Top 5 favourite Bollywood Shaadis

Indian films and Indian Weddings belong to the same creed. Both are all about fun, glamour, gossip, families and a lot of dhoom-dhadaka. In a country obsessed by films and festivities, it’s hard to tell whether the movies inspire the real weddings or the real ones generate the ideas for the reel ones. Here are few films who were all about Indian weddings and immortalised Bollywood Shaadis through their portrayal. 
1. Hum Aapke Hai Kaun
This was a film that changed Indian marriages forever. Sooraj Barjatya's (Rajshri films, who else) HAHK, showcased every ritual or ceremony associated with an Indian wedding. Often criticised as a wedding documentary by critics, the film was a colourful, musical celebration of marriage.
 

2. Vivah
The Rajshri banner is unarguably the king when it comes to on-screen Indian wedding movies. This movie was an idealist take about love and commitment in a marriage. The film brought back the charm of old-fashioned Shaadis, with no 'chat mangni-pat byahs' making the period of waiting so adorable and romantic for the betrothed couple. The film also highlights the point that a wedding is not only a union of two people but of two families also. 

 

3. Monsoon Wedding
Mira Nair's brilliant take on the Indian weddings was both a commercial and critical success. The portrayal of a modern day arranged marriage in upper middle class Delhi family poked fun at the confusion of a society caught between the traditional and the modern. A satire on the big-fat Indian weddings, the film has memorable characters, funny situations and above all the ever-threatening monsoon.
 
4. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

The fact that this movie is still playing in a certain theatre even after 16years of its release simply highlights its success and impact. There is no doubt that Raj and Simran are the most loved romantic characters of Bollywood. The film details their mesmerizing love story while all the rituals of a traditional Punjabi wedding including sangeet, karva-chauth and mehendi go on in the backdrop.

 

5. Bride and Prejudice
A desi adaptation of the Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice, Gurinder Chaddha's B&P (or Balle-Balle Amritsar to LA) brought east and west together. The film brought out all the colours of a typical modern big-fat Indian wedding, right from the bride-shopping NRI grooms to the desperate mothers trying to get their daughters married off as soon as possible.