{"id":10022,"date":"2023-07-27T14:33:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T18:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/?p=10022"},"modified":"2025-06-08T05:50:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T09:50:43","slug":"ball-and-chain-aka-the-arrangement2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/ball-and-chain-aka-the-arrangement2004\/","title":{"rendered":"Ball and Chain (aka The Arrangement)(2004)"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Genre<\/strong>:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/genre\/comedy\/\" title=\"View all posts in Comedy\" target=\"_self\">Comedy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/genre\/drama\/\" title=\"View all posts in Drama\" target=\"_self\">Drama<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/genre\/romance\/\" title=\"View all posts in Romance\" target=\"_self\">Romance<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Year<\/strong>:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/year\/2004\/\" title=\"View 2004\"  target=\"_self\">2004<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>MPAA Rated:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>PG-13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Viewer Rating:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><span id=\"post-ratings-10022\" class=\"post-ratings\" data-nonce=\"a0a1cd134c\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_10022_1\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"1 Star\" title=\"1 Star\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(10022, 1, '1 Star');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_10022_2\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"2 Stars\" title=\"2 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(10022, 2, '2 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_10022_3\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"3 Stars\" title=\"3 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(10022, 3, '3 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_10022_4\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"4 Stars\" title=\"4 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(10022, 4, '4 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_10022_5\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"5 Stars\" title=\"5 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(10022, 5, '5 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/> (No Ratings Yet)<br \/><span class=\"post-ratings-text\" id=\"ratings_10022_text\"><\/span><\/span><span id=\"post-ratings-10022-loading\" class=\"post-ratings-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" class=\"post-ratings-image\" \/>Loading...<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>IMDB Rating:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>4.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>Can&#8217;t arrange the love? Arrange the wedding!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ball and Chain (also known as The Arrangement)<\/strong> is a romantic comedy directed by <strong>Shiraz Jafri<\/strong>. The film centers around Ameet and Saima, two second-generation Indian-Americans whose families arrange their marriage. Initially, both are determined to stop the wedding, but in the process, they unexpectedly fall in love with each other. However, complications arise when Saima\u2019s parents promise her hand to a sleazy playboy named Ashol.<\/p>\n<p>The movie explores themes of cultural clash, family expectations, and the humorous side of arranged marriages.\u00a0It stars <strong>Sunil Malhotra<\/strong> as Ameet and <strong>Lisa Ray<\/strong> as Saima, with supporting roles by <strong>Kal Penn<\/strong> and <strong>Purva Bedi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Watch online for free<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/video\/detail\/B00OM22PDW\/?autoplay=1&amp;t=0\">Freevee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/watch.plex.tv\/movie\/ball-and-chain?autoplay=1\">Plex<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pluto.tv\/en\/on-demand\/movies\/5e2f27d7d2db1b3291c504cb\">Pluto<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/therokuchannel.roku.com\/details\/610681b6375553cfa42fbf53e1d568b0\/ball-and-chain\">Roku<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can&#8217;t arrange the love? Arrange the wedding!<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere in the middle of Texas, Ameet (Sunil Malhotra) and Saima (Lisa Ray) have a problem. They were perfectly happy avoiding each other until their parents set them up to get married. The reluctant couple decide to do whatever it takes to break off the engagement. After some very embarrassing efforts, they finally succeed in getting their parents to call off the wedding, only to realize they have another problem, they&#8217;re in love! Meanwhile, Saima&#8217;s father (Asrani), deciding that she&#8217;s passed her expiration date, promises her to Ashol (Ismail Bashey)- a sleazy playboy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3,14],"tags":[56],"class_list":["post-10022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comedy","category-drama","category-romance","tag-56","wpcat-7-id","wpcat-3-id","wpcat-14-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10022"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10925,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10022\/revisions\/10925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}