Manisha & Kabir's

Manisha & Kabir had been married for around 2 years before these photos were taken. Their wedding happened in such a rush as Kabir had to leave for Doha his secured a job there that Manisha had to be with him no matter what. It was a small quite ceremony but Manisha’s desire to have the fun and frolics of an Indian wedding still remained. She wanted to enjoy it with her close friends and family and had got in touch with me after we shot her best friend Shweta’s wedding two years back. That freshness of their relationship and marriage is still intact and I am glad I could capture it all as it happened. I hope it shows through the pictures and the video at the end. Also don’t miss out on Kabir’s rap performance posted somewhere in this blog.

It started out with Manisha’s Mehendi ceremony at their residence in Lucknow.

It was followed by the Manisha and Kabir’s combined Haldi ceremony where some of her friends did get their share of Kaleera.

Both these functions were attended by their close friends and the reception ceremony was attended by a larger circle of guests but the energy still remained intact, with Manisha asking the DJ, rather animatedly to continue while the storm was taking over the night.

Shilpa and Abhinav

Over the last few months I have observed a pattern, that almost all of my clients are not locals anymore. They are either the ones that have moved out of Lucknow and return to get married here or choose Lucknow for their Wedding for some specific reason. In such cases we hardly get to meet before the wedding and most of the communication happens over the phone or emails. Such was also the case here, Shilpa and I were in touch much before the wedding and we had a fair idea how the wedding day would commence. None of us would have expected it to rain on that day in January when the venue was out in the open. Even when we arrived to the venue, the decor was in preps due to this development and but thankfully, mid way through the ‘baraat’ the weather settled quite a bit and all the ceremonies could be carried out smoothly.

Shilpa and Abhinav have known each other for years now and were very much in love and comfortable with each other and created a very close and friendly atmosphere between the families, and guests attending this wedding.