Indian weddings are renowned for their grandeur, vibrant rituals, and lively celebrations featuring music, dance, and the ever-anticipated baraat. Social media is often abuzz with videos showcasing extravagant pre-wedding festivities, dramatic entrances, and quirky ideas. Recently, a wedding video featuring a Bollywood-inspired twist has taken the internet by storm.
The now-viral clip, shared by Instagram user @saini5019, captures a couple’s dramatic entry into their wedding venue on a movable replica of the steel machine gun featured in Ranbir Kapoor’s 2023 blockbuster Animal. In the film, Kapoor’s character uses the 500kg steel machine gun in an intense action sequence. Drawing inspiration from this, the bride and groom made their entrance seated behind the replica, which emitted smoke from its sides while the song Arjun Vailly played in the background.
The video, uploaded just days ago, has garnered over 24 million views and 351,000 likes. However, the reaction in the comments section has been polarized. “The impact of bad cinema. I hate the movie Animal for so many reasons, and now I see people copying it. Absolute rubbish,” criticized one user. Another questioned, “Why would anyone with a brain do this?” A third remarked, “What!!! Why would you embody a character that killed people for revenge and power?” Meanwhile, others commented on the lengths people go to for standing out: “At this point, people will pay for anything just to look different.”
In contrast, another recent baraat video went viral for an