Big Fat Indian Wedding

An average Indian spends about $15,000, or Rs 12 lakh, per wedding. For perspective, that's three times the annual household income of Rs 4 lakh for an average Indian family, and around five times the per capita GDP of $2,900.

JoinMyWedding charges tourists Rs 12,488 per person to witness one day of the nuptials ($US250 or Rs 20,814 for two days).

Created by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti, Made In Heaven 2, the second season of the series which premiered in 2019, is set to release on Amazon Prime Video on August 10. The series features Sobhita Dhulipala and Arjun Mathur in the lead roles, playing two best friends turned wedding planners navigating the world of big fat Indian weddings while deal...

Zoya Akhtar unveiled the first poster of the upcoming second season of Made in Heaven. Co-created by Akhtar and Reema Kagti, the official release date of the second season is still awaited, but it will premiere on Amazon Prime Video. Made In Heaven is a story of two wedding planners in Delhi, where tradition jostles with modern aspirations against ...

Indian weddings are a big and elaborate affair. During the celebrations, the thumping beats of dhol are so energetic that hardly anyone can resist shaking a leg to it. Now, a South Korean groom too got a taste of a big fat Indian wedding.

The photo shows plates, which seem to have been discarded, still having plenty of food left on them while bowls are also seen filled with sweets.

"I wasn't planning a big fat Indian wedding. It was just going to be something pretty and simple," said the actress

Weddings in India are famously lavish -- lasting days and with hundreds if not thousands of guests -- but this season many families are cutting costs even if it risks their social standing.

It was a starry night in Mumbai with yet another big fat Indian wedding. Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta married at a hotel in Mumbai. The dinner was hosted at the Jio World Centre in Bandra Kurla Complex. Akash is the son of Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani, while Shloka is the daughter of diamond magn...

Made in Heaven, Amazon’s newest original series out now on Amazon Prime Video, is about the personal and professional lives of two wedding planners in Delhi, India. Gully Boy makers Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti are the creators.

With Isha Ambani - daughter of India's richest man Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani - set to marry industrialist Anand Piramal on December 12, pre-wedding festivities have begun with feasts, singing and dancing, and rituals.

From running after designer lehngas to stealing the groom's shoes, Indian weddings are a big fat, fun and laughter filled affair.

Everyone knows most big fat Indian (or otherwise) weddings are all about food, dance (including specially choreographed performances), and over all fun, aside from the actual ceremony. So it's surprising how many videos of brides shaking a leg at their own weddings go insanely viral every now and then. A video of a bride dancing at her wedding is c...

Weddings in India are a celebration of community - there's a reason why the term 'big fat Indian wedding' is so popular and so apt. So has the scrapping of 500 and 1,000 rupee notes announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8 made an impact on the wedding scene in India?

With demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes resulting into a temporary shortage of cash in the country, the big fat Indian wedding season has turned into a nightmare for both traders and families.

An average Indian spends about $15,000, or Rs 12 lakh, per wedding. For perspective, that's three times the annual household income of Rs 4 lakh for an average Indian family, and around five times the per capita GDP of $2,900.

JoinMyWedding charges tourists Rs 12,488 per person to witness one day of the nuptials ($US250 or Rs 20,814 for two days).

Created by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti, Made In Heaven 2, the second season of the series which premiered in 2019, is set to release on Amazon Prime Video on August 10. The series features Sobhita Dhulipala and Arjun Mathur in the lead roles, playing two best friends turned wedding planners navigating the world of big fat Indian weddings while deal...

Zoya Akhtar unveiled the first poster of the upcoming second season of Made in Heaven. Co-created by Akhtar and Reema Kagti, the official release date of the second season is still awaited, but it will premiere on Amazon Prime Video. Made In Heaven is a story of two wedding planners in Delhi, where tradition jostles with modern aspirations against ...

Indian weddings are a big and elaborate affair. During the celebrations, the thumping beats of dhol are so energetic that hardly anyone can resist shaking a leg to it. Now, a South Korean groom too got a taste of a big fat Indian wedding.

The photo shows plates, which seem to have been discarded, still having plenty of food left on them while bowls are also seen filled with sweets.

"I wasn't planning a big fat Indian wedding. It was just going to be something pretty and simple," said the actress

Weddings in India are famously lavish -- lasting days and with hundreds if not thousands of guests -- but this season many families are cutting costs even if it risks their social standing.

It was a starry night in Mumbai with yet another big fat Indian wedding. Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta married at a hotel in Mumbai. The dinner was hosted at the Jio World Centre in Bandra Kurla Complex. Akash is the son of Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani, while Shloka is the daughter of diamond magn...

Made in Heaven, Amazon’s newest original series out now on Amazon Prime Video, is about the personal and professional lives of two wedding planners in Delhi, India. Gully Boy makers Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti are the creators.

With Isha Ambani - daughter of India's richest man Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani - set to marry industrialist Anand Piramal on December 12, pre-wedding festivities have begun with feasts, singing and dancing, and rituals.

From running after designer lehngas to stealing the groom's shoes, Indian weddings are a big fat, fun and laughter filled affair.

Everyone knows most big fat Indian (or otherwise) weddings are all about food, dance (including specially choreographed performances), and over all fun, aside from the actual ceremony. So it's surprising how many videos of brides shaking a leg at their own weddings go insanely viral every now and then. A video of a bride dancing at her wedding is c...

Weddings in India are a celebration of community - there's a reason why the term 'big fat Indian wedding' is so popular and so apt. So has the scrapping of 500 and 1,000 rupee notes announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8 made an impact on the wedding scene in India?

With demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes resulting into a temporary shortage of cash in the country, the big fat Indian wedding season has turned into a nightmare for both traders and families.