Amazon Prime Video, Excel Media & Entertainment and Tiger Baby to launch Prime Original Series Made in Heaven
~ Created by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti and produced
by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar, the upcoming series will launch across
200 countries and territories on March 8, 2019 ~
~ Prime Original Series Made in Heaven
is Amazon Prime Video’s latest collaboration with Excel Media &
Entertainment following the success of Mirzapur and International Emmy
nominated, Inside Edge ~
~Made
in Heaven is an immersive drama series
reflecting the lives of upscale modern India, narrated through the eyes of two wedding planners, set
against the backdrop of quintessential Indian weddings ~
~ Starring Arjun Mathur, Sobhita Dhulipala, Jim
Sarbh, Kalki Koechlin, Shashank Arora and Shivani Raghuvanshi, Made
In Heaven is directed by Zoya Akhtar, Nitya Mehra, Alankrita Shrivastava and Prashant Nair ~
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National, March 7, 2019: The highly anticipated Amazon Prime Original Series Made in Heaven, by
Tiger Baby and Excel Media & Entertainment, is set to release on March 8
2019. The show is narrated through the eyes of Tara and Karan, two Delhi-based
wedding planners. Their stories unfold over the course of an opulent wedding
season. As tradition jostles with modern aspirations against the backdrop of
big fat Indian weddings, many secrets and myriad lies are revealed. Created
by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti, Made In Heaven, is set to release
on March 8, exclusively on Amazon Prime Video across 200 countries and
territories.
Jennifer Salke,
Head, Amazon Studios, said, “Made In Heaven is a show that meets our aim to pave
the way for a new wave of storytelling, where cultural commentary and complex
characters are presented to our customers. Created predominantly by women
storytellers, Made in Heaven, brings a different perspective to the vibrant
Indian wedding scene. Global audiences have responded well to shows
created in India and this is testament to the growing appetite
for compelling, diverse content. It is our aim to be an all-inclusive service for every
storyteller and every genre of story that is waiting to be told.”
Vijay
Subramaniam, Director and Head, Content, Amazon Prime Video India, said, “Made In Heaven brings to Indian customers a show with a fresh
storyline, incredible talent and a layered narrative that will draw the viewer
in. We endeavour to bring viewers’ local, immersive stories that are
relatable – Made In Heaven is a gripping drama series from the house of Tiger
Baby Productions and our long time collaborators, Excel Media &
Entertainment. Indian weddings are a heady mix of celebrations, drama and
intrigue for customers everywhere and this show will offer just that by lifting
the veil and looking closely at what transpires behind-the-scenes. We are
ecstatic to work with Zoya, Reema and the team and are certain audiences will
enjoy this voyeuristic view beneath the veneer of grand Indian weddings.”
Aparna
Purohit, Head - Creative Development, Amazon Prime Video India, stated, “Prime Original Series Made in Heaven is our second series
this year that brings a new lens to cinematic story-telling. We started the
year with Four More Shots Please!, a story about urban Indian women,
produced and directed by women. Made in Heaven reiterates our commitment
of bringing varied, fresh voices and storytellers to our viewers. The
series has been crafted by a dream team of some of the most respected
female creators, directors and writers in the country. With Made in Heaven,
we bring a deeply nuanced social commentary on upper class, liberal, Indian
society and their uncomfortable relationship with the values they preach.”
Ritesh
Sidhwani, Excel Media & Entertainment, said, “We have had two mega-hits in collaboration with Amazon Prime Video. Inside
Edge nominated at last year’s International Emmy Awards was a phenomenal
success and Mirzapur connected with customers not only in India but also
globally. We believe our next show Made in Heaven will take our successful collaboration
a step further. Made in Heaven holds a mirror to society, bringing to light the
tussle between tradition and modernity in India. The series will certainly make
viewers reflect on the state of Indian society – a culture in transition.”
Zoya Akhtar
and Reema Kagti, Creators, Tiger Baby,
said, “Creating Made in Heaven has been a labor of love. Our objective with
this project was to tell a story that was inherently entertaining but strong
and deeply rooted in our society. Grand Indian weddings acted as just the right
backdrop to examine the liberal fabric of educated, modern Indians and their
dichotomous value systems that co-exist peacefully at times and at others come
into conflict. The 9-episode series is the culmination of the creative vision of
four directors – Nitya Mehra, Prashant Nair, Alankrita Srivastava and me (Zoya
Akhtar), brought to life by Amazon Prime Video, who have been fabulous
collaborators to work with.”
Farhan Akhtar,
Co-producer, Excel Media and Entertainment, said, “I am excited to
see how customers respond to this awesome drama series created by Zoya and
Reema. After the success we saw with Inside Edge and Mirzapur, we are sure this
collaboration with Amazon Prime Video will showcase another bold story that
consumers will really enjoy. With each episode we examine a topic of social
relevance and Made in Heaven promises to be an entertaining, introspective and
thought provoking show.”
Prime
Original Series Made In Heaven chronicles the lives of Tara and Karan, two
wedding planners in Delhi. These two headstrong individuals often mask their supreme vulnerability
- sometimes even from each other, as their wedding planning agency “Made In Heaven” forces them to open up and reveal themselves. The
show portrays today’s India as a potent blend where tradition jostles with
modern aspiration, set against the theme of the ‘Big Fat Indian Wedding’. Indians believe
marriages are made in heaven and it is against these sacred unions that Tara
and Karan’s personal journeys are juxtaposed. With world class production
values and a magnificent scale, the show provides the viewer with a grand
cinematic experience of intricacies and the drama around upscale Indian
weddings.
Karan is a
gay man living in a country where homosexuality is illegal. Out in the world
but still in the closet for his typical middle class folks. Karan moves under
the radar and doesn’t engage with the politics of being homosexual in India. He
suppresses a deep pain from his teenage years and seems unable to deal with
intimacy and therefore a meaningful relationship. Tara is a girl from the wrong
side of the tracks. Through etiquette classes, borrowed clothes and a damaging
“scandal”, she clawed her way up into the capital’s high society by marrying
Adil Khanna. She now strives for perfection and security in a marriage that is
less than ideal.
With each
episode Karan and Tara enter the lives of a different bride and groom.
Each wedding they service not only introduces them to the twisted dynamics and
complexities of Indian families but also provides a mirror to their true
selves. It exposes the bubble they live in and the rules they conform to. The
supposedly liberal fabric of this educated modern society unravels as the duo
navigate their way through forced arranged marriages, dowry transactions,
virginity tests and astrological matches. It is through these experiences that
Tara and Karan will change, grow and ultimately transform.
The Prime Original Series is directed by Zoya
Akhtar, Nitya Mehra, Alankrita Shrivastava and Prashant Nair,
executive produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar, and
stars Arjun Mathur,
Sobhita Dhulipala, Jim Sarbh, Kalki Koechlin, Shashank Arora and Shivani Raghuvanshi.
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