Hola Shadi Season.
Hello,
How are you guys?
It’s been a while since I wrote something on my blog, was tied up with a few things here and there
but mostly wedding festivities of few of my family friends. Holiday season has
officially begun and in India this season is less about Christmas and Happy
Holidays but it’s more of a wedding season. Weddings are lined up during this
season due to several reasons, number one of course holidays, then weather
conditions, season’s best and fresh produces are available and the list is
endless.
When we attend weddings we obviously want to look our best,
we go best outfit hunting to jewelry shopping to that matching shoes and
clutches. It’s like another reason for all us girls to shop but don’t we all go
to the designer stores or our local masterji with references, and where are
those references from?? Clearly from our Bollywood films.
Bollywood films have celebrated wedding in much more
grandeur than any other festivals. Either the film has given us full on beat
songs to tap on the sangeet ceremonies with our friends and families or maybe
that perfect lehenga color inspiration and if nothing else then maybe it helps
one decide the perfect D-day destination and the magnificent set up. Now days
the wedding is captured not just as a video but, it’s captured and edited in a
way to make a real style Bollywood inspired films. Don’t we all see those
wedding films on our facebook feeds and why not someday we all wanted to be
heroes of our life so what better than shadi to celebrate that.
Here is the list of top 5 films of recent times that took
Indian shadis to a whole new level and surely gave us some serious goals for
our own weddings.
The super hit film not only gave
us some major travel goals but also made all girls go wow with the second half
of the film with the idea of modern destination wedding in the backdrop of
traditional palaces and lakes and not to forget those fabulous outfits Kalki adorned as
a bride and Deepika as a bridesmaid. From those stunning lehengas to suits to saris to sharara, we loved them all. Uff and weren’t all the girls
crushing on Ranbir Kapoor for the Badtameez Dil performance in that Black suit
and that flashy silver sequinced pathani for Dilliwali girlfriend. So this film
is almost like a checklist before planning any wedding be it the songs for
those performances or the destination and also most importantly the outfits.
2. Aisha.
The film didn’t far well with box office
collections and critics, but all the girls including me loved the film for the
styling and fashion bit of the film. The girl gang game was surely strong in
the film. Movie begins with Sonam in that perfect lilac lehenga she is wearing
for her masi’s wedding and the setup is picturesque in an open farm house of
Delhi and obviously movie ends with a wedding as well. It’s a traditional Mallu
style shadi set up where all the girls are dressed up in those beautiful white
and gold saris with gajras and traditional jewelry. Loved their foot tapping on
Gal mithi mithi bol.
3. 2 States.
The film celebrates the beauty of traditional weddings and a union of two
companions that belong to different religions, their love, their struggle and
finally their marriage. There are two weddings in the film. One of Arjun's cousin which surely teaches
us the lesson of no dowry and captures the funny aspect of those big fat Punjabi
Indian weddings and the dance performance of Alia and Arjun on Iski Uski was
fun. The second wedding of our hero and heroine is scenic with a beautiful temple in Chennai and that
early morning sun. Its a marriage of Punjabi and Tamilian cultures. Alia’s red
bridal outfit with all the traditional kanchipuram silk and gold borders was breath taking
and our groom was no less first in the sherwani and loved the moment when he
changes into the traditional silk kurta and lungi.
4.English Vinglish.
I know you’ll might be wondering why English Vinglish there is not much
of wedding scenes happening in the film but I loved the film the way it
captures the essence of traditions or Marathi “Lagna” in New York. Very few
films have captured the traditions of Marathi film and this one was outstanding.
From the journey of Ladoo maker in Pune to being an entrepreneur in NYC, didn’t
we all enjoyed this fun journey created by Gauri Shinde. The wedding setup has
been done in their backyard and loved the display of colors in the song Navrai
maajhi laadachi the conventional Marathi song. Sridevi looked beyond words in
that simple Red sari and that braid with the jewelry and those green glass
choodiyaan. Simplicity was at it’s best in this one.
5.Hasee Toh Phasee.
This movie from beginning to end was all about weddings. From Sid meeting
his love at a wedding to the present times where the essence of shadi is
captured realistically from a week to go for the wedding. The typical mix of
funny and weird relatives and guests to a patent tantrum pregnant bhabhi to helpful
friends to that one wedding mad house where things get lost to countless
wedding functions. It was an insight to a typical Indian shadi with a twist of
Bollywood tadka and how much we loved that song where Parineeti, the gujju chokri
in yellow lehenga sans the heavy make up and Punjabi munda in Red blue
embroidered Kurta and salwar. LOVE…
So guys Happy
wedding holidays full filmy style and stay tuned because this Wednesday I’ll be sharing some fun pictures from the weddings I attended and also some cool shaadi outfit inspiration.
See you and have a great week ahead.
Love,
Cine Closet.
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