All of us definitely like to
shake a leg. It sort of makes us forget the situation we are in, particularly
if it is a stressful one and ensures that we feel rejuvenated. Despite having
to left feet, there are a lot of colleagues or friends who tend to entertain
you with their dance. There are multiple situations in life that let you shake
a leg and help energize your life and fill it with vigor.
A lot of times, weddings
(the Indian ones) can get stressful for the bride’s family mostly, and perhaps
for the bridegroom’s family too. Starting with the preparation for the wedding
that begins months in advance (in a few cases almost a year in advance) to the
D-day, it is a testing event. Many a time, there is a need for the bride’s
mother or father to ensure that the wedding is what they had dreamed about for
their child. After all, we as Indians place a lot of emphasis on the wedding
and the rituals around it, and want to make the wedding a memorable one for
everyone attending it. In this hard situation, a lot of the families try to
beat the stress by ensuring that there is a relatively stress-free event on the
day prior to the wedding. This is called sangeet
in the North Indian culture, maapillai azhaippu (welcoming the groom) in Tamil
and vara pooje (pooja for the groom) in Kannada.
It is during this sangeet,
which seems to have invaded almost all south Indian weddings, that there is a
pretty significant music and dance component. A lot of times, the bride and
groom place emphasis on this event and ensure that their friends are all around
and they are able to break free and shake a leg before the hectic day of the
wedding. It is also during this time that you see many an aunty or uncle ever
dance. A usually inhibited elderly aunty sheds all the inhibitions and
apprehensions and dances like no one is watching. This is perhaps the most
delightful part of the evening. It gets even better when this shy aunty has the
groom accompanying her to shake a leg and the entire crowd’s focus is on her.
This is exactly where Allu Arjun could enter the scene and ensure that the aunty
is at ease. By singing songs that convey the mood of the situation extremely
well, perhaps Anushka Manchanda contributes her bit by making this evening, the
very special evening for many a couple, a musical riot!
I would love to go to such a
wedding! And I am sure you would too!
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