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Love after Indian Matchmaking: where is the Netflix cast now? With season 2 now streaming, we look at Pradhyuman Maloo, Shital Patel, Nadia Jagessar and Akshay Jakhete’s 2022 romances …

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Shital Patel, Akshay Jakhete, Nadia Jagessar and Pradhyuman Maloo all star in Netflix’s Indian Matchmaking. Photos: @therealshitalpatel, @akshayjakheteofficial, @nadiajagessar, @pradhyum.m/Instagram
Shital Patel, Akshay Jakhete, Nadia Jagessar and Pradhyuman Maloo all star in Netflix’s Indian Matchmaking. Photos: @therealshitalpatel, @akshayjakheteofficial, @nadiajagessar, @pradhyum.m/Instagram
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  • With the success of Netflix’s Love is Blind and Too Hot to Handle reality dating shows, the streaming giant launched Indian Matchmaking in 2020, hosted by Sima Taparia
  • The Mumbai-based matchmaker uses astrology, life coaches and face readers to pair contestants – but is Pradhyuman Maloo really married to Ashima Chauhan now?

Netflix has released many dating shows over the years, including Love is Blind, Too Hot to Handle and Single’s Inferno, with viewers watching romances blossom on screen from the comfort of their sofas. Indian Matchmaking, however, unlike the other shows, turns away from social experiments and instead uses traditional methods to find its contestants the “perfect match”.

The show was created by Mumbai-based Sima Taparia, a professional matchmaker who helps South Asian singles find compatible partners through the use of face readers, astrology and life coaches. The first season aired in 2020, which saw rave reviews, and considering it was during Covid-19 lockdowns, many fans even binged it in basically one sitting. The second season released earlier this month.

Jewellery designer, Pradhyuman Maloo, who has high standards for who he wants to marry, seen in the reality show Indian Matchmaking. Photo: Netflix
Jewellery designer, Pradhyuman Maloo, who has high standards for who he wants to marry, seen in the reality show Indian Matchmaking. Photo: Netflix
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So, what have some of the cast members been up to since – and have they found love yet?

1. Nadia Jagessar

Nadia Jagessar won the hearts of multiple men on Indian Matchmaking. Photo: @nadiajagessar/Instagram
Nadia Jagessar won the hearts of multiple men on Indian Matchmaking. Photo: @nadiajagessar/Instagram

In season one, viewers are introduced to the beautiful Nadia Jagessar, who goes on a date with Shekar Jayaraman, a sweet-natured lawyer from Chicago. They continue to meet each other throughout the debut season, with Jagessar even considering his wedding proposal. But the brunette bombshell ends up hitting it off with another man, Vishal Kalyanasundaram, who later breaks up with her due to lack of romantic connection.

Nadia Jagessar and Shekhar Jayaraman went on multiple dates. Photo: @suchin545/Twitter
Nadia Jagessar and Shekhar Jayaraman went on multiple dates. Photo: @suchin545/Twitter

After taking several months off from dating., she told the Los Angeles Times, “I’ve actually met some really great people. I think going into dating much more mindfully has helped bring me men who are more aligned with what I’m looking for.” A sign that she’s still on the lookout for love!

2. Pradhyuman Maloo

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