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Young Indians surfing to find Akki look-alike hubbies

Updated on: 18 March,2009 10:24 AM IST  | 
Melissa D'costa |

Bharatmatrimony.com claims to make this fantasy a reality. The website has introduced Facial Search, a new tool that claims to help you zero-in on possible life partners who resemble famous celebrities you fantasise about. iTALK surfed to find out more

Young Indians surfing to find Akki look-alike hubbies

Bharatmatrimony.com claims to make this fantasy a reality. The website has introduced Facial Search, a new tool that claims to help you zero-in on possible life partners who resemble famous celebrities you fantasise about. iTALK surfed to find out more

So what if you can't marry a celeb, you can always go ahead and tie the knot with their look-alike.

Matchmaking site Bharatmatrimony.com promises to help you in this quest with their Facial Search tool.

Actor Akshay Kumar

How can you find a partner who looks like your fav celeb?
1) The user has to log onto the site and click on the search option.
2) This takes you to another Facial Search page.
3) Once you click on Facial Search it shows pictures of 10 famous celebs in the gender you have chosen.
4) Using complex image measurement algorithms facial dimensions are matched against the faces on Bharatmatrimony, and the results are then filtered, based on the religion and caste you select.

Our verdict on it
It's a gimmick. We don't think this tool works as the search string simply throws up pictures and names of people on the basis of the gender you have chosen. When we ran a search for look-alikes of actors Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham, the search threw up names and faces of guys who did not share any resemblanceu00a0 to the duo. The disclaimer on the site that says Facial Search is still in beta version, and is not assured to always produce appropriate results, is the only claim with any truth to it.

The purpose of introducing this particular tool was our desire to help people find their dream partner. While actor Akshay Kumar, music composer AR Rahman and Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra are the top three choices among women, actors Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Bipasha Basu and Priyanka Chopra are popular among men
Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO Bharatmatrimony Group


Physical attiributes should not be the only basis for picking a life partner

Varkha Chulani Clinical Psychologist and Psycho-therapist

When you try and find a partner on the basis of looks, you limit your options. Physical attributes should not be the basis for choosing a life partner. It's an important aspect because you should be attracted to your partner, but it should not be the driving reason. One of the main reasons why we tend to fantasise about celebs is because they are constantly in the limelight and have fame, success and money. They lead a lifestyle we can only dream about. However, we need to distinguish between reality and fantasy.u00a0 Having unrealistic expectations when it comes to physical attributes can only lead to disappointment since it's not possible to find all qualities in one individual.

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My life partner should look like...

Sushmita Sen

Shrinivas Venkataya works in the hospitality industry
Why? She is an intelligent and beautiful woman.

Angelina Jolie
Kiran D'Souza
Branch Manager with a financial firm
Why? Because she is very pretty.

Jude Law
Reena Carvalho
works with a media firm
Why? He looks good and has a sexy accent.




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