Indian Matchmaking (2020) s01e01 Episode Script

1
[upbeat music playing]
[doorbell rings]
[woman]Hi, Preeti. How are you?
[Preeti]I'm good.
[in Hindi] Preeti, what kind of a bride
are you trying to find for Akshay?
[in Hindi]
He is getting many good proposals,
but we are not able to decide on the girl.
Some have problems of education,
some are the wrong age some are short.
That's the reason
I wanted to meet you again
so that we can get the right proposals.
In my matchmaking experience,
I've seen proposals sent today,
meeting the next day,
and married the day after.
So you want smart, outgoing.
Right.
-Height, I suppose, you need 5'3".
-[Preeti] Above 5'3".
-Five-three.
-[Preeti] I won't consider below 5'3".
The main concern for me is
that the girl has to be a bit flexible.
Things will be easier for me then,
and I know
Akshay will also prefer such a girl.
So, Akshay, how are you?
[playful music playing]
Arranged marriages are a headache
these days.
There are problems in love marriages too.
[Preeti laughs]
[traditional music playing]
[Sima in English] In India, 
marriage is a very big industry
a very big fat industry.
[music continues]
[woman singing in Hindi]
[Sima] In India,
we don't say "arranged marriage."
There is "marriage"
and then "love marriage."
The marriages,
they are between two families.
The two families have the reputation
and many millions of dollars at stake.
So the parents guide their children,
and that is the work of a matchmaker.
Congrats! I am Sima Auntie.
Hi, darling.
[in Hindi] Congrats!
I'm Sima Taparia.
I'm Mumbai's top matchmaker.
[laughing]
[Sima]
My profession is based on goodwill.
Hi, Khakiji. Hi, Puja. Hi!
[Sima] I like to meet people 
in the airport, the market,
or in the mall, or anywhere.
I'm Sima Auntie.
I'm a matchmaker for many families.
Bangkok, Hong Kong, America.
It is just word of mouth.
In India, I'm matching for 135 families.
[Sima] The clients say that,
"We have a son or a daughter,
and we want a good match."
-Hi.
-[man] Hi, Sima. Rohit Trivedi here.
Sima Taparia from Mumbai.
Hi, how are you?
So I go personally. I fly, meet them.
-We can see his room?
-Yeah.
[Sima] I visit their house.
This is my kitchen.
[Sima] I see their lifestyle.
I see the nature of the girl or a boy.
We have an aquarium,
which soothes you basically
when you're eating.
And what type of criterias
and preferences they have.
Someone who's nurturing.
Adjustment is also important.
[Sima] The clients, they want everything.
equal to my pay or higher.
Someone charming, but not too charming
'cause I like to be the charming one.
-[laughing]
-Okay.
Do you think anybody's out there
as a match for him?
Yeah. I'm thinking
I study my database of all the clients
and go for a good fit.
They want tall. They want fair.
They want from a good family.
They want everything.
[Sima]In India, we have to see the caste,
the height
We have to see the age.
How about this?
[Sima] She's short.
She's very nice but she's short.
This will not match.
If the boy's six feet,
they want at least 5'5".
Oh, okay.
[Sima]They're saying, "I want slim, tall,
and beautiful, but with a good nature."
-How about this? Oh, she's five feet.
-At least five feet, I think
From a good family, good education.
-Five-six.
-Who is she? The name
Oh, she got married actually.
We have to cut it.
[Sima]You must have a good upbringing.
It's very difficult
to match all this criteria.
Actually, I don't understand all this.
[Sima]
And horoscope is a main thing in India.
[in Hindi]
Jupiter is seated in his destiny position.
Ninety-five percent of the people,
they match horoscopes.
[in Hindi] The other biggest problem is
[in English] How's very good in the bed?
Sex life.
Passing so many things, then I match.
-Hi.
-[man 1] Hi.
-Hi, this is Srini.
-[man 2] Hi.
-Hey, how are you?
-High-five!
[Sima] And after that,
the boy or girl can refuse.
They have full freedom.
-Now, I realize what I've been missing.
-[woman] Yes.
I want to see you again.
But when the meeting is successful,
then the things will move fast.
And we are ready to do the wedding.
["Love Me or Leave Me"
by Stimo and Orae Khalil playing]
Love me or leave me ♪
Just rub me the right way like a genie ♪
Three wishes, that's easy ♪
[train whistle blows]
♪Either love me or leave me alone ♪
Them, ah, judge
Me say each to their own ♪
Back to better, but I'm better-er ♪
Thisain't my best, I'm better-er ♪
Either love me or leave me alone ♪
[woman 1]This pizza smells amazing.
Oh, goodness! Here we go.
Kicking off a fat-pants Friday.
-[laughter]
-[woman 2] This is it!
[women] Cheers! Cheers!
There's many a man I've rejected to
That hasn't fit
what I want in my life partner.
One guy he went to
What's that school called?
Ohio State, where they love football.
Oh, my God. I was like, "Great."
-You do not love football.
-[woman 2] I wanna be friends with him.
I said, "You do you, boo. I'm never gonna
watch a football game with you."
That's absolutely not happening
any time soon.
Unless we're in the club level
suite tickets, I'm not going.
I'm not going to a live game and I'm not
watching it on television. I'm not.
And so But in a way, I was relieved,
because, like, during the fall,
I don't have to see you every Saturday
-or whatever day they play. Sunday?
-[woman 2] It's Saturday.
Oh, my God! You hurt my soul.
[women laughing]
[woman 1] I see some of my friends.
They're with their husbands all the time,
and I'm like, "Don't you hate that person?
You see them all the time."
They're like, "They're my husband,"
and I'm like
"Oh, do we have to see
our husbands all the time?"
Is that a thing that people have to do?
Because I'd rather not, I think.
Ever since I was young,
I think I've always been very studious
and very busy.
I had the kind of school education
where, by 14,
you're slammed with college courses
and extracurriculars.
I was always so motivated, and I was
always putting so much pressure on myself.
I'm a lawyer, and I volunteer,
and I travel everywhere I can.
Every day, I'm sad I've only made it
to 40 countries. How will I get to 41?
Like This is a literal daily struggle
for me. Like, what will I do?
[chuckles]
When I was 25, I thought I'd be married
in the next year or two.
And when I was 30,
I was, like, not even possible.
I'm gonna be married
in the next year or two.
And now I'm 34 and I'm like shoot.
[chuckles]
I would like to find a partner.
I'd like to settle down. I'd like
to move forward and get married.
But it can't be with just anybody.
I always knew
that the person I picked had to fit me.
When you find your partner,
they should fit into your life.
I say that over and over again.
What does it look like
for them to fit into my life?
And I was like, let's try something new.
-Hello!
-[Sima] Hi, Aparna.
Come on in. How are you?
-[Sima] How are you?
-Nice to meet you.
Sima Taparia from Mumbai.
[Aparna] Welcome to Houston.
So what do you do, Aparna?
Uh, I'm a lawyer.
I'm the general counsel
for an insurance company here in town.
I always knew I was going to law school.
I decided when I was seven.
-You wanted to be a lawyer?
-[Aparna] Yes.
So, I don't know. I think I also wanted
to be a hairdresser. [laughs]
-Oh.
-So it was gonna go one way or the other,
and my mom's probably happy
it went to lawyer.
If the females are lawyers in India,
people are scared.
Okay. Hmm.
-So, Aparna, you are 30
-[Aparna] Four.
-Thirty-four.
-Mm-hmm.
So have you dated before?
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
I've tried to use my network before.
I tried to use the dating apps before.
It just, um I haven't had any luck
meeting someone that fits.
I think there's many reasons I'm single.
So, I've dated some wonderful men, um,
but I knew off the bat
that they wouldn't work for my future.
I do want to give the person a chance,
and sometimes I see
that they think
they're really enjoying themselves,
and I just wanna go home. [laughs]
I'm like, "Uh-uh. Get me out of here.
Is my 55 minutes up?"
Yeah. I have a place. It's a wine bar,
and we do 55-minute dates there.
I sit in the same table.
It's right by the door,
and I literally give the person an hour.
I go at 8:30. The place closes at 10:00.
By 9:45, they're picking up the chairs,
and I'm like,
"This is the greatest place ever."
Sometimes I'm stuck on
three-hour dates if I don't do that.
So what's your preferences? Like,
what you prefer,
that he should be Indian or American?
I'm a US citizen.
I identify with American culture.
So for me,
it's a lot easier to date people
who have those similar backgrounds,
experiences,
but we're Sindhi,
so I prefer North Indian.
Many want they should be social
or a sense of humor.
They want a good sense of humor
in their partner.
People care about sense of humor?
They want They're lively, jolly
-No.
-[Sima] So they want the partner
to accept their jokes and
They don't have to be the funniest guy
in the room. I don't need that.
My type's evolving, definitely.
I think in the past,
I kind of labeled other guys as boring
if they weren't up to everything
I wanted to do and more.
My friend set me up with someone, and it
We went on one date,
and quite quickly, I realized not for me.
Nice guy, but, you know,
when I told him I wanted to go to Bolivia
during wet season to see the flamingos
and the Red Lake, he looked at me blankly.
He didn't know Bolivia had salt flats.
I was like, "Oh, yeah."
I also appreciate people who have
passions outside of work, though.
I'd want someone who believes
that being a father is like
a very active thing that they do.
I don't date lawyers
because we can't both be,
you know, wanting the same things.
thatpicky.
[Sima] She wants open-minded.
She wants that, this.
Many of these things
are not very important
for a happy married life.
If a guy wants to dress
the way he dresses,
that's negotiable later.
We can talk about that. [chuckles]
I'm obviously very particular
about what I wear.
So yeah, otherwise I'm pretty open
to meeting people.
It's the place I'm at right now.
But adjustment also is
a part of a happy married life.
We cannot be greedy.
"I want this, this and this."
It cannot be tailor-made.
You have to adjust
-[Aparna] Mm.
-and little compromise.
Yeah, there's nothing about me
that I think, um,
I need to change, or evolve, or grow into
to be a better partner for someone else.
We can start here.
Behind us is our dining room.
We'll compromise to fit each other better.
I understand that.
But there's a lot of things
this person is not gonna like about me
that I'm gonna have to say,
"Sorry, this part of me is actually done."
So you're fond of cooking?
-No, I actually don't cook a lot or ever.
-[Sima] Then?
[Aparna] This is my closet.
Wow.
So I made the whole room
into a very workable room for me.
-It's where I get dressed every morning.
-You're fond of this? Lots and lots
-[Aparna] Yes.
-[Sima] Minimum 30 pairs I think.
-Thirty pairs minimum.
-[Aparna] Uh
-Yes. And there's about 20 more here.
-My God!
Aparna is the hardest type
of candidate to match
because she thinks finding a life partner
is like ordering from a menu.
You have put the pictures
of these kittens?
No. So that's my dog, Conan
[Sima] The next step is
to get a match for Aparna.
But she has really high standards.
I will have to work hard to find someone
who will match her very busy lifestyle.
So I think it's a very tough job
for me to match.
-[thunder crashing]
-[rain falling]
[tabla music playing]
[man] I was luckily given the freedom
at a very early stage to make decisions.
That's what kind of has molded me
to become so independent.
I would say that anything creative
really catches my eye
from dress, to interiors, to jewelry.
You know, finer things in life.
[chuckles]
[upbeat music playing]
[Pradhyuman]I was the support
for my family's jewelry business
from a really young age.
You know, I could actually express
a lot of my creativity
in terms of creating designs
which were challenging.
And I was working
with really high-value jewelry.
[woman] Cheers to Pradhyum.
The challenges that come
with being an eligible bachelor,
I would say,
is everyone's expecting a lot from you.
[people laughing]
My parents are doing
pretty much all the thinking
where it comes to marriage
because they have different aspirations,
I would say.
I meet a lot of people. I travel a lot.
But I think it's more of a mindset that,
you know,
it would be nice to have a partner,
but I'm not sure if I wanna get married
at this point.
I love to cook.
I have a knack for food.
[woman] Oh, my God.
-[Pradhyuman] Hello, everyone.
-[Sima] Hi.
[woman]
He always try something different.
-[Pradhyuman] Yes.
-Thank you. Thank you.
But is it, like, the dare
that we are getting
to have the drink so you get the £5,
or was it What is it?
[Pradhyuman] You can keep it
in your wallet if you want. [laughs]
So in this drink, we have added flavors
of all the flowers which are
-[Sima] What are the flowers?
-There's basil, thyme.
There's All of them are edible.
So as it keeps on melting,
the flavor of the drink
is gonna keep on changing.
I'm gonna get the main course,
the first one, amuse-bouche for you all.
I hope you'll enjoy it.
Very nice.
[Sima] I know Pradhyuman's family
from many years.
They're lovely people
and a very good cultured family,
but the parents think that he's 30,
and it's time that he should get engaged.
And I am here to help them.
[Sushma in Hindi] But we are all eager.
Not just us, the entire family
is waiting for the marriage.
[Sima in Hindi]
It must happen this year.
-[Sushma] This is the right time as well.
-Yes.
I believe there is a right time
for everything.
[Pradhyuman] Again, so the next dish
is peri-peri fox nuts,
and we have added some gold
to add the glitter to the event.
To start with
-[exhales]
-[Pradhyuman] Feel the dragon breath.
So, Auntie,
we have used liquid nitrogen in this.
Basically, liquid nitrogen is
minus 178 degrees Celsius.
And because of the texture of the fox nut,
it can absorb that thing
and you can eat it. That's the reason
the smoke comes out as well.
So that's the reason,
but it's a small amuse-bouche
to start with.
It's very nice.
[Chand in Hindi] We've received 150 offers
within a year and a half for Pradhyuman.
We have met three or four girls.
And Pradhyuman must have met five or six.
We haven't liked anyone yet.
[in Hindi] Sima, you won't believe,
he will see the girl's photograph,
and when we ask him to meet the girl,
he simply refuses.
[in Hindi]
You have to change this pattern.
If I insist that he must meet the girl,
he says he knows she's not nice
and he won't be going ahead.
[in English] He feels that, first,
the girl and the boy meet, then
[Sima in English] No, always that meeting
is a flop meeting.
If Pradhyuman wants to follow
that pattern,
then the meeting will be a flop meeting.
[in Hindi] Things won't work
without the parents' guidance.
Please talk to Pradhyuman at once.
-I will do that.
-[Sushma] You are a professional,
and if you explain to him,
it will be easier for him to understand.
Rather than us telling him something.
-[Sima] Wow, Pradhyman. Wow.
-[Pradhyuman] You can blow it.
-[Sima] What is this item?
-[Pradhyuman] This is miso paneer.
[Sima] Okay.
-[in Hindi] What is this thing?
-[blows] [in English] That was easy.
[in Hindi] Come, sit down by me.
Now, tell me your preferences
for the girl.
[laughs]
-Preferences
-Are you just going to feed me,
or will you talk about yourself?
[Pradhyuman in English]
Literally, in chronological order,
I can tell you, first is attraction.
What I really look into the girl
[In Hindi] When I look at her first,
how does she look to me?
[in English] mentally, physically?
Second thing I would say is
what I look is for growth.
I know the other person
is also not perfect or anything,
but how do you help the other person
to grow,
together, as a better person,
and how do you help them
to, you know, overcome their flaws?
Third is family compatibility,
that the family has
to be, like, matching together
and, like, of the same wavelength also.
Because it makes a lot of difference
in that way.
[in Hindi] So all these days,
you don't like any of the girls?
[in Hindi] No, not yet.
All these people are helping you,
and you can't find one?
Unfortunately, I have not.
[in English] It looks very simple,
the criterias, but it is
Uh, having the same wavelength
is not that easy, I would say.
[Sima] Pradhyuman is having
a lot of choices for the girls,
but he has a very high expectations.
If I show him a good-looking girl also,
he will have some other negative point
in that.
I tell my clients
don't go by the picture photo.
When you meet personally,
you'll come to know
what type of smartness is there, 
fair skin, color or anything,
but he's going by the photos.
So, Auntie, we've, like,
made the whole house and everything,
and there is a lot of elements
I would want to show you
that are new and exciting,
and I would like to show you that.
Yeah, you have so much creativity in food,
so I'm sure that you have
something interesting. You're so
I'm very eager to see.
-Come!
-Come, we'll leave.
[Pradhyuman] I think the most interesting
thing for me is my closet.
-This is your room?
-This is my room.
Achha.The lock is by
-Yes. It's a fingerprint lock.
-[Sima]Achha.Okay.
[Pradhyuman] And
This is my wardrobe.
[Sima] Wow.
[Pradhyuman] Yeah, this is
where the magic happens.
[laughs] Most of it.
[in Hindi] These are all old pictures.
All memories.
Every day, when I look at them,
I remember how good life is.
[in English] Very nice.
-Then where will be your wife's clothing?
-That is everyone's question.
-[in Hindi] That's what I'm asking you!
-The idea of adjustment.
-When she comes, things will adjust.
-You'll have to get rid of some.
-She'll need space too.
-Until that time, I'll use the space.
You hired me, right?
She'll be here by December.
[Pradhyuman laughs]
[Sima in English] The boy's good.
He's fair, tall,
and a very handsome guy,
a very good-natured guy,
and I can find good matches.
But if Pradhyuman wants to get married,
he has to change his superficial nature.
[sitar music playing]
Okay, Anul, is everything okay inside?
Yeah. Okay.
Who has the rings? Who has the rings?
Can you repeat that? Sorry.
Oh, no.
Do you still have the rings?
Quickly. Quickly
Like ASAP, now, now, now, now.
Okay, good, good, good.
[man cheers]
[man over PA]Thank you, everybody.
Please have a seat. Now we will
[announcer continues indistinctly]
Can you guys see?
I'm totally in the way. [laughs]
[laughs]
My name is Nadia Jagasar.
I live in New Jersey with my family.
I am definitely not shy.
Wow, you guys are on it! Photo one, done!
I'm fun, adventurous.
My, like, life motto is
try everything once.
As an event planner,
as much as I think about
other people's weddings, I
think about my wedding a lot.
Um, I'm gonna elope. [laughs]
Part of me just wants to sign
a marriage license,
and throw a big party at the beach,
and call it a day,
but it's been hard to find somebody.
Dating life is tough. [laughs]
Let me tell you.
[upbeat music playing]
I always get, "You're so pretty.
How are you still single?
Why are you still single?"
And I'm like, "It's not me!"
[laughs] Maybe it is. I don't know.
I think it might be
a little intimidating sometimes to guys
that I'm tall, and I'm confident,
and I have my own business,
and I do Bollywood dancing,
and I have, like,
all these things going on.
But I fill my time
so that I don't sit
and realize how single I am. [giggles]
I have an easier time connecting
with Indian guys
because there's, like,
a certain level of understanding.
My ultimate hope for this
is just to meet a nice Indian guy
who is kind of on the same page as me.
I'm really ready to put in the time
and effort it takes to meet somebody,
and, I mean, I hope
that they're willing to do the same.
Because my parents didn't raise
a quitter so [laughs]
[doorbell rings]
-[Nadia] Hi! Come on in.
-[Sima] Hi.
-Nadia!
-Yes!
-Hi. Sima from Mumbai.
-Hi, Sima. Hi, it's so nice to meet you.
-How are you?
-I'm good.
-How are you? Welcome to our home.
-Fine, dear.
So, Nadia, tell me,
what are your preferences,
like, what type of life partner
you would like?
Uh, someone hopefully who's tall.
[laughs] I know that's a very, like
[Sima] How tall you like?
[Nadia] I'm 5'9", so, ideally
-Six feet is fine.
-Six is great.
Like, that is way better
than anyone I'm meeting here.
I think the benefits
of having a matchmaker
is that they already know
that their clients are serious
versus if you meet somebody in the street,
you don't know what their intentions are.
Getting an understanding of who you are,
being able to understand the other person,
and then, you know,
weave the two of you together.
So I think passionate, ambitious
-[Sima] Open-minded.
-[Nadia] Smart, funny, open-minded
-[Sima] Traveling.
-[Nadia] Traveling, um
I feel like that's just a typical person,
isn't it?
Like, I don't really have anything, uh,
outside of the ordinary.
Just, like, someone who's a good person.
I guess one of my concerns is that,
um, I
So, my family's from Guyana,
and our ancestry is from India,
but we just left a little bit earlier
than other people have
to go somewhere else,
but people don't see it that way.
They see, "Oh, you're from Guyana,
so you're South American."
How many years, like, your forefathers,
like, hundred years?
-[Aunt Pam] 1850s They moved.
-Yeah.
Oh, my God.
So Great Britain owned Guyana as a colony,
and they brought workers
from India, Africa, China,
like that region.
And so that's how our forefathers
ended up there.
Although we have the Indian heritage,
we have found that we're not necessarily
accepted as "Indians."
And the struggle that I've been having
when dating people
is that when I meet guys here, they say,
"My parents want me to marry a Gujju girl.
My parents want me to marry
a Punjabi girl,"
whoever, you know, it may be.
"You're not exactly Indian.
So, you know, we're not interested."
I would think people,
when they think arranged marriages,
maybe they think someone's being
-forced into it.
-Forced into it, yeah.
That's the first thing that comes to mind,
but
my parents were an arranged marriage
and
They lasted forever
-until death do they part.
-Yeah. part. Yeah.
-It works. We've seen where it works.
-[Namita] Yeah.
[Nadia] So, I need someone
who's open to
the fact that I have
all these different things going on. So
someone who's open-minded
and kind of goes with the flow.
Good, good.
[Sima] Nadia is beautiful,
and she has very good family values
and very good-natured.
But she's Guyanese.
It will be difficult for me
to match a traditional Indian boy.
Thank you so much for coming.
[upbeat music playing]
[woman]
So, how do you do this? You, like
Each person Do you have a database?
-[Sima] Yeah.
-Okay.
I meet the person.
I go to each and every house.
I see the standard, way of living.
There is a very important role
that a lady, being a matchmaker,
I think as my kids.
Like, I think Aparna is my daughter
or younger sister.
-[Vansa] Yeah.
-And then, seeing that thing, I work.
-[Vansa] Yeah.
-Okay.
All right.
Now what type of boy you are expecting
for Aparna, like?
What does a mother want?
To see them happy.
The happiness of the children. That's all.
That is all I want.
My children were very, very young
when we came here.
And the first thing I told them
when we landed in New York was,
"Please don't ever let me down
and don't let me look bad
in our society, in our community.
Don't ever do that to me, please.
I don't ever want to see a B
on a report card.
I don't want two degrees. I want three.
Nothing less than three degrees."
These children didn't even know
what I was talking about,
but they would just say, "Yes, Mama."
So looks is secondary.
To me as a mother.
Money also is secondary,
but comfort should be That's all.
It's not really secondary.
That's important, too,
because Aparna works very hard.
She's very successful,
and I don't think I would want somebody
who is less successful than her.
The adjustment is harder.
That's what I feel.
But primarily,
I don't want somebody
to crush my daughter's spirit.
But, um, that's what I want for my child.
This is my expectation.
Aparna's mom says she just wants someone
who loves her daughter,
but I can tell that
she has very high expectations.
It will be difficult to find someone
who is well educated, successful
and someone who satisfies
both mother and daughter.
So now she's 34,
then she didn't find any good boy.
What was the reason, like
I'm just curious about that, right?
Here's the issue that I see.
This is my, um
I could be wrong, but I really don't think
I am in this case.
She's very busy.
[upbeat music playing]
Can I have six Guyanese chicken patties,
three flat breads?
[Nadia]
Even though I identify myself as Guyanese,
one of the biggest struggles
that I have in accepting myself
and also finding a partner
who's gonna accept meis that
I'm a chameleon, right?
So I have the Guyanese side,
and I have my Indian heritage,
then I have a lot of American friends.
Thank you.
Yeah, it's just been hard to find somebody
who's going to accept all three pieces.
Sorry, thank you.
-How are you, Nadia?
-[Nadia] Good. How are you, Auntie?
-[Sima] Fine.
-Yeah?
I told you
I would be giving you some proposals.
[Nadia] Yeah.
I've selected three very good biodatas,
which is going to match you
according to your preference, and likings,
and all that way.
[Namita] I'm taking it they're all open
for a Guyanese girl rather than a
-Yeah. Caste is not a problem for anybody.
-Oh, okay.
Okay, I'm excited to see. [laughs]
[laughs]
For a matchmaker, the biodata
is the most important tool we have.
A biodata is details
about a girl or a boy.
It's how we first introduce the clients
to meet each other.
This is Vinay Chadha.
The picture is the main backbone
of the biodata.
-Stays in New York.
-Uh-huh.
He's the CFO of many top gyms.
Their name is there.
Date of birth is there.
Good height.
Yeah. [laughs]
[Nadia] "Family-oriented,
wants to have children."
I feel like Vinay has a really nice face.
I feel like he seems like
he has a good personality,
um, or that, like, he's really fun.
Other one is a doctor from New York.
His name is Rajnish Jaiswal.
[Nadia] Oh, he looks so familiar.
[Sima] Everything we come to know
by the biodata, like their hobbies.
[Nadia] Oh, wait. He does comedy?
[laughs] Sorry, I was just reading
And where the girl or the boy studied,
in which university.
[Nadia laughing]
Like, he does stand-up, improv, sketch.
Loves going to the theater.
[Namita] Oh,
so he's probably really funny. [laughs]
[Sima] It's not like online dating.
I personally ensure that the photograph
and information is accurate.
So no one is surprised.
It's my goodwill, and my clients trust me.
He's Ravi Guru Singh.
[Nadia] Okay.
But his pet name
He's being called by Guru.
-[Nadia] Guru. Yeah.
-Yeah.
He's a Guyanese.
-[Aunt Pam] Really?
-[Nadia] Is he? Oh.
He's a Guyanese.
Very good height. Very nice.
Good at heart.
-[Nadia] Oh, his mother's Guyanese.
-[Sima] Very jolly person. Very caring.
-[Namita] Where does he live, in New York?
-[Nadia] New York, yeah.
Interesting. Okay. Lawyer.
Very nice.
And again, I'll send you, if you want
a better picture of Guru. But
It's a good picture. I don't think
there's anything wrong with it. [laughs]
No, it's a good picture.
I think that he has a really great smile.
It's just something I noticed
because I'm very conscious of my smile.
So I was immediately, like, drawn to that.
[Sima] Your smile will match his smile.
[Aunt Pam] Aw!
You can just be a Colgate ad.
Yeah! [laughs]
-You will match because of the Guyanese.
-[Nadia] Mm-hmm.
Your thoughts, your culture,
-many things will match.
-[Nadia] Right. Mm-hmm.
I feel like you're, like, my aunt
who's looking out for me.
[all laugh]
[Namita] I feel like she's family.
[Sima] You can pick only one proposal.
I suggest that they pick one at a time
so they are not confused.
When they get too many people,
they cannot decide
whether to tell yes or no.
So I tell them that you see first,
and if you don't like,
then we can give the other biodata.
Off the bat,
I'm drawn to Guru
because he's half Guyanese,
so I feel like we,
like, might understand each other
a little bit better.
I think that because he's half Guyanese,
that would be such an ease
into not really having to explain a lot
about my family, or my culture,
or what we do.
I don't know if I have any questions.
Like, I guess now it would
just be up to me and see
-And then you'll have questions.
-Yeah. Then I'll have [laughs]
Yeah. No, of course.
You did a really great job.
[Sima] We can fix the meeting
as soon as possible.
Feel the vibe and see what's going on.
I think it'll be telling, but
Maybe he's a Giants fan.
Ew! [laughs]
[upbeat hip-hop playing]
I  don't care what you say
I don't care how you feel ♪
You just don't ♪
[doorbell rings]
-How are you?
-Fine.
Oh. Well, come in. Come on.
[Sima] Aparna is a very nice girl,
but I feel she's a little stubborn.
I'm giving Aparna only one match.
The more options I give,
she is picky, and she will not decide.
Aparna is very negative.
If you don't like,
then we switch onto others. That way.
-Okay.
-[Aparna] Got it.
[Aparna] You don't pick your parents,
You don't pick your siblings.
You don't pick your children.
I think the only family member you select
is your spouse.
It's the biggest choice you'll make.
It's the only choice you'll make.
But every choice I've always made
since age of three onwards has been great.
Thank you.
[Sima] Srinivas Rao.
[Vansa] "Podcast host."
"Author of three books."
It's exciting.
-He's 6'2".
-That's nice.
Hmm.
He's fond of traveling, like you.
[Aparna] Yeah.
He's very active.
He's gone surfing in the United States
and in India.
He also loves to go snowboarding.
He seems to like the outdoors.
-Yes.
-I do not like the outdoors.
-[laughs]
-I know. This is not boding well for you.
I liked him, his profile.
Very nice person
who understands sense of humor.
-Oh.
-You know how I hate comedy.
I've dated what my friends called
the funny man, and it's never gone far.
Um, I usually don't find
those people funny.
[Sima] Aparna has to compromise.
I found a very good-natured guy.
Naturally, she will not accept anybody
so easily.
[Aparna] Seven years older than me?
-Oh.
-[Aparna] That's a lot.
I'm super I love podcasts.
I'm curious about that.
Nice person, and meeting,
that makes a lot of difference.
He'll understand you,
and you'll understand everything,
and I think they will like it.
-[Vansa] Just really well-rounded
-Yeah. Grounded.
I'm a lawyer,
so I'll always kind of look at people
and try to assess what's going on,
do all the analytical, logical things,
but I don't think you can with this.
You have to trust the person,
trust in their expertise,
and hope
that the methodology they've created
over hundreds, thousands of matches
has worked.
-He does look really nice, actually.
-[Jotika] Mm-hmm.
Then we can fix as soon as possible.
Let them meet.
-Even you all can meet once.
-[Jotika] Okay.
[Sima] After meeting, 
she'll know whether to proceed or not.
-[Jotika] Yeah.
-I think it'll be great to meet in person.
I trust your expertise.
I'm 34. Really at this age,
there's not a wide, huge pool for me.
So I'm willing to try.
[birds chirping]
[electro-pop song playing]
I don't know what we do to forget ♪
If you've been dreaming all night ♪
Over the years, I've been working on
going into situations with no expectation,
but I don't meet a lot of Guyanese men
in North Jersey,
so I'm really excited to meet him.
This just became really real.
Guru might be my future husband.
-Hey, how are you? Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you, too.
[electro-pop song continues]
Yeah, the world will never compromise ♪
It's juvenile
It's juvenile ♪
It's juvenile
It's juvenile ♪
It's juvenile
It's juvenile ♪
Yeah, the world you take for granted ♪
It's juvenile
It's juvenile ♪
[song ends]