Vivah (2006)

Poonam, a traditionally brought-up young woman, is to marry Prem, a groom chosen by her uncle. Poonam and Prem's faith and love are to be tested however, when an accident occurs and Poonam might be scarred for life.

Director:

Sooraj R. Barjatya

Writers:

Aash Karan Atal (dialogue), Sooraj R. Barjatya (story and screenplay)

Stars:

Shahid Kapoor, Amrita Rao, Anupam Kher

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shahid Kapoor	...	Prem 'Bholu'
Amrita Rao	...	Poonam 'Bitto'
Anupam Kher	...	Harishchandra
Alok Nath	...	Krishnakant
Seema Biswas	...	Rama
Samir Soni	...	Sunil
Lata Sabharwal	...	Bhavna
Manoj Joshi	...	Bhagat
Amrita Prakash	...	Rajni 'Chhoti'
Dinesh Lamba	...	Munimji
Ameya Pandya	...	Rahul
Jatin Sial	...	Prem's office staff (as Jatin Siyal)
Aditi Bhatia
Shriya Sharma
Mohnish Bahl	...	Dr. Rashid Khan

Storyline

After the passing away of his wife, wealthy Delhi-based businessman, Harishchandra, took it upon himself to bring up two sons, Sunil and Prem. When they grew up he got Sunil married to Bhavna, and let Prem complete his education, even let him study abroad. Soon Sunil and Bhavna gave birth to a son, Rahul. When Bhagat told him that he had found a suitable match for Prem in Poonam, the niece of Krishnakant, a fruit merchant from Madhupur, Uttar Pradesh, the family traveled there, met with Krishnakant, his wife, Rama, and daughter, Rajni, and instantly approved of Poonam. Prem and Poonam also approved of each other, the Astrologer was consulted and a marriage was scheduled to take place in six months time. Shortly thereafter the engagement took place. The two families met again in Som Sarovar, Nainital, to let everyone get acquainted, and when Prem got his first contract from Japan, Krishnakant took his family to Delhi to celebrate. With the deadline for the marriage drawing close, both ...

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Plot Keywords:

marriage | arrange marriage | 

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Taglines:

Marriage isn't a game...

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Genres:

Drama | Family | Musical | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sooraj Barjatya after Vivah did not direct film for 9 years he made comeback with Prem Ratan Dhan Payo 2015.

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Quotes

Poonam: [Prem is about to apply the vermillion to her forehead] Wait!
[Prem stops]
Poonam: Before you do this, lift this blanket once and just take a look at my body
Prem: My love doesn't deserve this test, Poonam. And you know that.
[applies the vermillion]

User Reviews

Another Arranged Marriage but with a fresh new couple.

Poonam (Amrita Rao) is a pretty, beautiful, sweet, honest, obedient and a "I-want-a-daughter-like-her" typical Indian country girl. She is the sunshine of her father's (Alok Nath) eyes. A family friend notices her as a perfect fit for one of his friend's (Anupam Kher) son. Well who is this chosen groom? Well his name is Prem (Shahid Kapoor). He is also obedient, good looking, honest, educated blah blah. I guess you get the point. Of course he is instantly attracted to Poonam when he looks at her picture. A typical Indian private meeting is arranged. The candidates approve each other and then begins the journey from engagement to marriage. This is a new installment by the king of family movies Sooraj Barjatya.

The director has brought in all the usual flavors of romance to this treat. A pair of fiancée that will be approved by every audience member, their romance that is expressed with first-hesitant-then-cheesy-confident looks, conversations through smiles, choosing the matching dresses, secret rendezvous and almost every single thing that has seen and heard till today. As per the trademark there are also the family parameters into this equation. Father daughter relationship reminiscent of Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), girl loss of her mother at young age seen previously in Hum Aapke Hain Koun (1994), teenage romance from maine pyar kiya, rural lives and nature's beauty and family values perhaps tackled in almost every other movie of Barjatya. In and all this is a perfect rated-PG family movie that is bound to be approved by everybody. And just like every Barjatya movie it starts with goody-goodies and has a little twist near the end that would be a probable reason that might jeopardise the "build-up-too-much-cheesy-romance" relationship. But everyone knows that this movie was made for those two people and they would end up being together forever and ever. Of course they do so.

But I must warn you that this movie has an ending that was rather unnecessary. The first-night scene might have been important by Barjatya but that rather made this tale a total turn down. This is something like going to the smokey mountains, enjoy the scenery, breathe the fresh air and then slip from the highest cliff and fall in the valley. Sooraj had the recipe. But I guess he was hallucinating the success of the movie already and right when he was finishing cooking "Vivah" he added salt thinking it is sugar.

On another plus side the couple looks good on screen. Amrita, if I may say so, has done a better portrayal of a wannabe rural girl than Shahid's urban boy portrayal. Songs are good. Some scenes such as Prem's first gift to Poonam, their meeting on the roof, their chemistry has been picturised well. In the end I can say that if you want to enjoy a weekend with your family then take them to this movie.

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

10 November 2006 (India)

Also Known As:

Il mio cuore dice sì

Filming Locations:

Nainital, Uttaranchal, India

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$15,670,219

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rajshri Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

160 min

Color:

Color