A Viral Wedding
{{short description|2020 Indian miniseries}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2020}}
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| company = Eros Motion Pictures
A D2R Indie
| language = Hindi
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 8
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| producer = Shreya Dhanwanthary
Pratha Narang Naik
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| editor = Mahesh Bhojwani
| runtime = 8-10 minutes
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| network = Eros Now
| released = {{start date|2020|5|9|df=y}}
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| country = India
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| genre = Romance, Comedy, Drama
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| writer = Shreya Dhanwanthary
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| story = Shreya Dhanwanthary
| director = Shreya Dhanwanthary
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| presenter = Eros Now
| starring = Shreya Dhanwanthary
Amol Parashar
Mohit Raina
Sonali Sachdev
Sharib Hashmi
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A Viral Wedding is a 2020 Indian Miniseries of 8 episodes produced by A D2R Indie and Eros Motion Pictures. It is featured as a Eros Now Quickie and available for streaming at Eros Now. The web-series is written and directed by Shreya Dhanwanthary who is even the main lead in the series.{{Cite news|title=The Family Man's Shreya Dhanwanthary to direct micro-series A Viral Wedding: Made In Lockdown|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/binge-watch/story/the-family-man-s-shreya-dhanwanthary-to-direct-micro-series-a-viral-wedding-made-in-lockdown-1666050-2020-04-12|date=April 12, 2020 |work=India Today |access-date=2020-05-11 }} The entire series was shot during the lockdown with the actors and the crew staying indoors at their respective homes.{{Cite web|title=Watch: Web series 'A Viral Wedding' was produced during the lockdown|url=https://scroll.in/reel/961500/watch-web-series-a-viral-wedding-was-produced-during-the-lockdown |website=Scroll.in |date=9 May 2020 |access-date=2020-05-11}} The micro-series also stars Amol Parashar, Mohit Raina, Sonali Sachdev and Sharib Hashmi.
Plot
Nisha and Rishabh had planned the perfect wedding, but the coronavirus lockdown may require a change of plans.{{Cite web|title=A Viral Wedding: Eros Now shares web-series shot amidst lockdown|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/television/a-viral-wedding-eros-now-shares-web-series-shot-amidst-lockdown-1502886369.html|date=2020-05-09|website=The Statesman|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-11}}
Cast
- Shreya Dhanwanthary as Nisha Ahuja
- Amol Parashar as Rishabh Sinha
- Mohit Raina as Yudhisthir Kaul aka Yudi
- Sonali Sachdev as Neena Ahuja
- Sunny Hinduja as Nishant Ahuja
- Aritro Banerjee as Imtiyaz Baig
- Aishwarya Choudhary as Aditi Jha
- Sharib Hashmi as Ujjwal Pujari aka UP
Reception
Film critic Rajeev Masand in his video said, "It was only a matter of time, and it was always going to be about who did it first."{{Citation|title=First made-in-lockdown series {{!}} A Viral Wedding {{!}} Raj & DK with Rajeev Masand| date=27 April 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8LHLNVgKQM|language=en|access-date=2020-05-11}} National Herald India mentioned, “A Viral Wedding is a light-hearted attempt to bring smiles to people’s faces during this time social distancing.”{{Cite web|title='A Viral Wedding': Made in lockdown!|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/entertainment/a-viral-wedding-made-in-lockdown|website=National Herald|date=18 April 2020 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-11}}