Indian Matchmaking’s Aparna Shewakramani

Mouthing Off with Olivia Caridi

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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We have a guest from another great Netflix series — a conversation with Aparna Shewakramani of Indian Matchmaking! She’s telling the story of how she was cast on the show, sharing what she’s looking for in a partner, and opening up about how she feels about her archetype as the “decisive, angry lawyer” on the show. We’ll get her thoughts on the Western world's perception of arranged marriages, whether the show helped or hurt South Asian stereotypes, double standards, and her overall edit on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mouthing Off with Olivia.
0:03.0	Hey guys, it's Olivia Cariti from The Bachelor, The Girl With,
0:06.0	probably the biggest mouth you've ever seen.
0:09.0	But now I'm using my huge mouth to talk really smart things with my favorite reality stars, influencers, YouTubers, you name it.
0:18.0	They're gonna mouth off too.
0:20.0	Boom!
0:21.0	This is Mouthing Off with Olivia.
0:23.0	Okay guys, you know I love my Netflix shows.
0:27.0	And I just binged Indian Matchmaking.
0:30.0	And so I had to bring a par-non here.
0:33.0	Oh my gosh.
0:34.0	Thank you for having me today. I'm so happy to be here.
0:37.0	We're so pumped to hear from you.
0:39.0	Netflix is coming out with some great content.
0:42.0	The show was awesome.
0:43.0	We've got a lot to get to.
0:45.0	Can you pitch the show for everyone to watch?
0:49.0	So Indian Matchmaking follows one matchmaker named SEMA.
0:53.0	And she is trying to find seven of us, half of us living in India, half of us living in the States.
0:58.0	We're all South Asian.
0:59.0	And she's trying to find us our husbands and our wives.
1:02.0	This is about a range of marriage.
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