Hindu weddings
Under the mandap, in the fire's light.
Mehndi, Haldi, Sangeet, Baraat and the Vivaah, covered by a crew that lights for the hardest ceremony in wedding work.
The hardest light in the job
The Agni at the centre of the mandap is not decoration. It is the witness to every vow, and it is a moving, warm light source under coloured drapes and mandap spots that all disagree with each other.
We light for it rather than fight it. Get that wrong and a five-hour ceremony arrives as a patchwork of orange and green casts; get it right and the whole thing reads as one film. It is the single biggest technical difference between crews in this category.
The other difference is asking. North Indian, South Indian, Gujarati, Marathi and Punjabi Hindu ceremonies differ in sequence, in name and in which moment is the binding one. We confirm your running order with your Pandit rather than assuming the last wedding's applies to yours.
And we know where the emotional weight actually sits, the Kanyadaan plays across three faces at once, and covering only the hands is how crews miss the moment entirely.
What we cover
Multi-day is the norm, and each day has a different job.
- 01
Mehndi
Henna on the bride's hands and feet, women-centred and joyful. Detail and candids, not portraits.
- 02
Haldi
Turmeric applied by the family, the messiest, most affectionate morning of the week, and reliably the funniest footage.
- 03
Sangeet
The choreographed night. Family performances, dancing, and the biggest party of the run-up.
- 04
Baraat
The groom's procession, horse or car, dhol, and the welcome at the doors from the bride's family.
- 05
The Vivaah Sanskar
Varmaala, Kanyadaan, the havan and the seven steps of the Saptapadi, then the mangalsutra and sindoor. The core of the film.
- 06
The reception
The evening celebration, speeches, and the couple's first appearance as married.
Coverage
Hindu weddings run long and run parallel, the crew size follows from that.
Ceremony day
- One day
- Two crew
- Baraat, Vivaah Sanskar and the immediate celebration
- Film and stills available together
Ceremony & reception
- One to two days
- Two crew
- The ceremony plus the evening reception
- One film across both
The full run
- Three to four days
- Two to three crew
- Mehndi, Haldi, Sangeet, Baraat, Vivaah and reception
- One feature across every event
Guest counts of 300–500 and events in two houses at once are normal here. Crew size is a coverage decision, not an upsell.
We don't publish prices, because no two of these weddings are the same. Tell us the date, the venue and how many events you are running, and we will send an itemised quote with nothing to decode.
Twenty-five years in the room
Why Hindu families book us
The details that say a crew has been under a mandap before.
We light for the fire
The Agni is a moving warm source under mandap spots at a different colour temperature. We expose and balance for it, then grade so the ceremony holds together instead of shifting colour every time the flame moves.
We know the seven steps are the marriage
The Saptapadi is the binding ritual, not a spoken vow. We hold the couple and the fire in one frame through all seven, rather than cutting to a crowd wide at the moment it actually happens.
We ask which tradition you keep
A Tamil Thirumanam is not a North Indian Vivaah, and a Gujarati ceremony differs again. We agree the order of service with your Pandit in advance so nothing arrives unannounced.
Questions
Before you ask.
How do you film in the low, warm light around the fire?
Fast lenses, high ISO and careful white balance, then a grade that unifies it. The mandap is genuinely the hardest lighting problem in wedding work, planning for it is what separates a cohesive film from a patchwork of colour casts.
Our ceremony is South Indian / Gujarati / Marathi. Do you know the differences?
We know they exist and we confirm the specifics with your Pandit rather than assuming. The ritual order, the names and the pivotal moment all change by region. We plan the coverage around your actual running order.
How long does the ceremony run?
The Vivaah itself is usually forty-five minutes to an hour and a half, with the full day much longer around it. Multi-day coverage across the Mehndi, Haldi and Sangeet is what most of our Hindu couples book.
Can you turn four days into one film?
That is most of what we do. Every event is shot, then cut into a single feature with one grade across all of it, so it plays as chapters of one story rather than separate videos.
Will you catch the Kanyadaan properly?
Yes, and with more than one camera. It plays across three faces at once, the father, the bride and the groom, and covering only the joined hands is how the moment gets lost.
Is the mandap fire a problem for your equipment?
No, but we keep crew and kit a safe distance from it and take the Pandit's guidance on positioning. Close enough to hold the moment, never close enough to intrude on the havan.
Enquire
Is your datestill free?
Tell us the date and the venue and we will come back within one working day with availability, a crew size and a straight price.