Indian Wedding Videos

Hello, Maharanis! The amazing planning team at Ambiance by Tejel is bringing us the most exciting Indian wedding today, and the talented folks at Wedding Documentary Photo + Cinema perfectly captured every moment of it! This dazzling celebration lasted three days, starting with a sangeet at Mayuri Restaurant (3:27)! R&R Event Rentals created gorgeous glittering decor for the party; we especially loved the curtain backdrop and umbrellas! The blushing Indian bride also wore a fabulous orange lengha from Vama Designs Indian Bridal Couture for the event! The sangeet at The Fairmont San Jose was a fun night full of spectacular performances and lovely decor from Shakor Decor (4:21)! The next day, it was back to The Fairmont San Jose for the ceremony and reception! At the reception, the Maharani and her Raja were able to thrill their guests with an incredible first dance performance, thanks to dance instructor Joya Kazi Unlimited (4:10)! Check out the video below to see it all!

Maharani Kriti on meeting her Raja:

"Amit and I knew it was love at first swipe when we both swiped right on Tinder that day. We had both just downloaded the application too! Can't get luckier than that. After he messaged me first, the conversation started awkwardly flowing since neither of us were very good at this online dating thing and I was terrified when I found out he was a doctor that maybe he knew my mom... turns out he did. He actually interned with her best friend at Kaiser Santa Clara. That was awkward. But he seemed nice and I was hungry and wanted a free meal so I agreed when he invited me to dinner on August 2nd. We met up at the Vintage Wine Bar first where I told him I was running late and showed up 2 minutes later with him nowhere to be seen because he was listening to the A's game in his car (such a romantic). He shows up, we awkwardly hug and sit down and in all my nervousness since it was my first online dating experience I asked him 'so why are you single? It couldn't have been a more hilariously awkward first date, especially when he took me to the one place in Santana Row I dislike with a passion - Pizza Antica. How do you eat pizza on a date gracefully? It's just not possible. I was so nervous I remember nothing about any of the conversation except that he talked about the 49ers for a while and was impressed by my very minimal knowledge of them.

After that first date, we met up for some casual dates after that where I was convinced he didn't have feelings for me and just wanted a friend. He even tried cooking for me (which included making ranch dressing from scratch which did not work) and ended up with me cooking the pasta for him. I didn't burn it! It took him forcing me to watch 3 scary movies (which I hate) to finally realize that I liked him and make a move. A month later he asked me to be his girlfriend in San Francisco on the Golden Gate Bridge - to which I said yes and then proceeded to realize I had left my wallet in the Uber and we went on a romantic expedition of find Kriti's wallet somewhere in SF. I think that's when he knew he loved me. I was still figuring it out. Hehehe"

On the ultra romantic proposal:

"It started with a Christmas Present from Amit - Taylor Swift Concert tickets with a coded note on the back that said:

'Dear Kriti,

Mary Christmas. Pack your bags. We are flying to ? On Saturday December 27th.

Love,

Amit'

Saturday morning comes around and Amit asks me for a list of the places I think we are going:

1) San Francisco

2) Napa

3) Seattle

4) Portland

5) San Diego

6) Las Vegas

I was so annoyed when the plane was stopped in LA, but that was just the layover! I was super stoked when Amit finally told me we were going to VEGAS!

Amit surprised me again by taking me to the Paris Hotel - which I had never stayed in before! We had a gorgeous view from our hotel room at night! We spent the day wandering around the strip, eating dim sum in the hotel, and grab drinks at the Cosmopolitan. I still had no idea that he's going to propose because he convinced me that he would do it in January.

Amit tells me to dress in a blue dress and keeps asking me to fix my makeup and jewelry (super offensive haha) - that set off alarm bells for me because he's typically very unhelpful with the girly stuff. But I was still convinced he would do it in January and just thought he'd been watching too much Bachelor. Plus he's normally pretty romantic like this (I bagged a good one)!

He took me to the Eiffel Tower Restaurant and even though they had a personalized menu, beautiful roses on the table, and a gorgeous view of the Bellagio fountains, I still had no clue!

They bring out a special dessert plate and then open it and it has the ring in an Eiffel Tower ring box surrounded by rose petals and Will You Marry Me written in chocolate! I started crying because there was no food on the plate and didn't stop through the entire proposal. Amit apparently did not hear me say yes when he asked me the question, but he put the ring on me anyway. It was incredibly romantic and he timed it just so the fountains would be going off in the background! Couldn't have asked for a better proposal.

And then we lived Happily Ever After as Mr. & Mrs. Saxena... lol no we did not elope in Vegas despite my repeated requests to do so. Amit even gave me another surprise with his parents and sister there to congratulate us at lunch in Vegas! That was really sweet and fun!"

On choosing a wedding theme:

"Oh gosh this is hard. Honestly my wedding theme changed SIGNIFICANTLY. I wanted really flowy drapes and glass and candles everywhere, but my parents wanted a traditional open mandap with tons of floral arrangements (which I did not care for). We managed to come to a middle group when we found a beautiful mandap arrangement courtesy of Fine Linen Creations and Terry was willing to work with us to add all the traditional elements my parents required. We had to include my nontraditional style though by hanging a mistletoe bouquet at the entrance so our bridal party had to blow each other kisses walking in haha!! The aisle arrangements were gorgeous as was the beautiful Ganesh and draping outside the wedding hall. De Young Flowers took care of all the floral and candles for this event. We wanted the colors to really contrast the reception colors so we went with red, magenta, and orange all mixed in with pops of green mistletoe for the x-mas feel.

My reception theme was always a Winter Wonderland one since it was during Christmas time. I really wanted to show off the manzanita centerpieces with beautiful white and blush pink florals and romantic candles. With the whole silver and blue and white theme, it was pretty easy to coordinate my vision! It was so lovely that the Fairmont was already decorated for Christmas and the beautiful lights in Christmas in the Park made for a really fun baraat and pre-reception shoot! We even got to sit on some of the rides for our pre-wedding shoot with our bridal party which was a highlight for all of us."

On her favorite part of wedding planning:

"The love from my friends and family! I truly had no idea how deeply some of these people cared about me and my loved ones. It was so moving to see such a large and diverse group come together, take care of us and of each other and make all of our dreams come true! We had some surprise performances and speeches that brought us to tears and gave us some of our best memories of the wedding!"

On choosing her wedding outfits:

"I went to almost every single wedding dress vendor in the Bay Area. After looking everywhere, I found 2 of my dream dresses right by me at Sagar Exclusive. Unfortunately they were both in red and I couldn't wear red for both the wedding and reception. Varsha Patel is a phenomenal designer and she worked with me to recreate one of the red anarkali lenghas into a blue and silver masterpiece that I wore in my reception! She customized it to make it sleeveless and very comfortable for me since I was really claustrophobic and it was absolutely perfect! I spent almost 2 months looking for a dress and the fact that I found both my dresses with her in one day amazed me. We ended up getting all my bridesmaids' clothing from her and almost all of my jewelry and other event outfits from her as well. Even the groomsmen and family outfits all came from Sagar Exclusive - they were wonderful to work with and made us feel like family!"

On the best moments of the wedding:

"There were too many to list here but these are definitely our highlights:

Playing the dhol with my husband and dad up on stage at the end of the night (thanks to Wicked Entertainment for trusting us with their instruments and letting us go wild)!

Our first dance was MAGICAL! Looking into my husband's eyes and forgetting the rest of the world was a glorious feeling. We relive this moment every day! But I will never let him live down the fact that he almost dropped me in our final dip (supposedly the dance floor was more slippery than the floors we had practiced on haha)

Cutting the cake I was so hungry instead of feeding it to Amit I started eating it myself until Vijay scolded me gently haha!! Poor husband.

My brother's speech made everyone in the reception tear up. He captured our entire romance so well and even managed to dig up a transcript of my Tinder messages with Amit and read our awkward initial conversation out loud! Oh my gosh we were so embarrassed, but it was really cute!

My Rajput Sangeet/Mehndi Ceremony decor done by R&R Event Rentals truly blew us all away! They went above and beyond all of our expectations! We fully intend to work with them for future events."

On their first dance songs:

"Oh gosh we had a mix because we simply couldn't choose. We really wanted to prank our families so we wanted to start out with a slow romantic song and incorporate something in English for our non-Indian friends, but then switch to something naughty that was way more suited to our personalities. We started with 'Jeena Jeena' and moved on to 'Tu Chahiye.' Next was 'Let's Get Married,' then 'Rukhmani Rukhmani' (omg the reactions were awesome) and finally 'Dil Bole Hadippa.' Our entire first dance was choreographed by Joya Kazi - she was fabulous to work with and we had such a blast learning this dance. We still do it today because it's so romantic!"

On her hair and makeup look:

"I picked Myrium Haye Shan to do my makeup - from Laenka by Myrium. Both her and Lin did a great job on both mine and my mom's hair and makeup for all three days! I let them wing it since I had faith in their work after our trials and my beautiful engagement shoot. Every look was absolutely flawless and I am very grateful for making me feel so lovely! My husband certainly appreciated it"

On the huge role her friends and family played:

"They helped out with everything and we could not have achieved this wedding without them! To give you some examples our friends and family: decorated our house, arranged for food for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day of the week for our guests at the home and hotel, coordinated transportation for all of our out of town guests (about 72 total), helped my bridesmaids get ready, helped my mom and I get ready, taught us how to conduct the ceremonies, negotiated with vendors with us, wrapped all of our return gifts, stored everything we did not have space for, and so much more! I really wish someone had told me earlier on in the planning to ask for help and not hesitate to take it!"

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Hello, Maharanis! Platinum Celebrations Inc. planned an ultra magical Indian wedding for today's adorable couple, and MaxPhoto NY perfectly captured every moment so we can enjoy it all! Mirror and You gave the Indian bride two gorgeous looks for the ceremony and reception; they also created the Maharani's mehndi (3:16) and even created a small design for the Indian groom (2:21)! Then it was time for the ceremony, for which House of Dipali decorated a magnificent mandap in gold, pale yellow, hot pink and crystals (4:39)! After that it was on to the reception at the ultra elegant catering hall The Sterling (7:15), which had incredible sparkling chandeliers and a painting on the ceiling! There was also a jeweled wedding cake from Cakes by Stefania (9:23) which was as resplendent as the amazing decor by Elegant Floral Design, so be sure to watch the video below to see every glittering detail!

Maharani Reshma on meeting her Raja and how she knew he was "the one":

"This is a true 'meant to be' story. I had reached a point in my life where I had given up on the search for the 'one.' I was sitting with my friend and I explained to her that I was contented with my life and whether love was in the cards for me or not, I was done looking for it. She agreed it's best not to even be looking but said before I gave up on the idea of love, she had one person in mind I should met. That is the first time the name Richie entered into my life. She said he was the male version of me and that she was thinking of the idea for awhile but didn't think the timing was right. But now it was and so on that faithful memorial weekend of 2012 we exchanged numbers and never looked back. Our first telephone conversation lasted 4 hours, it was a feeling of ease, belonging, friendship and excitement rolled into one. How I knew he was the one? it was actually on our very first date. My mom had passed in 2006 of breast cancer. I was extremely close to her and I am the 'baby' of the family. My other siblings by then were married and had families of their own. For her, knowing that she was going to be leaving me, her last spoken words was a wish for me to get married. She saw marriage for me as a way to make sure I would be okay; to be with someone to care and love me because she no longer would be here to do so. When my mom died, my family and I released her ashes into the water by a set of cliffs on Monroe Blvd in Long Beach. Although Richie and I were talking for few days and hours at a time, I hadn't disclosed anything of my mother's passing or any details of the aftermath. We had planned our first date for June 6th, dinner at a local restaurant. He pulled up to my house that day and as a ball of nervousness I walked towards this tall handsome fellow, smiling in such a warm way, I knew my heart was going to be in trouble. He proceeded to be a gentleman and opened the car door. As he opened the door, I saw the cutest teddy bear safely seat belted away. Once again, I thought, more 'danger' for my heart. We were early for our reservations so he asked if I wanted to go to the beach, he had bought a new camera and knew I lived close to it. I said sure and we were off. Nervous yet at ease we chit chatted non stop. Once there, he parked up and we made our way to the boardwalk. We spoke more about all things and everything. In the middle of the conversation, as the sun was setting, he pointed to a set of cliffs by the water and commented how beautiful it looked. He pulled out his camera and took a picture. It was only then, I took a minute to look around and see exactly where we stood. It was on Monroe Blvd and the cliffs he was pointing at were those that my moms ashes were placed. I held back my tears, for in that single moment, I knew that the guy I just laid eyes on a few minutes ago, was my mother's gift to me. From that day, I knew I had found my destiny and my husband."

On the romantic proposal:

"From our first date , we really never looked back. Our first date lasted into the next morning. Everything about our relationship was effortless. So we both knew that we wanted to be married. Coming from a very traditional and strict family, after a month of dating, he was introduced to my family. I had never even spoken about a boy, let alone brought one around my family. Although warned not to ask too many questions, my dad proceeded to tell Richie he didn't understand the notion of dating and when was he going to marry his daughter. I was mortified, but Richie took it with culture and humor. After that meeting, he privately told me he would marry me anytime. Keep in my mind, that was a month of dating. I knew he was the one on the first date, but I wasn't going to marry anyone so soon. So I told him the earliest I would even think about it is at least a year of dating. Fast forward to our first year anniversary, Richie told me that we were going to re-live our first date and since I complained at our lack of photo taking, he was going to ask his brother to met us along the date for a few photos. It was not red flag for me because he is incredibly romantic on a normal day, let alone our anniversary. We had also been looking at rings because I kept changing what I liked and whenever the day came, he didn't want to get it wrong. Whilst ring browsing, I had picked out a design and I knew it took months to be made. So I really wasn't expecting any sort or proposal anytime soon. So on our first year anniversary, he picked me up again and took me to our first date restaurant. We relived the past year and felt so incredibly happy and blessed. By then he knew of the significance of those cliffs and the meaning behind them. He actually still had that photo, which always reminded me of how cosmic was our meeting. After the restaurant, I was told we were going to go to the beach where we would exchange anniversary presents. We arrived there and to my surprise his brother Randy was waiting for us. He said that the photos were a part of my gift, I thought nothing of it, just how sweet it was. We proceeded to the beach. We starting taking some pictures by the ocean and cliffs. Did I mention he had seen the dresses I planned on wearing that weekend and matched his outfit to it (told you he was a romantic)? Everything made it be such a special day. At the end of the photo taking, he sat us down by those cliffs on Monroe and we exchanged our gifts. That went on for a while, because I always kid with Richie he should own stocks for Hallmark, as I usually get 4-6 cards on all occasions. After all the gifts and cards were read and exchanged, he said he had my final present. He handed me a box. A very heavy box. I opened it and it was a crystal plaque with a poem inscribed. He asked me to read the poem out loud. As I did, of course I started to tear up. The words spoke of unconditional love. As I got to the last line, through clouded eyes full of water, it read "I only have one question to ask you." As I stumbled through the sentence, I looked up. He was kneeling in front of me with the ring I had designed. I couldn't even answer him for a few minutes. I knew that for all these special moments that'd come into my life, my mother physically wouldn't be there for them. But to have had her last wishes answered by the nearest place to her soul, I was overwhelmed. He read my heart, of all the ways he could have asked me, this was the one way I could have the two biggest loves of my life together. When I finally answered it was a big YES! with the moments captured that made me never complain again about not having any photos."

On her wedding style:

"Before my wedding, I had been a part of many weddings, either as a bridesmaid or just a volunteer to help. I always loved the details, look and wonderment of weddings. So whenever it came time for mine, I was pretty sure I had it in the bag. Boy was I wrong!! I must of gone back and forth in just choosing the colors for the wedding a 100 times. Every day a new magazine or Google search. I ultimately decided I wanted something vibrant, colorful, classic, elegant, regal and glamorous. It was a summer wedding, the feel was going to be bright, full of happiness and lots of bling. I am a 'more is better' girl! I wanted a traditional Hindu ceremony and look. I love my culture, there is a beauty in the marriage ceremony. Every word and action has meaning. I wanted to highlight that beauty with the freshness of nature. We had a floral waterfall over the mandap with a touch of glamour in a crystal chandelier that hung in the center. The most personal touches were that of pictures of my mom and my then newly deceased grandmother. They were in our hearts that day and their faces smiled at us when we took our martial steps around the holy fire. For the reception, I really wanted elegance. We went throughout the weekend with a yellow and fuchsia color palette. We kept that with a lot of candles and a neutral background to highlight the bold colors. We wanted everything to be personal. So from written thank you's on each table to butterflies (a reminder of my mom) sprinkled unexpectedly in the decor, it was truly magical. Everything from the hand delivered invites to the last song, we put both of our hearts and love into this day. We truly planned our wedding with our guests being the top priority. We had been to so many weddings, we knew what would make them happy and that was really why we opted for such a grand day. A celebration of our love with those we love."

On her favorite part of wedding planning:

"The most enjoyable part was having help!! Everything was made simple, effortless and tons of fun by working with Shivie and his team from Platinum Celebrations. The vendors that he led us to made us have so much confidence in the decisions we were making. It was a fairy tale come true wedding for us."

On choosing her bridal lengha:

"Yellow is my favorite color and it is the traditional color for a bridal lengha. My grandmother, my mom and my sister wore yellow. It was one thing my mom was insistent upon when she planned my sister's wedding. So I knew the color. For the look I wanted really unusual and that 'WOW' effect. One day I was with the wedding planning, scrolling on my Instagram. I saw a picture posted by a local designer, Sandy Paray of Bolly Chic-Couture. I immediately reached out to her and by the next day I went to see this masterpiece in person. It was like love at first sight all over again. It was laid out in all its glory. I tried it on... and it fit perfectly! It was the first wedding related thing I tried on. I didn't want to take it off and on the spot I bought it. That proved to be the inspiration for the whole wedding."

On the most magical moment of the wedding:

"Looking back, the whole event was special. I was marrying my best friend. I was just in the state of pure joy. If I had to pick a moment it would be the first time I saw Richie under the mandap. He looked like a regal prince. I was so nervous, put as my dad placed my hands into his and he gave it a quick squeeze, I was relieved. I may have dreamed about this moment before I met him and whilst we were planning it, but reality in that moment surpassed any dream."

On choosing their special first dance song:

"Music planned a big part of our relationship and lives. It sometimes can speak for you when you yourself have no words. In picking our first dance, we would go through all our favorite songs from the special moments of our relationship. Everything sounded nice, had meaning, but wasn't the one. Then one day in our new house that we were setting up for after our wedding, he took me for dance in our bare open living room. It was a song entitled 'Still Will Be Heaven' by Beres Hammond. We both listened and danced. By the end we were both in tears and turned to each other and said that was going to be our wedding song."

Closing thoughts from the bride:

"Richie and I had the wedding of our dreams. From working with people who are now our friends, to a day full of moments and memories, we are truly thankful and blessed. We were humbled by the love and best wishes that showered us. To love and be loved is the greatest feeling ever and on our wedding day, we had both. Our deepest thanks to Maharani Weddings for considering us having our story be told. It really isn't the flowers or the right lighting that makes a wedding special, it's the coming together of two hearts, families,friends, destiny and above all love."

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Hello, Maharanis! Today Studio A is taking us to Chennai, India for a dreamy destination fusion wedding! This sensational South Indian shaadi was held at the luxurious Taj Coromandel Chennai hotel; the venue also provided catering for the event! The lovely South Indian bride had her makeup done by Ibrahim for the celebration and looked dazzling as she showed off her reception lengha for her Raja (0:55)! As we watched the adorable lovebirds laugh and dance together (1:40), we were captivated by the love between them! We also adored the flower filled mandap (4:08) and loved the sweet scene Studio A included at the very end of the video! Take part in all the wonderful moments below!

Come back tomorrow for another fantastic Indian wedding video!

Hello, Maharanis! Today we're sharing a sweet and exciting South Indian wedding, held at the stunning Eau Palm Beach Resort in West Palm, Florida! Indian wedding planner Sonal J. Shah Event Consultants took charge of every detail of the fabulous event, so our adorable couple Neeta and Sendil only had to focus on having fun! And, from what we saw, every moment of the celebration was delightful, whether it was the lively baraat (0:35), the performance-filled pre-wedding party (1:11) or the stunning reception with decor by Xquisite Events (2:10). We especially adored watching the Indian groom perform for his delighted Maharani, who had a fabulous South Indian bridal hairstyle done by South Beach Makeup Studio! See all the magical moments in Artistry Wedding Films's video below!

We'll have another spectacular shaadi tomorrow, so come back to check it out!

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Hello, Maharanis! This Indian fusion wedding might seem familiar -- that's because we featured it on the Platinum Vendor Blog a few weeks ago! If you missed all the fabulous photos This Modern Love Photography captured, head here to catch up! Today we've got Arnaz and David's highlight film by Gustavo Romero Films! Our Indian bride Arnaz looked beautiful in both her white and red lenghas by Surinder Bedi, and her mehndi by Manisha Mehndi matched both her outfits splendidly! We were also fascinated by all the incredible decor provided by the venue, Le Bam Studio Designer Weddings; pause at 0:15 to see some of the splendid centerpieces! As we watched the newlyweds make their entrance into the festive reception (0:43), and witnessed the speeches (1:44) and first dance (2:16), we were certain the night was one the adorable couple will always remember!

We'll be back with another fabulous Indian wedding film tomorrow!

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