Directed by veteran Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur (“Elizabeth”), “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” follows documentary-maker and dating app addict Zoe (Lily James), for whom swiping right has only delivered an endless stream of Mr Wrongs, to her eccentric mother Cath’s (Emma Thompson) dismay. For Zoe’s childhood friend and neighbor Kaz (Shazad Latif), the answer is to follow his parents’ example and opt for an arranged (or “assisted”) marriage to a bright and beautiful bride from Pakistan. As Zoe films Kaz’s journey from London to Lahore to marry a stranger, chosen by his parents, she begins to wonder if she might have something to learn from a profoundly different approach to finding love.
The film is written and co-produced by Jemima Khan and her Instinct Productions.
Jemima executive produced the EMMY-nominated HBO/ Sky Atlantic docuseries THE CASE AGAINST ADNAN SYED and the award-winning docuseries THE CLINTON AFFAIR for A&E Networks, as well as the BAFTA-nominated documentary film WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS by Alex Gibney and the GOLDEN GLOBES nominated 10-part drama series IMPEACHMENT, for Ryan Murphy’s FX American Crime Story anthology.