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Malabar Wedding (2008)

Malabar Wedding poster
Original title
മലബാർ വെഡ്ഡിംഗ്
Directed by
Rajesh Faisal
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
India
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young couple in Kerala get ready for their wedding. Their friends and family play practical jokes and make up stories as part of a local pre-wedding custom.

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What happens

Malabar Wedding is a 2008 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film directed by the Rajesh-Faisal duo and written by Ramesh Madhavan. It has Indrajith Sukumaran and Gopika in the lead roles. The story is based on a custom called Sorakalyanam which is prevalent in some parts of Malabar in Kerala. In this custom, before the marriage, friends have fun with the bride and groom, by making false stories and playing practical jokes upon them. Rahul Raj scored the music for this film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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