Pun Salad

Recommended by a blogger with impeccable taste, it was pretty good, if a bit soap-operaish.

It's mostly a drama with heavy comic relief. The Vermas, an upper-middle-class Punjabi family in New Delhi, are in chaos as they prepare for the arranged marriage of daughter Aditi. Father Lalit is getting stretched financially. Scores of relatives are incoming (some from Australia and America) for the multi-day celebration. But there are plenty of problems under the surface: Aditi's still into hanky-panky with her married co-worker. Her cousin, Ria, is without romantic prospects and (for some reason) regarding rich Uncle Tej with barely-disgused hatred.

Fortunately, the Vermas can rely on event planner Dubey for logistics, technical services, and general wheeling and dealing. But then Dubey notices the Verma's quiet servant girl Alice …

Random observations: (1) Although it's not a musical, people are likely to break out in song and dance at the slightest provocation. (2) Given the name, I would have expected a little more rain. (3) One of the relatives is a dead ringer for Sonia Sotomayor.