
Emma Thompson was just brilliant 👏 mo the match maker was great we all need a friend like Mo in our circle
in long relatnships no one wins +no one loses...one hs to want tht status to appreciate it
I would love to see this movie ❤
Looking forward to experience it
This vlog is so underrated and so as the movie..!!
Brilliant job by Jamimah. We would love to see more videos like these to show positive side of arrange marriages.
but the main actor ended up falling in love with his neighbour and his arranged marriage was a farce. isnt that a bad name for arranged marriages?
LOVE LOVE LOVE Emma Thompson......
Arranged marriage is not dead, but maybe rearranged in a softer way.
1:52 lily got mehndi on her hand❤
Looking forward
It was great movie💖
This cast ❤
Nice !
Really nice work
Why this movie is not playing in fairfax or sterling va in the united states . We have huge pakistani and hindustani community here. We cannot find any pakistani movies in the theaters here.
Absolutely loved the movie ❤
Where can we watch this movie?
@@mamoona3381 I watched it in Dubai
@@aniqahjaved4516do you know if it’s on line really want to watch
Will it be released in Hong Kong? really looking forward to see it!!
Why sajal was not in the interview?
Smart move, she is talking about the positive. Imran Khan is the prime minister therefore can't talk about why she left him.
Sajal’s talk is nowhere? Why?
Jemima is love
Where to watch the movie ?
Where could I find full movie guys !!! 😞
Up
@@dyaatmasari2752 .??
Bakwaas bakwaas movie
Looks something like my best friends wedding
My best friends ‘assisted’ wedding!🤣
And yet arranged marriages are more successful than the love ones if we are to see the ratio 🤔
I mean not really... I think you need to look at the cultural aspect of arranged marriages that are not happy not allowing divorce. It's just a different way to get married, not more successful, believe me.
Yes. There's more endurance for log Kya khain gai, slaps and DV - heartwarmingly south Asian
@@sammyann70 I have no idea what you're saying. Your English is terrible.
Not successful, both partners bound to stay in it...with frustration fight or what ever, they both bound to be together because of society, and most male have affairs with other women, and destroy the society, just because of this fake successful marriage
Have you done survey if those people in marriage are still happy? The people who do arranged marriage are also enforced by society to suck it, and stay in bad relationship for longer time. So do your survey!
Love Emma
Sajal❤❤❤❤
Jemima pakistan loves you and ik loves you too may god bless both of you
Kahan pe lag ra yeh
Shekar Kapur also got caught in wrong love n ended up in divorce...
The cinematic experience is beautiful the environment and interior decor and the costumes. However the depiction of Muslims praying and simultaneously drinking alcohol was a real shame and pandered to Western audiences.
Assisted marriages is a successful concept but sadly not portrayed in this film.
But Muslims do pray and some do drink, so it’s showing the truth versus the hiding it all under the carpet ! We are humans and we fail badly in adhering to our faiths!
Sajal s role was miniscule which is a pity and very unfair.
No sajal
i think Atiqa Odho could be far better choice than shabana azmi
Never! Shabhana Azmi is a dynamic actor and a political activist, and has done many western films too!
Rubbish Movie, Jamiamh seems confused. in her interview she is saying opposite to her movie. Sajel role was not clear, on one hand she is Satti Sawteri and going for an arrange marriage & on the other hand, on her Mehndi she is doing vulgar dance and introducing her boyfriend to the guy she was marring next day and latter on sharing her boyfriend messages with her husband. If she was that bold why she has not told to her parents that she like someone else. So many blunders with immature effort without having proper understanding of the culture.
Lol whattttt🤣
It’s not uncommon for girls to behave in this manner, if any of you watched an old film called Bhaji on the beach, there they have a very sophisticated Indian woman flabbergasted with how conservative the UK Indians were compared to the Indians in Mumbai! So it’s completely understandable that Sajal would portray an image, but is actually more ‘westernised’ than her British Pakistani peer group! I say this not to show disrespect, but because I know this to be the case amongst my Pakistani and I’d Ian friends!
This is quite weird!
Dajsl martied dome ehatr
they just copying bollywood type weddings lol
Its not our fault that India and Pakistan, where once one country.
Of course indian culture will bleed into Pakistan 💁🏽♀️.
Very disappointing movie
Why?
@@zahidabukhari9973 no logic at all
@@diva4290 I thought films were made for entertainment not logic! 😊
Clearly you failed to understand the nuances of the two disparate cultures then!
@@zahidabukhari9973 ohkk, actually l don't believe in mindless movies
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 2658
In-book reference : Book 52, Hadith 22 Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Isn't the witness of a woman equal to half of that of a man?" The women said, "Yes." He said, "This is because of the deficiency of a woman's mind."