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Much ado about knotting

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Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: Hindi Series: Open framePublication details: New Delhi : Public Service Broadcasting Trust, ©2012.Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inUniform titles:

Open frame (Television program)

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Production credits:

Director of photography, Yasir Abbasi ; music & sound mix, Ashhar Farooqui ; edited by Geetika Narang Abbasi ; subtitles, Anandana Kapur ; executive producers, Tulika Srivastava with Ridhima Mehra.

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"Official selection, River to River Florence Indian Film Festival, Italy, 2012; Official selection, International Film Festival, Antigua Barbuda, 2012"--Container.

Summary: Born into a society obsessed with marriages, a young girl, a not-so-young man and an NRI couple are compelled by tradition to look for matches via classifieds, matchmaking bureaus and websites. Congronted with innumerable criteria that determine who is acceptable and who isn't, they question themselves and their choices. As they introspect, the melee of the matchmaking industry continues. At every turn, there are service providers who are ready to snoop, style and solicit potentials on their behalf. The film is a light-hearted chronicle of this predicament that almost every Indian faces.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
DVDs	IIITD Staff Office	Arts		Not for loan		GD0079

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Title from container.

Originally produced in 2012 as an episode of the television series The open frame.

Summary taken from container.

Director of photography, Yasir Abbasi ; music & sound mix, Ashhar Farooqui ; edited by Geetika Narang Abbasi ; subtitles, Anandana Kapur ; executive producers, Tulika Srivastava with Ridhima Mehra.

Born into a society obsessed with marriages, a young girl, a not-so-young man and an NRI couple are compelled by tradition to look for matches via classifieds, matchmaking bureaus and websites. Congronted with innumerable criteria that determine who is acceptable and who isn't, they question themselves and their choices. As they introspect, the melee of the matchmaking industry continues. At every turn, there are service providers who are ready to snoop, style and solicit potentials on their behalf. The film is a light-hearted chronicle of this predicament that almost every Indian faces.

DVD; PAL; widescreen; Dolby digital 2.0.

In Hindi with English subtitles.

"Official selection, River to River Florence Indian Film Festival, Italy, 2012; Official selection, International Film Festival, Antigua Barbuda, 2012"--Container.

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