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Get ready to walk down the aisle with the release of WEDDING SEASON, on Netflix now! Featuring a new song from Natania Lalwani. Full of warmth, love and laughter– this is one you will want to see! It makes for a fun, light-hearted girls night chick flick.

Pressured by their parents to find spouses, Asha (Pallavi Sharda) and Ravi (Suraj Sharma) pretend to date in order to survive a summer of weddings— but find themselves falling for each other as they struggle to balance who they are with who their parents want them to be.

Wedding Season. Veena Sood as Suneeta, Rizwan Manji as Vijay, Manoj Sood as Dinesh, Sonia Dhillon Tully as Veena in Wedding Season. Cr. Ken Woroner/Netflix © 2022.

It is a story that deals with the human struggles and triumphs of love, family, career, empathy, societal pressure, purpose and sense of self, through the eyes of the south Asian American community.

From director Tom Dey (Failure to Launch, Shanghai Noon), WEDDING SEASON is produced by Swati Shetty, Tony Hernandez, John Hodges with Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Jake Fuller, Matt Code, Ryan M. Murphy, John Rhodes serving as Executive Producers and features an amazing cast from around the world of stage and screen, including Pallavi Sharda, Suraj Sharma, Arianna Afsar, Sean Kleier, Veena Sood, Manoj Sood, Sonia Dhillon Tully, Damian Thompson, Ruth Goodwin, Ronica Sajnani, Julius Cho and Rizwan Manji.

Wedding Season. Suraj Sharma as Ravi, Ari Afsar as Priya, Pallavi Sharda as Asha in Wedding Season. Cr. Ken Woroner/Netflix © 2022.

After breaking off her engagement, leaving a successful banking career behind in the city, and moving to New Jersey for a fresh start, Asha (Pallavi Sharda) couldn’t feel more alive. Her mother, on the other hand, thinks that her oldest daughter is about to miss a lifetime of happiness if she doesn’t take her focus away from her new startup job and place it on finding a husband instead. Taking matters into her own hands, Asha’s mother creates an online dating profile in order to set Asha up with a “perfect” match. Enter Ravi (Suraj Sharma) — or rather Ravi’s parents — who have the exact same idea for their son.

Wedding Season. Suraj Sharma as Ravi, Pallavi Sharda as Asha in Wedding Season. Cr. Ken Woroner/Netflix © 2022.

Asha and Ravi’s reluctant first date is a bust, and they quickly discover that each is in a seemingly different place in their life right now. After realizing her mother is relentless and will not give up, Asha proposes a plan to Ravi that would be a win-win for both: a pretend relationship to be each other’s date to get through the upcoming wedding season. Through countless invitations, dances and dresses in the next three months, Asha and Ravi slowly come to find that they might have more in common than they think. Maybe their parents were onto something after all.

So do they end up together? Well, you will just have to go watch and find out! Wedding Season is on Netflix now!

Arlo the Alligator Boy is now on Netflix!

By Erin

Netflix has been my go to lately for watching new shows and movies. They have been creating some amazing content that is great for adults and children alike. Arlo the Alligator Boy is a cute one with some catchy songs and a great message that the whole family will love.

About the Film

Upon learning that he is from New York City, Arlo, a wide-eyed boy who is half human and half alligator, decides to leave his sheltered life in the swamp and search for his long lost father. The animated musical movie, Arlo the Alligator Boy, will launch Arlo’s journey as he meets a group of misfits who quickly become his new family. Once Arlo’s adventure lands him in New York City, the series, I ❤️️Arlo, will kick off as he and his newfound crew set up shop in an abandoned seaside neighborhood and help bring it back to life.

The movie is recommended for kids 7 years and older, but I think smaller kids will enjoy it as well, as the songs are very catchy. My 2 year old niece is singing ALL the songs she hears in movies right now, including movement the characters make while singing. It is the cutest thing. Currently her favorite is “Let it Go” form Frozen. I can totally see her singing these songs and moving to the beat as Arlo and his friends sing. I really liked the songs and I am sure kids will enjoy them as well as the story of the half alligator half boy character.

This film serves as the launch pad for the upcoming I Heart Arlo series on Netflix, so we will get to see a lot more of Arlo in the near future!

Virtual Roundtable with the Cast

This past week I participated in a virtual roundtable for Arlo the Alligator Boy. In attendance were Michael J. Woodard (“Arlo,” former contestant on Season 16 of American Idol), Mary Lambert (“Bertie,” Grammy-nominated for her collaboration on “Same Love” with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis), Ryan Crego (director & EP, story artist on Puss in Boots, Kung Fu Panda 2 and more).

We each asked one question. I asked Michael and Mary what they were most proud of about creating this film.

Michael jumped in and told us he was most proud of the social impact that it’s going to have on a lot of children and the world.

“I think this movie translates to people young and old. There’s a lesson inside of it for all ages. I can’t wait to see the impact it has on such young kids. The songs are catchy and the animation makes a young one want to watch it over and over again. The fact they are learning life changing lessons is something I am so proud of. Me Ryan and Mary, and the whole crew really accomplished that. I can’t wait for that. Also the joy its going to bring, I am a huge stickler for positive content. Especially in the age and time we all exist in now. It is important to have content like this. I can’t wait for it to put a smile on so many peoples faces and am so happy to be a part of that.”

Mary is so excited and proud for people to hear the music and her favorite thing is hearing kids sing her songs. She’s always wanted to have a little girl princess coming up to her singing “Let it Go” (I think Mary needs to watch my niece! lol 😉 ) “I’m really excited for little kids to sing “Follow Me Home” or “Better Together” and the messaging of the whole film and how people respond to the music.”

Well Mary & Michael, I think you will have TONS of kids smiling, including my little niece, singing and dancing in their princess outfits to your songs! <3

Arlo the Alligator Boy is a sweet, joyful, animated musical you will want to watch with the family this weekend on Netflix!