As Jemima Khan’s film 'What Love Got to Do with It’ is near to its release worldwide, the screenwriter Jemima Khan in a recent interview with Gulf news, talked about her upcoming film ‘What Love Got to Do with It?’, love, arranged marriages and soulmates.
In the start of interview, she said that she thought her whole life had been destroyed by romantic comedies as well as her friend’s life too.
Talking about the idea of script for the film she said that ten years ago when she came back from Pakistan to London at the age of thirty she spent a lot of time reflecting on marriage after seeing many successful arranged relationships in my ex-husband's (Former premier Imran Khan) extended family, which was pretty conservative. Her marriage with him was only the non-arranged one.
She told that her friends were about to settle down and they have kids too but were finding the process quite difficult. So, it really started from there. I would go up to them and say, 'Okay, so who would your parents choose for you? And if that doesn't work out, let me set up your marriage for you'. This also got me thinking, 'What if I hadn't gone to Pakistan at the age of 21 and instead had an arranged wedding?' How would I even get to the point of accepting this? How many heartaches or frogs would I have to kiss to get to the point, where I would tell my parents that I've messed up and it's their time to shine now?"
The host asked Jemima the question that
Are you also glorifying an institution that is so regressive?
In response, Jemima said: “There is a big difference in forced marriage and assisted marriage. Forced marriage has no place in this modern world whereas assisted marriage is basically a system in which you know who loves you the most and best for you. You can call anything an assisted marriage. It's everywhere around us, It's not that far different from your friend setting you up with someone or a dating application. It's just a different style of courtship, helping you meet the right person.”
Concluding the interview, Jemima refused to discuss the film's ending “No spoilers here, you would have to watch the film” she said.