Made in Heaven! Made in India

I do watch an insane amount of TV series. At least, that is what people tell me.

If someone asks me, why do you waste time, I tell them, "Well, one day I want to create a TV series". I did have an option to write for Tamil TV series and I passed it on and nowadays, I sometimes do regret about it. Some people ask me, "Where do you find time?" I tell them, I am good at managing time and some poor souls do actually believe that. Sometimes, I do think that I am just making up for the lost time of lack of TV during my childhood.

I have been amazed by few of the TV series. Say West Wing (US), Bodyguard (UK), Sniffer (Russian), Silver Spoon (Russian), Money Heist (Spanish), Pine Gap (Australian) Bordertown (Finnish). (I could recommend a lot more)

Now to contrary opinion of what my friends think, I must admit and disclose that I really do not watch a lot of TV shows. The very few Indian TV shows, I have seen, I really did not like them. I have always wondered when will we have a good Indian TV show!? I have also felt, Netflix and Amazon both alike can’t figure out a good native content strategy for India. Now say, hello to Made in Heaven by Amazon!

The episode descriptions of Made in Heaven are highly misleading and there lies its beauty. They don't do any justice to the show! The episode titles are more about what happens in the life of the lead characters in that episode than it is about the marriage that the episode focuses on.

It also touches and talks about a lot of social issues in subtle yet powerful ways. say for e.g in one episode where workers don't take orders from a woman or where a plumber, a minority shareholder schools a blue-blooded scion. One could observe many such gems in most of the episodes.

Another interesting aspect of the show is the lead characters are more of a match made in heaven as they both are alike as well complement each other. Just they don't and can't get married in a traditional sense!

The biggest interesting aspect of the show IMO is the way story being told through a character who is so cynical about marriage in general but the one who is so happy and comfortable and having healthy relationship(s)!

Obviously, I like the show and I could talk a lot about the show in terms of how layered it is, how well written it is and how good the dialogues are. But enough about the good things.

Of course, the show does have some short comings, certain plots are too outlandish, certain twists are too predictable, but I think that is intentional and makes the show more watchable and enjoyable. Go do binge watch it.