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Made in India?
Deepti Paul 2007
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Run time: 55 min. | Language: English, Malayalam
Meet Deepti Paul. She is 27 years old – Indian – and it’s time to get married. That’s what her parents and extended family think. It doesn’t matter that Deepti grew up American and is currently living on her own in New York City, happy and independent. Her family believes that Deepti’s only chance at lasting happiness lies in marrying a South Indian Orthodox Syrian Christian male. And of course, every relative knows just the right guy for her. And guess what- she has consented to go to India and give their traditional values a chance. But only on one condition –she gets to document the entire process.Will Deepti learn how to bridge the gap between her two cultural lives? Will she resist her traditions, culture, and family? Or, will she finally know what it takes to be Made in India?

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From the moment you enter Deepti Paul’s world in “Made in India?” you can feel the angst of a young woman who is First Generation America raised by her traditional Indian parents. Now an adult “of marrying age” Deepti is faced with the reality of what life would have been like had she been raised in India, and the archaic practice of Arranged Marriage. As an American it's hard to imagine what it must be like to be forced into an arranged marriage - "Land of the Free" and all, but Deepti Paul draws us a vivid picture of a woman torn between her Culture, her parents wishes and 'The American Dream' of choosing your own spouse based on love. Her inner turmoil is constant throughout this film but is visceral as she decides to go back to India to satisfy not only her parents, but all of her relatives in India - and meet with a man that THEY have picked out for her to marry. It is a true test of a daughters love. Once we all arrive with Deepti in India we are thrust into everyday life in and Indian village; buckets of fly-covered fish for sale on the side of the road, no electricity during a rain storm, dirt roads and a culture that seems as foreign to Deepti as it does to us. As she goes from family member to family member listening to their tales of arranged marriages, we are lead into a world of people who, not knowing any better, feel it’s the only way, and make Deepti and us as viewers feel like WE are the silly ones. There are a few tear jerking moments, but the conversation Deepti has with her Aunt – a woman who admits to never knowing what real love is, is something I’ll never forget. I won’t go into the meeting between Deepti and her “hopeful husband.” But I assure you it delivers a wallop. “Made in India?” is a beautifully shot and haunting tale of two cultures and the clash between Deepti’s two realities. Deepti Paul has made a film that you wont’ forget.
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