Everything...for a change.

Originally posted by: jaya100

Great post, but I wonder how many of us are thinking wow this is so cool but when it comes to our own or loved ones weddings we'd have second thoughts and want some of the grandeur or we would just succumb to societal pressures. Do families like CC's really exist, if they do then kudos to them for not only supporting their daughter but doing so wholeheartedly. I thought I'd seen quite a lot of Indian serials but perhaps not enough or the right ones because I've never come across anything like this before. Sure I've seen the ones where the daughter tells the parents to stay within their means but never one who uses her wedding for the benefit of others. I guess if you have the money then why not and I suppose you do provide jobs for those inolved but for me I'd rather put down the money towards a down payment for a house than blow it on a one night party...memories are created not bought.

Loved Anuj...how sweet was it when Manav 'presented' his ear to Maithali saying that a son's ear is there to be pulled not the nose. (I'd really expected him to let her pull his nose.)

I didn't get a chance to see the whole episode yet but what I saw (up to the part where the kemji?bhai person comes) I loved. I love the fact that Sony would do a show like this but I worry whether it would appeal to the traditional saas-bahu audience. Then again I guess that audience group will be glued to SP with the towering saas and cowering bahu. CC is going to appeal to a niche audience but I hope th niche will be big enough to make it successful.

Originally posted by: showviewer

Thought I will share my own life experience, my brother's wedding was somewhat similar. My brother and sister-in-law (SIL) decided to spend their own money and not to put the burden on either sets of parents and hence they also decided all the details to their liking.

The family pitched in decoration, both my family and my SIL's came in the morning to the venue and helped with decorating and flower arrangements on the tables. A set of friends went to the farmer's market to get flowers for this. Food was simple and selected by bride and groom, no priest, just registered wedding and exchange of jai malas which were made at home from flowers from our backyard. The ceremony was completed in half an hour with reading of vows by newly married couple written by them and poetry and passages written by friends and family.

We spent rest of the evening dancing, toasting, socializing and having fun.

Even the venue was an old 1950s commercial building renovated into a hotel with all old fixtures still intact. Guests paid for their own boarding, anyway only close friends and family was there. So, there are couples which want to do things their own way and not shy about expressing it, even if that means some in the family have to bend their expectations. There were members in my family who were not sure about the whole thing, but they did join in the festivities.