As the release date of “What’s Love Got To Do With It” nears in Pakistan, fans cannot keep their excitement at bay! This is why we give you excerpts from Jemima Khan’s recent interview because we wanted to find out what’s Jemima Khan really got to do with What’s Love Got To Do With It!
Jemima Khan recently sat down for an interview with Gulf news as a run-up to her upcoming movie What’s Love Got To Do With It? A rom-com directed by ShekharKapur starring Lily James, Shazad Latif, Shabana Azmi, Emma Thompson, Sajal Aly, Oliver Chris, Asim Chaudhry, Jeff Mirza, Alice Orr-Ewing. She discussed her thoughts on the movie, contemporary love, and arranged marriages.
1. The Story Behind The Story
She reportedly considered the efficacy and efficiency of assisted weddings, which she had arranged back in Pakistan, after witnessing her single friends in the UK struggle to find lasting partners and their several disastrous dates with unpleasant candidates.
2. Glorfying A Regressive Practice?
3. Not Your Run Of The Mill Rom-Com!
Jemima Khan concluded with, “Our rom-com is more pragmatic and has adopted the simmer-than-boil approach … I am both an incurable romantic and an incurable cynic – all rolled into one. And hence, I have written this film.”
What’s Love Got To Do With It is all set to hit the theatres on March 3rd in Pakistan.