Going Viral: Three IIT students’ hilarious take on arranged marriages
The awkward situations faced by women when they meet prospective in-laws and grooms in arranged marriage set-ups and even after the marriage are a subject of much discussion among peers.
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Chennai
Keeping this in mind, three IIT students made a video, Be Our Pondati parodying singer Carly Rae Jepsen’s song, Call Me Maybe, for a contest that was taking place on campus. Final-year students Asmita Ghosh and Anukripa Elango revamped the lyrics, while Krupa Varghese acted as the typical Indian mother on a mission to find the perfect bride for her son. They decided to upload it on YouTube for fun and it crossed 40,000 views within a week. In the video, Krupa, draped in a Kanjeevaram sari embellished in gold, demands that her prospective daughter-in-law submit samples of her chappathis and bring forth her grandchildren.
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