India, May 21 -- If one digs deep into different aspects of love and marriages in India, one will come across some startling intimate accounts of how conventional practices continue to be hurdles for Indian couples. Coming close on the heels of same sex couples, age disparity too is a strong one especially when viewed through the prism of hierarchy. So an older man marrying a younger woman is 'normal' but a younger man marrying an older woman is a taboo. Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas were the recent targets of this orthodox mentality. Religion, especially given the bogey of Love Jihad, is another narrative bound to arouse strong emotions.

Bengali filmmaker Ranjan Ghosh's recent drama Ahaa Re, a 'most delicious love story,' accordi...