Which Bollywood bride are you?
- The Wedding Chest
- Jul 17
- 3 min read
There’s a moment in every Indian bride’s planning journey where logic abandons her, timelines blur, and her inner Bollywood character takes the reins. Maybe it’s when she colour-codes her third guestlist spreadsheet. Maybe it’s when she cries over napkin rings. Or maybe it’s when she books a choreographer before locking in the venue.
The truth is, no two brides are the same, but they all fall somewhere on the spectrum of iconic Bollywood energy. Ahead, six unforgettable screen queens who perfectly sum up the chaos, couture, and catharsis of wedding planning.
Just remember: whether you’re rewriting rituals, sobbing into sequins, or manifesting florals that match your star sign, there’s no wrong way to be a bride. As long as it’s unapologetically you, and maybe just a little bit filmy.
1. Poo – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Wedding, but make it couture.
There are brides. And then there’s Poo. The bridal vision board is dripping in crystals, mood lighting, and hand-embroidered lehengas that could pay someone’s house deposit. She’s not planning a wedding, she’s curating a fashion week moment. Ugly mandap drapes? Cancel the wedding. RSVPs? Must be approved by her glam team. This bride is the moment — and if you disagree, you’re off the list.
2. Ayesha – Dil Dhadakne Do
Boss bride energy, unmatched.
Ayesha doesn’t plan the wedding; she runs it. With grace, grit, and a master spreadsheet that could make NASA jealous. She’s reading vendor contracts like legal briefs, solving seating chart disputes like a seasoned diplomat, and still managing to smile through the chaos.
Delegate? Never heard of her. Over it? Absolutely. In control? Always. She’s got this — even if the group chat drives her clinically insane.
3. Naina – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Planning vibes: soft panic.
She’s calm. Until she isn’t. Naina brides are methodical and sweet until they spiral from playlist decisions or floral indecision at midnight. They want it all to mean something: every bloom, every blouse, every beautifully neurotic to-do list.
She’s the bride who tears up while picking fonts. Who makes a checklist for her checklist? And who will absolutely be crying (elegantly) through her own haldi?
4. Rani – Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani
Bridal lehenga, feminist agenda.
This is the bride who said no to outdated customs and yes to chiffon. Rani is rethinking rituals, serving political statements in pastels, and crying mid-poetry reading. The haldi is inclusive. The pheras are reworded. The priest? Briefed on progressive values and a soft-glam palette.
She panic-orders candles at 3am, quotes Simone de Beauvoir in her vows, and somehow still looks like a Manish Malhotra muse.
5. Anjali – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Soft on the outside. Spiralling within.
Anjali brides are warm, tender, and deeply emotionally invested, but will 100% overthink the napkin colours until their inner circle intervenes. She’s nostalgic, sentimental, and often slightly overwhelmed by her own love story.
She’s smiling through a meltdown. Humming Bollywood lyrics in the bridal suite. Crying through her mehendi. And maybe lowkey allergic to the sangeet. But trust, the glow is real.
6. Laila – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Vibes > Vendors.
Laila is the bride who wants a wedding... but like, casually. No drama, no checklist. The invites are digital, the outfits are breezy, and she probably booked a henna artist in Ibiza “just to see what happens.”
She hasn’t planned a single thing and still manages to look like a Pinterest board in motion. The wedding will somehow be effortless, ethereal, and deeply envy-inducing. But don’t ask her for a schedule — she’s doing breathwork.
