Candid Camera

The latest disease to storm South Indian weddings is the dreaded term “Photographer”

If In the fifties and sixties the groom’s family members dictated terms, the Priests held forte in eighties and later periods.

Today it is the turn of the Photographers (& Videographers)

If one were to tie the knot at an auspicious moment (chosen months back), the act is repeated a dozen times at the behest of the cameraman in the name of “re-take”, sometimes stretching to the next hour which could be most inauspicious. Even one were to get married during the most auspicious time marriages are mostly like an ore-less tiny boat in a cyclone, not to talk of the evil effects of a forced postponement by the Photographer.

If you call the above a jail sentence, the one to follow is nothing less than a “rigorous imprisonment”

You got it right !.... the Candid Cameraman !

If you sight the (wedding hall) watchman chasing away a youngster with an unshaven face, with black rings around the eyes, a pair of dirty jeans, with a completely match-less top (Jibba) and a completely lost look, you have found the Candid Cameraman. Better save him, after all we have already paid him in advance.

The idea is........He is supposed to look casual and disguised that none can make out he is the cameraman.

How the hell it is possible ….when the whole wedding party including the music troupe, the servers & cleaners in the dining hall are immaculately dressed, this guy is conspicuous by his special attire and not get recognized.

Even from a kilometer a new born can make out he is the odd man out !

The last laugh comes when some one says “ Hi, baby wanna pose for the candid camera “