Shaadi Archives

Checking on Bitoo and Shruti, Nine Years After Band Baaja Baaraat

We managed to get hold of Bitoo Sharma and Shruti Kakkar’s marriage counsellor, who, on the condition of anonymity, agreed to spill the beans on the couple’s life post the end-credits of Band Baaja Baaraat.

Jackie Thakkar July 23, 2016

Features

Parents Know Best? How OKCupid Taught Me that True Love is to #FindMyKind

My quarter-life crisis began when my parents started to drop subtle hints about getting married. They want a prospective son-in law with an MBA, and I want shared interests, hobbies, passions — the things that make for time worth spending together.

Arré Bench July 4, 2016

Bollywood

Ranveer Singh: Making Femininity Manly Again

How many Indian men can so lightly embody the many contradictions of Ranveer Singh? In our determinedly binary society, his love of lehengas on anyone else might have garnered epithets of “sissy” or “hijra”. But then, as his infamous t-shirt once declared, Ranveer always makes one thing abundantly clear: he’s got no fucks to give.

Kahini Iyer June 15, 2016

Bollywood

What Do Ranveer and Deepika Have that Virushka, Nickyanka, & Sonam-Anand Don’t?

The Ranveer Singh-Deepika Padukone romance, captured in heartfelt confessions, mushy Instagram comments, and photos so sweet that they make singletons burst into tears, feels strikingly genuine in an industry where, dating is often used as a PR strategy.

Kahini Iyer May 24, 2016

POV

What My Stuttering Taught Me About Disabilities and Arranged Marriage

I grew up receiving the best of education, surrounded by the most loving friends and family and never being treated as “different” because of my speech impediment. But ever since I entered the “shaadi ki umar ho gaye hai” phase, my stammering has been viewed as an imperfection.

Umaima Saeed April 26, 2016

Culture

Tam Brahm Weddings: The Holy Union of Boredom and Bananas

We live in a time when the nation has joyfully adopted Karan Johar’s vision of the ultimate shaadi. But when everyone else has boarded the party bus, the Tam Brahm prefers endless agarbatti-fuelled ceremonies, Bharatnatyam, and a lunch of rice and sambar.

Kahini Iyer March 24, 2016