Tying the (k)not…

Jason and Shria’s upcoming wedding is already under threat.

- SANUSHA SHAMDUTT

“Jason and Shria are at two places at once. They both want to make each other happy, but their problem is failing communication,” explains Byron McNeil, whose character Jason is in a tough spot with his fiancée Shria (Kajal Maharaj). “Neither knows of the sacrifices that the other is willing to make. At the moment, all they’re trying to do is make each other happy while also pleasing their families – and no one is actually all that happy.”

TROUBLING TRADITION

Jason and Shria consult a brahmin, an Indian priest, who tells them that their marriage will spell disaster. “I won’t say what disaster awaits if they get married, but what I can say is that for the audience, this is a teachable moment around customs and beliefs, and also following your heart and that sometimes we have the ability of thinking things into existence,” explains Byron.

With that warning in mind, Shira’s mother