The second season of “Made in Heaven” will continue to shine a spotlight on issues surrounding women and the LGBTQ community through its two protagonists, filmmaker Zoya Akhtar said on Tuesday. Run a wedding planning agency catering big budget weddings in India. The first chapter is set against the backdrop of a typical Indian wedding and follows two wedding planners – Arjun Mathur’s Karan Mehra and Sobhita Dhulipala’s Tara Khanna – as they organize a grand and complex Indian wedding while balancing the conflicts in their lives. s story.
According to Akhtar, who co-created the show with Reema Kagti, Made in Heaven season 2 will see Dhulipala and Mathur playing characters with a strong moral compass. “The two central characters of the season are Tara and Karan, who are non-conformist and dark characters. They have a strong moral compass in the sense that they have a sense of protectiveness over people who come into their lives. .We” the show is also shot through women, the LGBTQ community, so thematically it’s an expansion of that. It’s about blending in,” Akhtar told reporters at the Prime Video series trailer launch.
Kageti said they were “obsessed” with exploring the different experiences of women in society. “We’re trying to explore different aspects of the female experience in a society like ours, which is culturally embedded and is changing and modernizing. I think we’re obsessed with exploring different female perspectives,” she added.
The seven-episode second season is directed by Kagti and Akhtar along with Alankrita Shrivastava, Neeraj Ghaywan and Nitya Mehra. Shrivastava said that while the second season continues the core themes of Made in Heaven, it will be on a larger scale. “We’ve inherited the content and the heart of the show, but what we’re trying to do in season two is to make the weddings bigger and give the characters more depth. So it’s a more nuanced and more nuanced take on the themes that we did in season one. The layered look…it’s more about what you see, which is more poignant and more interesting,” she said.
“People value love, family, togetherness and romance, but there’s also a lot that needs to change, (like) realizing how women change and (we) exploring how tradition meets modernity,” she added. The first season of Made in Heaven was released in 2019 and received critical acclaim for its storytelling and the performances of its lead actors. The show earned Mathur an International Emmy Award nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of a closeted gay man grappling with a troubled childhood, financial deprivation and social stigma surrounding his sexuality.
Akhtar said the team did not expect the first season to be so well-loved by viewers and thanked people for their patience in waiting for the second chapter. “Nobody knew how it was going to land. We were very nervous when it came out. But it’s getting better and better. It has a loyal following of fans and no matter what I release, I’m still asked ‘Made in Heaven.’ Now, it’s been It’s been so long and I’ve been trolled so I wanted to give up because they got angry. I’m so grateful that they stuck with it and didn’t forget.” Khan” and “Ankur Arora Murder” fame, this show was his big break.
He said he didn’t expect his character to have an impact on people’s lives, but it did. He praised the writers for giving him a well-defined role. “When you set out to do something, you never expect how much the audience is going to really connect with it. I’m grateful for that, but a lot of the credit goes to the writers. I didn’t expect it to connect in the way it did. Arrived. I feel so overwhelmed. All the personal stories of what happened to me and how it brought acceptance to so many people and gave them the strength to accept themselves or their families,” he said.
Dhulipala said it was an honor to play a woman like Tara, an ambitious and driven person struggling to maintain her marriage and budding career. “In season two, while she continues to fulfill her role to the best of her ability as a daughter, as a daughter-in-law, as a business partner, I do think she’s ready for a major identity shift, and the journey that we’re charting is that We’re going to see that in season two. It’s her growing up and taking on a new identity, which is very exciting.” In addition to Dhulipala and Mathur, the show also stars Jim Sarbh, Kalki Koechlin, Shashank Arora, Shivani Raghuvanshi and Vijay Raaz. Newcomers include Mona Singh, Ishwak Singh and Trinetra Haldar.
The second season of Made in Heaven will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on August 10. It is produced by Excel Media & Entertainment and Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti’s Tiger Baby.
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