#Indian wedding movie

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5 Reasons to Watch Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil: Kerala's Craziest Wedding Comedy 😂

Loved "Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil"? Share your thoughts and favorite moments in the comments below! 👇

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First ever gay couple (Melinda Angel and Danika Marquez) to get married in Curaçao on July 27th 2024, after the official legalization of same-sex marriage on July 12th 2024.

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One Dress a Day Challenge

June: Weddings

Jodhaa Akbar / Aishwarya Rai as Princess Jodhaa and Hrithik Roshan as Emperor Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar

Time for some gorgeous costumes from two of my "comfort characters"!

As far as I can tell, they go through both a Hindu wedding ceremony and a Muslim one. I assume the mask of flowers and beads that the emperor wears is a traditional thing, although I wasn't able to find much information about it--partly because I don't know what it's called. Can anyone tell me more? (ETA: Thank you, @celestesinsight, for letting me know that it's called a shehra!)

It's hard to say which outfit is more lavish, although Jodhaa clearly wins in the jewelry department. She even has ankle bracelets and toe rings! Her fingers and feet are dyed with a red substance called alta.

P.S. The movie is back on Netflix, yay!

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My gf and I went to see the gay romcom "A Nice Indian Boy"

There were like eight people in our theater and yet there was lots of laughter

We had a great time. Really sweet, heartfelt movie. Excellent rotten tomato score. The gays (and the rest of us) deserve!!

We knew the lead, Karan Soni, from this one episode of Brooklyn 99 where he stole the show ("The Honeypot"....if you know, you know) and very happy to see him have a starring vehicle

It was only in one theater in our area and they had limited showings but if it's still in your area, I recommend going to see it before it vanishes!

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People say -with reason- that Bride & Prejudice's Darcy is very undarcy-like, and it's one of the reasons why I think it is a shame that the song Arrogance, Pride, and Vanity didn't make it into the movie, because it's like

*Lalita vents a grievance or prejudice she has against Darcy*

*Darcy repeats in different ways that the "screw the light bulb, pet the dog" line was A JOKE and that several days later he's still hung up on how she missed the point*

And that's so very "my good opinion once lost is lost forever" of him.

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I watched 5 Weddings (2018) and it was so good 🥺

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Vivah: The Pisces-Cancer Energy is High

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Let’s talk about Sooraj Barjatya’s Vivah.

Poonam is a traditional young woman set to marry Prem, a groom chosen by her uncle. Poonam and Prem's faith and love are tested however, when an accident occurs that alters Poonam’s life.

I’ll be honest. This may be the first movie in the new blog format that has a short and mainly positive review. I grew up watching this movie, and it has remained one of my favorites as I have gotten older.

The pacing of the film’s plot is consistent. It doesn’t feel too fast or too slow; all the scenes are in the movie for a purpose.

The plot is also very family-focused, its message laced with the importance of tradition and responsibility. These ideas are to be expected from Barjatya’s film as it’s not the first time he’s presented them to an audience (see Maine Pyar Kiya, Hum Aapke Hain Koun, and Hum Saath Saath Hain for reference).

If I had to be nitpicky (just to play devil’s advocate), I would say the film at times gets a tad preachy with its dialogue about family values between in-laws. I think it reached a peak for me when Prem’s father comes to the hospital to support Poonam’s family and says something along the lines of, “We are family now. We need to stick together.” That line, and many others, come across as speaking more towards the audience than to the characters themselves. But I digress, mainly because the film does its best to not be boring (especially with the twist at the end). Some of my absolute favorite moments in the film are:

When Prem starts imagining that everyone on the plane is some iteration of Poonam

The sindoor scene between Prem and Poonam in the hospital

The soundtrack, composed by Ravindra Jain, is memorable but a tad monotonous. I loved the pairing of Udit Narayan and Shreya Ghoshal’s voices, but I wished there were more upbeat songs between them (I guess we got Milan Abhi Adha Adhura Hai, but it’s still a bit slow at times). My favorite songs from this movie are:

Hamari Shaadi Mein

Tere Dware Pe Aai Baraat

Do Anjaane Ajnabi

The movie is 167 minutes long (2 hours and 47 minutes). Stream it with subtitles here, grab a snack, and enjoy!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments!

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The Parallel

Jaanus got the ending Aashiqs also deserved.

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'My Scary Indian Wedding' is a short film that blends Indian astrology with spooky thrills as a cursed app unleashes a deadly demon on unsuspecting brides-to-be.

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Teri Kudmayi ke dinn aa Gaye...

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Coeli's Picks: Weddings, part 1 (Indian Film Edition)

One Dress a Day Challenge

June: Weddings

Indian movies do love their wedding scenes! Here are some more terrific costume examples, in order from the oldest film to the newest. Lots of good men's costumes in this batch.

Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994) / Madhuri Dixit as Nisha Choudhury

Devdas (2002) / Madhuri Dixit as Chandramukhi

Mujhse Dosti Karoge! (2002) / Hrithik Roshan as Raj Khanna

Bride and Prejudice (2004) / Namrata Shirodkar as Jaya Bakshi and Naveen Andrews as Balraj (top); Martin Henderson as Will Darcy and Aishwarya Rai as Lalita Bakshi (bottom)

(Okay, this one isn't technically an Indian movie, being an international co-production. But it definitely belongs with the Indian movies costume-wise.)

Vivah (2006) / Shahid Kapoor as Prem 'Bholu' and Amrita Rao as Poonam 'Bitto'

Rockstar (2011) / Nargis Fakhri as Heer Kaul

2 States (2014) / Alia Bhatt as Ananya Swaminathan

Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015) / Salman Khan as Prem Dilwale (or maybe Yuvraj Vijay Singh; he plays a double role and I'm not sure which this is!)

Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety (2018) / Sunny Nijar as Titu Sharma 

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watching americans play out what they think is an indian wedding is so painful