Online Dating in Films: A study of Qarib Qarib Singlle and Her

Abstract

In the contemporary scenario, Hindi cinema has witnessed a lot of transformation and people from all the age groups are glued to their respective screens whether cinema halls, television, Laptop, Tablets and smartphones etc. India is a country of diverse cultures and it takes its influence from different countries due to globalization. Similarly, we have other countries taking cultural exchange to the hilt nowadays. There is a sudden iclination to witness the films in different forms as people have a lot of options nowadays. In the same ways, online dating has become a common phenomenon in the west and India is not lagging behind. Through my paper, I will try to unpack the sensibilities of the Indian audience through a film like Qarib Qarib Single (Tanuja Chandra, 2017) which deals with a new domain of online dating in Hindi films. On the other hand, we have Her (Spike Jonze, 2013) which deals with the love and affection of a person with the operating system of a computer. Through, these two films, I delve deeper into the idea of love in the contemporary times which looks at the films of different cultural dynamics. Therefore, this paper tries to assess love in the times of technological transformation.