Indian Matchmaking (2020) s01e04 Episode Script

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[woman]
Initially, we didn't even meet each other.
It was his grandfather
who had met me at a wedding.
So they told me, like,
"She bakes good cakes,
so go and see.
At least go and try the cake.
Anybody who sees her
will just fall for her."
-Okay.
-So it was like, "Okay,
boss, she's the one."
So he was the lucky one.
That's all. [laughs]
Plus, I liked him, so
You never told me actually
you liked me.
Anyway, this is the first time
she's actually admitted she likes me.
All she used to say during the courtship
was She made me jealous.
"You know, I had lots
who were proposing to me,
and I selected you.
Why did I select you
when I had the bloody world at my feet?"
[woman]
What's your favorite thing about her?
-The cakes that she bakes.
-[laughs]
I mean, that's the best.
I mean,
nobody can make them as good as her.
And there are
some secret favorite things
[laughs]
but I wouldn't want to say
on the camera. Of course, yeah.
This is the Chicago River.
This is, like
They've got wineries and stuff
on the side.
-Along?
-Along it, yeah.
It's a really cool river walk.
-[Shekar] There's Sears Tower.
-[Nadia] Oh, my God! This building!
Yeah, it's, like, in the movies
and stuff usually, but
I mean, this vantage point
of Chicago is actually pretty neat.
-This is so sick. I know!
-I never get to do it.
Going into the date,
I was feeling excited,
but I was not trying to get my hopes up
so that I wasn't disappointed.
What is this building?
-The one with the art?
-I wish I could tell you.
No, I was like,
"I'm gonna put you on the spot."
-You should've done your research.
-I should know.
I should have researched it before I came.
Tried to impress you.
You didn't know
you were supposed to be the tour guide.
I know.
I'm very happy that Nadia has agreed to go
to Chicago to meet Shekar.
They are both so successful people
with lively personalities.
But Nadia's last match, Vinay,
he was not serious.
So, I think it's good for Nadia
to have her mother meet Shekar,
because she can guide Nadia
to make her best decision.
Did you guys want anything to drink
or?
-Um, I could do a coffee actually.
-Coffee? Do you want anything, Auntie?
[Namita]
I was gonna say, "I could do a mimosa."
-[Shekar] What's that?
-She said, "I could do a mimosa."
I doubt I'll see if they have one.
It's never It's five o'clock somewhere.
If you're gonna have
If everyone's gonna drink,
I'll drink, too.
-No orange juice. 
-Okay, cool. Sounds good.
-Thank you.
-Yeah, no problem.
Oh, my God! He looks kind of nice so far.
I mean, he looks really friendly and nice.
Yeah, the only thing He's cute.
You see, I told you I had a good feeling
about this one.
He's really cute. Um [giggles]
Like, very well dressed,
very well, like, put together,
and, like, he was
Good, calm vibes, so I was like,
"All right, this is great."
-So you're from Guyana then?
-Yes.
We're from the Corentyne area,
like, the
-[Shekar] The eastern Is that eastern?
-[Namita] Yeah.
-Okay. With your, like, Guyana geography.
-I'm a weirdo.
No, it's not just Guyana. It's just
-Just in general.
-Just weird like that.
I've always, like
Guyana is on my list of places to go.
-She's just been.
-Really? I just went last year.
I literally did a double-take for a second
when he said that he wanted to go there.
I was, like, my
My family, like, my cousins, my friends,
anybody,
I've never heard anybody say that before,
so I thought that was really cool
that he was so interested in it,
even, obviously before meeting me.
-Okay.
-Thank you.
Shall we go this way?
[Namita] They look cute together.
I'm excited. I hope it happens.
-[laughs]
-[boat horn sounds]
[hip-hop song playing]
-[Aparna] Come on, Conan.
-[Jotika] Conan, come.
[Aparna] Oh, good boys.
Are you ready for your walk?
Let's go.
New shoes, new whip, new bag ♪
Every time you see her, she bad 
She bad♪
Hair did, get money, new purse ♪
I actually don't mind being rejected.
It's really not a thing that bothers me.
I did like Shekar.
That's a big deal I don't dislike someone
after a first date.
But it happens, right?
People can like you,
and you can not like them, and vice versa.
I mean, that's what dating is about.
But if someone doesn't like me,
I think that's their problem, not mine,
because I like me.
[Sima] I think Aparna doesn't want
to show her feelings,
and I think she has a block
in her energies.
I have suggested her
to see an astrologer,
who can see her horoscope and tell her
if it's a good time for marriage.
Ultimately, my efforts are meaningless
if the stars are not aligned.
That girl gonna work, hey ♪
[doorbell rings]
-Hello, how are you?
-Hello.
-I'm Aparna.
-I am Dilip. Nice meeting you.
Nice to meet you. Come on in. Have a seat.
[Dilip clears throat] One thing
I always start with saying that
astrological chart
There's nothing magical about it.
-[laughs]
-[Dilip] It is about
All it is, before it is astrology,
it is astronomy.
Mm-hmm.
So it is snap-shots of heavens
from time when you were born.
Sometimes my eyes were glazing over,
and I was like, "Can you get to the part
where you predict me,
and my future, and my life?"
[Dilip] So, I have your chart.
Wow!
One thing that kind of struck me,
very interestingly,
is that you have Venus and Mars,
uh, both together.
And generally, what happens
that Venus represents the emotions,
and Mars represents passions.
-Oh.
-[Dilip] Right?
So when both of them are together,
what ends up happening is [chuckles]
your passions and your emotions,
you know, they mix with each other.
Your heart will guide you
to the direction.
It creates a kind of a stubbornness.
-Yes.
-You know? You say,
"No, I will not take no for an answer."
-You see?
-I say that all the time.
Yeah, but still,
even in your romantic relationships,
the last almost a year and a half,
you may have found
that disappointment, you know, often.
If you'll really be honest with yourself,
and you look inside,
you will find that real happiness
sometimes escapes you.
-So what is that? Yum.
-[Shekar] We got bread here.
-I'll get the
-[Nadia] That is important.
-[Shekar] Yeah, the most important.
-[both laugh]
Now, compared to this morning, 
I'm definitely feeling
more relaxed, happier.
But still with caution,
because it's been two hours.
So, um, I don't want to get excited
and then get my heart broken.
So how was it
meeting my mom this morning?
-It was cool! She was really nice.
-Yeah?
-Yeah, like, super-fun. Um
-Okay, good.
-Yeah, I
-I was a little nervous.
-No, I was nervous
-[laughs]
No, like, your mom's awesome.
My parents are my best friends,
and I get along so well with them.
-Mm-hmm.
-I tell them literally everything, so
Yeah.
it was nice to see
you had that relationship with her, too.
So when your mom was like,
"Let's get mimosas,"
-I was like, "This is awesome."
-[laughs]
I could totally hang out with your mom.
So, no, that was really nice.
Just reminded me of my relationship
with my parents.
-Good, I'm glad.
-It was cool.
-Do you want a refill?
-Mm-hmm.
-[Shekar] We're gonna get along very well.
-[both laugh]
[Nadia] Going through the process,
all of the potential daters
all had something about them, um,
but I think with this I felt
I felt different.
[Nadia] So what do you do for fun?
I know you said you work crazy hours,
but what do you do outside of that?
So, if I'm not working out
and stuff like that,
I love hanging out with my friends.
Um, yeah, I mean,
we just have a good time. I travel a ton.
[Nadia] I, like sickly enjoy what I do,
so, like
-No
-It's a lot of fun.  
-I love hearing
-Planning people's weddings is fun. Um
I love when I hear people say that.
'Cause I love being a lawyer.
-Mm-hmm.
-I love having my law firm.
I'm very passionate about law.
I'm very passionate about my clients.
And you know, for me, it was one
of those things where, you know, if
If a refugee comes into my door and says,
"I have no money,
and you're my last hope."
I wanna be able to just be like,
"All right, cool, I got this,
-and I will figure this out."
-Yeah.
'Cause I really just wanna help people
in the way that I wanna help them.
-Yeah.
-That's really why I got into law.
I always tell people,
"I'm a lawyer first, businessman second."
The boat was my rom-com moment.
This was my
This was my real moment. I felt
like I've known him a really long time.
He's very easy to talk to,
and I just loved his humility
and his modesty.
I hope that that is just
a reflection of who he is as a human,
or as a potential
boyfriend. [laughs]
This was really fun.
This was really fun, too.
I'm happy you came to Chicago.
-I had a really great day.
-Yeah, me too.
I'll show you around the city a bit more
before it's time for you to go,
and I'll drop you off at O'Hare.
-Shall we go?
-Yeah, let's go.
I mean, it was as if
we've known each other for a long time.
[chuckles] It was nice. It was refreshing.
[Nadia] I think each match
that Sima brought me
brought me a smaller piece
of understanding for myself of who I am.
And I think I've become stronger
because of it.
If this completely bombed after this,
like, that would've been okay with me.
But it was the complete opposite,
and I had, like, the best day ever.
I think I'm a little smitten kitten.
[giggles]
[Sima] I'm so happy for Nadia and Shekar.
I've worked hard for the girl,
and then finally, they are so happy.
And really, I think,
this is a great, great blessing,
what I've got from everybody.
And blessing is everything
for a good future.
I feel it's harder for Aparna,
but Aparna is a very nice girl. 
She just has to be flexible.
For the last almost year and a half,
you are going through a condition
in your private life.
It will have brought you
a lot more personal,
even frustration, if I may use this word.
When Uncle Dilip was like, "You've been
feeling really bad for a year and a half.
You've been thinking
you might be alone forever."
And I was like, "How did you know?"
-What do you suggest?
-Okay, so this is the plan.
As a different planet
becomes your driver and navigator,
a different window opens.
So, one reason you are not married so far,
because that window has not opened yet.
Right now, Lord Jupiter
is driving your bus.
-Okay.
-Now,
Jupiter drives the bus
for quite a bit, you know.
Sometimes
almost 16 years.
-We don't have time for that.
-You don't?
We don't have time for 16 years.
But you are approaching a transformation.
On June 19th
-Mm-hmm.
-June 19th.
Okay.
Then Lord Venus will become
your navigator.
Okay.
-Yeah?
-Is that gonna be good, though?
That window of married life will open.
Are you sure?
Any relationship you have
will come to fruition.
-That would be wonderful.
-It will happen.
[Aparna] That's in eight weeks.
I'm gonna be in New York City
running a 5K that day.
My friend's doing her bachelorette.
She's a runner,
and she's making us run a 5K,
and I'm mad about it.
But I'll find the perfect guy finally,
and I'll fall into a relationship
that I love at the same time.
So tell me what my partner will be like.
He will be determined, just as you are,
in terms of reaching his goal.
He'll not be passionately romantic,
like, you know, saying
That's good.
[in Hindi] "Come to me.
I'm the love of your life."
[laughs]
Please don't give me
one of those men. I don't want one.
Well, one thing from today's meeting
that I ask you to do,
and that is connect
with the energy of Saturn.
Mm-hmm.
Wear a gem of Saturn,
which is a blue sapphire.
Once you do that,
you have to activate the gem.
So you recite mantra of Lord Shiva.
So I tell you what I do.
I give an audio file,
and that way you just listen.
Uh, just be patient. You will
You are a good person.
And whoever you marry
will be a very lucky man.
And it will happen.
That's wonderful news.
Thank you so much for coming, Uncle Dilip.
Thank you very much.
I kind of do believe in this thing
that your stars are there,
and your fate is there,
and it falls into place
when it falls into place,
and I really do have very little control 
over it.
Don't tell the men
I'm going on dates with,
but they're getting married
as soon as June.
[laughs] I'm lucky.
[Dilip reciting mantra on recording]
[upbeat music playing]
[dog barks]
[woman] So, how have things been?
Uh, things have been good.
Work has been hectic.
I'm busy a lot with work,
and I've seen a few people around as well.
-Mm-hmm.
-But nothing has been going well.
Working out as such.
So, trying to balance work.
[laughs] Yes.
Pradhyuman, he's rejecting everybody.
So I'm sending him to a life coach,
who really understands today's generation.
Are you frustrated that it's taking
maybe longer than you'd ever imagined?
It is.
-Yeah.
-I won't lie about this.
Uh, it is frustrating at a point of time,
because you meet a lot of people,
and you're like, "You know what? 
Why is it taking so much time
to meet the right person?"
So at a point of time when you see
that, okay, all your friends are happy.
They're, like, having kids around.
It does get to you. There are times
you feel lonely as well, you know?
You just wish that you were there
with someone who understands
and whom you want to be there with.
Partner you, be your companion,
provide the companionship,
both sexual, emotional,
and a friendly companionship as well.
Yes. [laughs]
[Pradhyuman] Sima had suggested to me
that I should meet this life coach.
And
it was a very profound experience,
because
this was probably the
One of the few times that,
uh, I have shared so much
in detail with someone.
-[laughs]
-Okay.
Let me ask you something that 
You have met so many people.
Like, so many people come to you.
Like, what do the girls expect?
What do the girls expect?
I think a lot of girls want to, uh
One, of course,
are they attracted to the boy?
That's one aspect.
Physicality for the girl is as important
as it is for the boy.
-Really?
-That's one aspect. Oh, yes, absolutely.
I thought that [stammers]
When I'm with my friends, they're like,
"We don't care about the appearance much.
We want to see how the person is."
It's natural that
they want good-looking people.
So, I think that's very important.
I think another aspect
that girls really look for is
that a man is secure enough
to allow the girl to be her own person.
Because a lot of women are afraid
that if they marry,
and particularly
in arranged marriage set-ups,
they are going to lose everything
that they've constructed.
So coming back to you,
do you think that you have understood
what women want from you?
[Pradhyuman] She said, you know,
what girls are looking out for,
that you have to give. You have to accept.
That was a good way
of understanding a different perspective.
Are you willing to see people
from that point of view? 
I have not thought about it in that way.
That's the major difference.
[school bell rings]
[moody music playing]
-How's it going, Kai?
-Hey, Mr. Ganesan.
[Vyasar] All right, so we will attempt
a modicum of order.
[girl] Wait.
Everyone here pretty much
knows each other, right?
I'm Mr. Ganesan,
your lovely college counselor.
[students laugh]
I thought it would be nice
if we could all get together
and just talk about things we can do
for the next four years
that are gonna make our lives
as pain-free, and successful,
and wonderful as possible.
You are growing into your best self.
If you saw me in college,
you'd have seen a metal head
-with long hair and trench coats.
-Oh, my goodness!
-[girl 2] Oh, no!
-[Vyasar] Right?
[all laughing]
[Vyasar] Right now
I have this amazing job. I have a house,
and the more I think about the future
and, like, the possibility of a family,
I'm hopeful I find the right person
Dammit!
but it is really not easy
in this generation.
It is hard being single out here.
It's a mess, a hot mess.
He is not married, I know this,
because I was talking
about him going to see Endgame,
and he said
he was gonna go see it alone,
-which I thought was
-Aw!
No! We do not "aw" at that.
That is self-empowerment,
going to see a movie alone.
I am proud of him for doing that.
-[students laugh]
-[girl 3] Oh, my goodness.
If I could pick a perfect match
for Mr. Ganesan
He's a very funny guy,
so he needs someone to listen to him.
He's kind of, like, a big, tall man,
so we need someone to match him.
What about someone short
so he can cuddle them?
[boy] Definitely someone
who's his intellectual equal.
He has, like, such a broad range of just
little factoids that he can spew at you.
I would skip class to just talk
about movies and TV with him.
[students laugh]
[Vyasar] All the relationships
I've been in,
I've been happiest in my life
when I've been in them.
But I've only ever dated one person
who was Indian.
Every single other girl
I've dated has been white.
The more I think about it,
and the older I get,
it would be really nice to have someone
from a similar ethnicity.
Having that shared background
of being Indian-American, of
living in two cultures.
But, like, it's really hard
to meet Indian women.
And so, my thinking
with meeting the matchmaker
is I've tried everything else.
So I just wanna try it
and see what happens.
[doorbell rings]
-Welcome!
-Hi there, Vyasar.
-Vyasar. Nice to meet you.
-Hi, Sima from Mumbai.
-Thank you so much for coming all the way.
-[Sima] It's my pleasure.
-[Vyasar] Very happy you're here.
-You go by Vyasa or Vyasar?
Vyas Well, the name is Vyasar,
but I go by either, as people like.
Because in India, Vyasa is a saint.
According to my father,
Vyasar is the more formal pronunciation.
In South There's a South Indian hymn
that he's very fond of.
So, that's what he named me from.
If I had been born a girl,
he said he would've named me after a river
near his house, so I think I got lucky.
[laughs]
So, what type of girl do you want
in the future?
I want someone in my life who
We can talk every single day
about what is the kind of life
we wanna build together.
Just being able to have a conversation
with this person.
More than anything, if this is the person
you'll be with for the rest of your life,
you need to be able
to talk to each other, right?
Willingness to try new things,
explore new things,
and do things differently. Um
I like cooking.
I like baking, especially, a lot.
If I get married, it'll be very easy.
She won't have to cook anything.
I'll take care of everything.
Love cooking.
-She's lucky.
-[Vyasar laughs]
I was joking with my family.
"You know what would be great?
Be a stay-at-home dad.
All I do is cook and clean. Bas!"
-So nice.
-I'm happy.
She can go out, make all the money.
I don't care.
The girl has to do nothing?
-Absolutely not.
-She has to order you. That's all.
-[laughs] Exactly!
-"Today I'm willing to eat this thing."
Exactly. And I guess the last thing
is just appreciation for Indian culture.
Having a fundamental understanding
and seeing value in it
uh, is important, too.
You know
that Obviously,
that's a lot to ask of someone.
It's a lot to ask of myself.
I don't necessarily know
what a good life looks like.
I don't necessarily know
what constitutes a happy marriage.
My example for marriage
is my parents' marriage,
and they did not have a happy marriage.
My parents are divorced.
The divorce happened early '90s.
My dad wasn't present in my life
for close to a decade.
He saw me as a baby, as a young boy,
and then all of a sudden, an 18-year-old.
-I think he's still living in Austin.
-Okay.
But I haven't seen him
in about five, six years.
[Sima] That is very, very difficult.
So what is marriage?
Marriage means it is
a compromise and adjustment.
Mm-hmm.
-The main is an ego problem I'll tell you.
-[chuckles] Oh, yeah.
-That's the main problem.
-Yeah.
If you want a good and happy family,
you have to adjust, have to compromise.
[Vyasar] I don't know how it's gonna work.
But the only way you make a change
is by trying something new.
[woman] Vyasar pretty much grew up
in his early years visiting his dad.
But beyond elementary school,
I was the sole parent.
So my parents moved to Austin in the
When he was five or six years old.
I think this is third grade.
He was always the tallest person
in his class. [laughs]
[man] He's always been
towering over the little cousins and
-[Mamta] I know.
-establishing his domain. [laughs]
-The long hair period.
-[Mamta] Long hair, I know.
Long-haired Vyasar. [laughs]
[Anuj] "Brown Jesus,"
that's what I used to call him.
[Mamta laughs] Brown Jesus!
Mamtaji, you're very lucky
you've got such a nice
Absolutely, it's a total blessing.
-I think my dad wants to add something.
-Would I be able to jump in here?
-[Sima] Yes.
-Now, I expect,
and I wish he finds a girl
who is accommodating.
-That is very important.
-Very.
-[Sima] That is the first thing.
-Absolutely.
Now, what happens next, I don't know.
Do you think anybody's out there
as a match for him?
Yeah, I'm thinking
of two or three proposals.
[Sima] Vyasar has
a complicated family history,
but he's such a loving person.
I think a girl
who understands sense of humor,
who is lively, who is a little talkative,
who has high aims.
That way of the girl will suit him.
I just have to work hard to find someone
who'll just accept him as he is.
[Jotika] This is my happiness wall.
It's a blanket, a fleece, that Vansa
and Aparna gave me about five years ago. 
It's me and my children.
This is, um, baby Aparna in London,
in a messy little onesie
sitting on her sister's lap.
[chuckles]
This is their school pictures from Dubai.
They went
to Dubai English Speaking School,
which is a British school there.
These really cute pictures are from there.
When I was 19, I got engaged.
I was put under a lot of pressure.
My parents were,
and that was transferred to me.
And I was very unhappy.
I was married eleven and a half years.
We got divorced in 1993.
And I left with my two children,
so they were six and eight, almost.
When I left, they were little.
As Hindus,
we always celebrate the birth of sons.
But those that have daughters
are the ones
who had great, good karma
from a past life.
So, I'm very lucky I just have my girls,
and I was able to keep them.
I believe every human being,
unlike myself, has the right in their life
to make decisions, life choices.
I was not given that opportunity
to make a decision for my life.
So, I want my child
to have every possible choice.
It's affected Aparna, obviously,
very deeply.
[Sima]
Aparna's mother was forced to get married.
So now, she's worried the same thing
doesn't happen to her daughter.
She doesn't want the story
to get repeated.
Now we can see
this is why Aparna is so picky.
Aparna, do you want some tea, coffee?
Tea would be great actually. Thank you.
You know what's interesting is
that Dilip Uncle, in his reading with me,
and he was, like, "Oh, yeah,
look how demanding you are
with the things that you're looking for
in a life partner."
And he just kept moving on.
And am I really demanding?
Like, I don't find I am.
I find I'm perfectly reasonable
in the things I'm looking for.
The things we know so inherently
about ourselves
sometimes are just told to us
by someone on the outside,
and it just clicks,
and you're like, "Maybe I am that way."
Perhaps you want to kind of look at that.
-No, thank you.
-No?
I have pondered it. That is true. The end.
Okay.
Um, so, Dilip Uncle said
that I have to wear a sapphire.
Oh, I have my mother's ring.
-Let me go get it.
-Okay.
[Jotika] All right,
so this is Mummy's ring.
[Aparna] Oh, this ring is beautiful.
Let's put this on.
I have to wear it on my middle finger,
remember.
-[Jotika] Right.
-[Aprna] So
Okay. Do you like it?
-I do. I think it's beautiful.
-A bit heavy.
So yeah, I definitely have a road
ahead of me with this,
so let's hope that it works.
'Cause he said
that my window to meet someone
is opening up in a few weeks actually.
Have you
You'll have to be praying a lot.
[Aparna] Everyone's waiting
for, you know, the man of their dreams
to give them a diamond ring,
and the mom of my dreams
gave me a sapphire ring.
-It does have diamonds, to be fair, also.
-It does.
-So, thank you. I really love it.
-That's great.
-I'll wear it every day.
-[Jotika] Good girl.
Okay. We're just looking for one person,
just one.
[electronic music playing]
I tried to go to bed last night.
[laughing] I was so keyed up, man.
It was really hard.
Legitimately, there's this moment
of exhilaration and panic, of
-Yeah.
-[Vyasar] "The hell did I just do?"
[laughs] I'm super nervous
about all the crap in my house. Um
Everything that I love.
Now I'm concerned.
Like, "Wait.
What if she really hatesHellboy?
-What if she really despises comic books?"
-No, dude.
[Vyasar] You know how it is.
Anxiety doesn't listen to rationality.
[Anuj] "Game nights, film festivals,
food trucks." This is right up your alley.
[Vyasar] It's right up my alley. True.
We've plenty of things to talk about.
How do you feel about
the whole seven-year age difference?
[Anuj] I think it's a non-issue.
If you were older than her by seven years,
it would not be an issue.
Right? I'm excited to meet Manisha.
It'll be fun.
[Sima] I suggested Manisha to Vyasar.
Although she's seven years older,
they had common interests
and common hobbies,
and they both were close
to their families.
And Manisha is a very lively
and talkative person,
that would be a very strong match
for Vyasar.
-[woman] Did you sleep last night well?
-Yeah, I slept.
Since you found out about the boy
and everything you read about him,
-do you have, like
-Um
[Renu] any concern or anything
that you wanna talk to me about?
He seems really friendly, and I think
we'll probably have a lot to talk about.
I'm nervous.
[Manisha] Good nervous or bad nervous?
It's mixed.
The whole family is going to be there.
[Manisha] I mean,
I've never been on a date
where I have to meet his whole family.
I've been waiting for such a long time,
so let's go and nail it.
Nail it. [laughs]
Can't believe it's happening.
[doorbell rings]
-[Mamta] Let me go get it!
-[Vyasar] Okay, Mom.
This is a big first for all of us,
completely out of the wheelhouse.
No one in my generation of our family
has done anything like this before.
Come.
Renuji, Mamtaji.
Namaste.
-Manisha.
-Manisha.
[Sima] When I first met Vyasar,
I found a very good feeling.
A very lively, bubbly, and a jolly person,
and I'm very much excited for Vyasar.
-Namaste.
-I hope they'll be a good match.
Is this your first time in Austin?
Have you been before?
-Yeah, first time in Texas.
-[Vyasar] Welcome.
First time in Austin, so
Everyone here lives in Austin
for the most part.
Anuj is in college in Texas State.
He's from Florida originally.
We don't hold it against him.
You know, I was born in Miami.
-Oh, that's I'm so sorry! That's right.
-[Manisha laughing]
[Vyasar] Your whole family's
in North Carolina, right?
My mom, dad, and the most important
family member, my dog, Jogi.
-[all laugh]
-[Vyasar] Your dog's name is Jogi?
-Jogi.
-[Vyasar] That's his name, too.
[Vyasar and Manisha laugh]
Jogi has a very special place
in my heart. Uh
[Vyasar] He has a special place
in our hearts too.
Yeah. And then my older sister lives
in New York City.
-Awesome.
-Yeah. [laughs]
[Manisha] He's very friendly.
I was a little nervous coming in,
but he definitely made it easy
and, um, made us feel very comfortable.
I'm a big Bollywood fan,
so that's also why we speak a lot of Hindi
at home.
-[Vyasar] Right.
-[Mamta] Do you also speak Bengali?
Like, your dad is Bengali so do you
I speak very little,
but I can understand it.
Any chance I can speak with you
in Bengali?
[in Bengali] A little bit.
[all laugh]
Mamtaji, let the kids carry on.
[Vyasar] Thanks, nanaji.
Don't rush to anything!
[all laugh]
[Vyasar] Thanks,nanaji.
Take enough time.
[Manisha] Now that I've met Vyasar,
I can see
what Sima thought would make us
a good match, and I'm excited.
[Vyasar]
I thought Manisha was very pretty.
The real test now is to see,
on a deeper level,
what kind of connection can be made,
and I'm excited to see that.
-Hey, how are you?
-Good, how are you?
-Good to see you.
-Good seeing you.
-I'm glad you made it.
-I'm glad you made it, too.
I'm taking this seat, yes? [laughs]
-You look very nice.
-Thank you.
-You look good, too.
-Thank you.
[Aparna] This is a new process for me,
but if things really are going to change
for me, I need to be open to it.
Because with Sima,
I think she's listened to me,
and she's presenting me
with these awesome options,
these really, genuinely good guys.
-This looks wonderful.
-Wow.
Hey, guys, how are you? Come on in.
So, I think she's doing her part,
and she's doing it really well.
So, how's it going?
It's going well.
I'm dog-sitting right now,
so you might hear some barks.
-[dog barks]
-I am always dog-sitting, I feel like.
And now it really is that part
that we can't control,
which is that familiarity, that comfort,
but also that excitement.
Those are the things we call chemistry.
It's too big.
-This is Texas. Everything is big here.
-[laughing] It is.
-I make the best sangria ever.
-You do?
Yeah, I lived in Madrid
for a little while.
Is that a skill you have to pick up
when you live in Madrid?
Yeah, you gotta pick up sangria.
You gotta pick up siesta.
I love siesta.
So I started another company
with a friend
where we're basically
painting countertops.
This is my kitchen countertop.
-This is painted.
-Yeah.
That's awesome.
So, if I didn't believe that one day,
in some way, I'll meet the right person,
I wouldn't keep putting the effort in.
If this business takes off,
you have to figure out a way to scale it
that's not service-oriented.
And then you might have to sell a product,
and you might need to sell a compound
that you put into another substance
to make the epoxy yourselves.
I like it. It makes sense.
We are so Sindhi.
We are so Sindhi by the way.
I do wanna believe
that maybe my luck can change,
and that maybe
all of this is not for nothing.
[woman] I believe
these beautiful flowers are for you.
-Yes, for her. Yes.
-They're for me? 
-Oh, my goodness! They're beautiful!
-Yes.
Isn't this a really sweet chardonnay?
-Oh! I thought you were talking about me.
-Oh! [giggles]
-I was like, "Thanks."
-[laughs]
You have my phone number too, uh,
-and we can definitely stay in touch.
-For sure.
I wanna hear about what you think
of Annie Sloan paint
-and concrete stamping, okay?
-I wanna hear all these stories.
[laughs] I mean,
I need to write down this business model.
-I think I got it.
-You got it?
-I think I'm not letting go of these.
-Okay.
-'Cause they're so beautiful.
-Yeah, like you, so
This is the right time
for someone to be standing beside me,
and sharing their life with me,
and, you know, being my family.
-Let me get the door for ya.
-Thank you.
I am optimistic, and I am hopeful
that somebody will come along.
-[Manisha] Thank you.
-[Vyasar] Of course.
-[woman] Hi, how are you?
-Hi.
-Good, how are you?
-For two today?
-Yes.
-For two, yeah.
-[Manisha] Thank you so much.
-This looks beautiful.
-Enjoy.
-Thanks.
So what makes you so sure you're ready,
or why did you maybe
approach the matchmaker?
I thought, "You've always been so opposed
to the matchmaking process.
You've always been so opposed
to trying it.
Why?" And I kept coming up
with fewer and fewer answers.
How about you?
What was the decision for you?
[Manisha] I think a similar boat actually.
I had tried online dating.
I tried being set up with people,
you know, friends of friends,
friends of parent's friends.
If somebody can study my personality,
and find the perfect person for me,
and curate that, then why not?
-Yeah.
-Um
I'm looking to meet my best companion
and somebody that is on the same page.
-That's fair.
-Yeah. What do you like to do for fun?
Oh, God! So [chuckles]
I have a weekly game night.
We doDungeons and Dragons mostly.
Um, it's a lot of fun.
I don't know that I'd enjoy that.
[chuckles]
Does it at all, like, cross your mind
that I'm seven years older than you?
Age is just a number for me.
Nice.
[laughs]
[electronic music playing]
[Sima in Hindi] Oh, I forgot.
[in English]
I got a few chocolates for you.
[Pradhyuman]
Thank you so much. Okay.
[in Hindi] This is different.
[in English]
It was just a small gift of love.
Thank you.
[Khushboo] How have you been, Auntie?
[in Hindi] That's it, child. I'm so busy.
What can I say?
[in English] All marriage season
is keeping you worked up.
[Sima in Hindi] Doesn't have to be
marriage season. It's a 12-month job.
So, Pradhyuman, what's up with you?
[in English] Any potential meeting
is there where I feel that,
"Okay, at least there is a 30
to 40% chance or so."
I'm open to that.
It's a fairly open book.
If you have other options also,
I'm still open to see.
Pradhyuman's changed so much.
He was so fickle-minded and fussy.
But now, he knows
that he has to compromise
for selecting a life partner.
[in Hindi]
Look, I have someone from Delhi.
My friend's daughter.
-My
-[Pradhyuman in English] She's so cute.
-[Khushboo] Looking like a model.
-[Sima] She's a model. She's good-looking.
[Pradhyuman] I was pretty shocked. Like,
"Why didn't Sima Auntie show
something like this to me before?"
Now you're going the right way.
[Sima] She's tall. She's fair. She's slim.
She's athletic. She's a model.
She's a very smart person,
and she will be a perfect match for you.
[Pradhyuman] I'll tell you
that from her dressing style
to her look and everything,
how she carries herself,
that I can meet her.
[in Hindi] She'll fit perfectly.
You can be a very good pair.
-You Even she needs to feel fitted.
-[Pradhyuman laughs]
[in Hindi] Who knows? If it's destiny
to be with her, then it will happen.
[in English] Yeah, I can't see so much
of freedom on him now.
[all laugh]
I think it'll be exciting. It'll be fun.
Let's see how it all plans out.
Thank you so much for the sweets.
[in Hindi] Why are you saying thank you?
You're going to make me fat.
You go to the gym, so what's the problem?
-How will that model like him?
-Bye-bye.
[Manisha] This is really good ice cream.
What did you get?
[Vyasar] Sweet cream with golden Oreos.
Wanna try?
Yeah.
-Wanna try some of mine?
-Looks like cookie dough.
-It's cookie dough.
-Cookie dough is the jam!
-Can I tell you something?
-Yeah.
This is the first date I've had
in nine months.
Wow!
So how'd I do?
[laughs]
-Am I giving you a report card?
-No!
No, I'm just kidding.
-You don't have to answer. It's okay.
-Yeah. No, I think you did great.
You did great as well.
Well done, good job. Go, us.
Yeah, no, it was
This was really awesome.
-Yeah.
-I feel really lucky to have met you.
Thanks. That's really sweet. I feel lucky
to have met you, too. I think, um
one, I guess, burning question,
if I can ask?
Go for it!
Um
I live in North Carolina.
You live in Austin.
What in your mind
What is the next logical
I guess, how does that work for you?
-Have you thought about that?
-I wanna see you again.
[rock music playing]