Netflix Renews Indian Matchmaking for Season 2 With Open Casting Name

Indian Matchmaking season 2 is a go. Netflix introduced Monday that Sima from Mumbai — that is how Mumbai-based matchmaker Sima Taparia introduces herself to potential shoppers — would return for a second season of its a lot talked-about organized marriage actuality sequence. Created by Smriti Mundhra, Indian Matchmaking premiered final July and was considered broadly, although was deemed problematic and criticised for propagating discrimination based mostly on caste, pores and skin color, and gender stereotypes amongst others. Nonetheless, Indian Matchmaking season 1 was nominated on the 2021 Emmys.

Netflix did not provide any particulars on Indian Matchmaking season 2, besides that it could comply with “some acquainted faces and new singletons throughout the globe who’ve determined that it is time to put their love lives within the fingers of the skilled.” Alongside, Netflix introduced the largest-ever open casting name for a number of of its actuality sequence together with Indian Matchmaking — you’ll be able to submit your self for consideration at NetflixReality.com with a one-minute video, so long as you are 18 years previous and reside within the US, the UK, Canada, or Eire.

Mundhra can also be an govt producer on Indian Matchmaking alongside Aaron Saidman, Eli Holzman, and J.C. Begley. Indian Matchmaking is a manufacturing of Industrial Media’s The Mental Property Company.

This is the official synopsis for Indian Matchmaking from Netflix:

What occurs if you’re prepared to satisfy somebody however the courting apps really feel superficial and are not yielding the specified outcomes? Meet the one millennials who’ve determined that it is time to revisit strategies from the previous and look to the consultants. Over 8 episodes, elite Indian matchmaker Sima Taparia learns about her shoppers with painstaking precision — from pursuits and ambitions to in-depth astrological readings — as she guides them in direction of their excellent match. From Houston to Chicago to Mumbai, these younger singles go on generally enjoyable, generally awkward first dates — usually with their household in tow — to find whether or not these good-on-paper matches can flip right into a love that lasts a lifetime.