What is contract marriage?

I really dnt know that thing like contract marriage exist in any country or not? And if it exist than what is it? A girl and boy allowed to live as husband and wife just 4 specific period of time which is written in contract. It sounds weird and unethical. We dnt imagine abt divorce at marriage time but in contract marriage u r 100% sure abt ur divorce. Isnt it sounding funny?

Dnt have any personal expirience of such marriage but in films and tv serials they r using it a lot. "hum apke dil me rehte he" is a film where kajol and anil kapoor were married on the base of contract of 1 year. Even in many daily soaps it is famous.

If it exist than there should b some rules for that. What if in this time period woman becomes pregnant? Are couple allowed to get involve physically? In which condition people r allowed to get married for short period of time?

If it does nt exist why people r using such unrealistic things on tv?

By definition marriage is a social and legal contract.

I'm not sure what Hindi TV serials are showing these days, but there are some contractual stipulations that have emerged in marriages in the recent years. Some are legally recognized and some are not.

One kind is the visa/immigration marriage agreement. In this agreement people agree to get legally married for a limited duration so that one of them can get some visa/immigration benefits out of it. Similar agreements exist for other legal benefits of marriage. These are actually prohibited by law and if you are found marrying for these reasons you can criminal charges.

The limited term marriage is something that is covered in a pre-nuptial agreement. Usually a pre-nuptial agreement is a contract signed before marriage that spells out terms of divorce, alimony, child support, custody, joint property etc lest there be separation or divorce. Some pre-nuptials stipulate a time period after which either one can back out and get a divorce. Usually, you can't back out before the stipulated term either unless there is a special circumstance like cheating, fraud, abuse etc. The time stipulations are used by a lot of people who want to marry but feel hesitant, afraid, insecure etc. Since live-ins maybe frowned by some cultures, some people use time stipulated marriages as a go between living in and marriage.

Some people also spell out other reasons for divorce also in a pre-nuptial. There are rumors of people having absurd clauses that they will divorce if a spouse does not walk their dog twice a day or their weight increases to over 150 lbs or something.

Yes, one can engage in physical relations in the marriage. In fact the marriage is not complete unless it is consummated. Also if a marriage has not been consummated it can be annulled instead of divorce. Usually, people in time stipulated marriages agree not to have children within the period. Although, some contracts will spell out things like custody and child support in case of having a child in the period.

I'm not against pre-nuptials. It can be a good safety net, God forbid things go really wrong. But other than that a lot of these stipulations, conveniences etc don't make sense to me. It strips marriages of love, trust and commitment and makes them hollow and meaningless like business contracts. But if that is what people want, it is their choice. As long as they don't hurt or abuse each other or negatively effect their children.

There is no such thing as "contract marriage" that resembles your example of a Bollywood movie in a real world. It would be illegal in any other place outside of film city.

The laws exist to thaw those who try to circumvent the system for immigration purposes - such as they need to be together for certain period and show detailed documentation of how they stayed together.

Good luck creating any contract that says that two parties marry with the intention that one benefits from the citizenship and the other from money. My guess is that there will be a little thing called law that will come in way between this contract and its legal approval.

So - short answer to OP in context of the question, contract marriage does not exist. Hence "What is contract marriage?" is a moot question.