More Power To You All: 10 Indian Brides Who Called Off Their Weddings

Indian weddings are no less than movies. From dramas to the extravagantset-ups, marriages are nothing but sole entertainment. Off late we have beenseeing reports of Indian brides from several small towns who have broken normsand called off their weddings at the venue for most bizarre reasons possible. Itis quite a brave act to actually cancel a wedding and that too it is totally applaudworthy when a woman takes a step as big as this.

Check out the stories of 10 Indian brides who called offtheir weddings for the most bizarre reasons possible.

Groom forces bride to dance to item song, bride calls offwedding

The wedding night of the bride and the groom was anythingbut celebratory. An Agra bride just threw her 'varmala' away after she was forced to dance to an item song alongwith the groom on their wedding night. When the groom grabbed the bride to hitthe dance floor, the bride's uncle intervened but was slapped by the groomwhich angered the bride and she called the wedding off.

Bride marries guest after groom has fit

The groom's family had not informed the bride and her familyabout his medical ailment of epilepsy. While the wedding ceremony was inprocession, the husband-to-be had a fit and suffered from an epileptic attackwhich resulted in the bride's next step of marrying one of the wedding guests.Now, the person whom she got married to later on turned out to be her sister'sbrother-in-law. Man asks fiancee for nude selfie, she calls off wedding The groom insisted his fiancee send him nude pictures so shenot only cancelled the wedding but also lodged a police complaint, according toanother TOI report. The woman also alleged that her fiancee's family wasdemanding dowry.

Bride in Agra cancels wedding after groom fails a simplemath test

Marriages need logics too right and so a person needs to beanalytically sound. That's what Khushboo Saxena thought when she was asked tomarry Omveer Singh. However, she got suspicious about his math skills when hefailed to recite the mantras. So,Khushboo in order to clarify the truth asked him to dial her phone number,which he just couldn't. He even failed to count beyond 9, and couldn't do basicadditions with coins. That's what triggered Khushboo to just walk off thewedding.

What dowry? How about I just call the wedding off buddy!

It's quite rare to read such cases especially in India wheredowry is practised quite often. But, the brave bride from Kerala RemyaRamachandran decided to cancel her wedding when the groom demanded money andgold as dowry. She wrote a stirring post on her Facebook: (Friends, Here is an announcement for people asking me about my weddingday. The person, who before the engagement, used to say that he needed just me,is now demanding Rs 5 lakh and 50 sovereigns of gold. Since I am completelyagainst dowry and believe it will be a losing proposition to buy into a familythat cannot keep its word, I have decided not to go ahead with this alliance.Thank you. Remya) (Translated by The Indian Express)

Wedding called off due to chicken biryani

Food is but an integral part of wedding processions forthat's something guests really comment on. The incident happened in Bangalorewhen the groom and the bride's families did not agree to the same kind ofbiryani that was supposed to get served during the ceremony. While the bride'sfamily preferred chicken, the groom's wouldn't have anything but muttonbiryani. The Hindu reported that when the girl's family prepared chickenbiryani and sent it to the groom's side, the groom's family was upset.Observing the behaviour of the groom's family, the girl cancelled the wedding.

Bride's family calls off wedding after bhabhi kisses groom

A wedding ceremony in Aligarh was followed by an unexpectedending, when the bride called off the wedding because the groom was kissed byhis brother's wife in public. The groom and the bride had met each other onsocial media and fell in love. During the wedding, the groom's sister-in-lawkissed him the moment he greeted the bride and then dragged him to the dancefloor where she demanded he shake a leg. However, this behaviour was notacceptable to the bride's family and they called off the wedding.

Bride calls off wedding to marry a groom with toilet

A woman refused to tie the knot with a man in Kanpur afterhe failed to get a toilet built at his residence. Neha, who had to be marriedin a mass ceremony, pestered for the need of a toilet at the groom's housesince the marriage was fixed, but the family did not keep its promise. "Theyhad promised to build a toilet but did not fulfil their promise. And nowadays,everywhere, even in villages, having a toilet is important. When our PrimeMinister has taken an initiative towards this, then the public should also takeadvantage of it," said Neha.

When the groom came to the wedding drunk

A woman in Firozabad called off her wedding when the groomarrived at the venue, drunk out of his skull. Reportedly, he could barely be upon his two feet and wasn't able to perform the 'jaimaala' ceremony. The bride was so furious because of thisunapologetic behaviour of the groom that she even threatened that she wouldkill herself if she was forced into the marriage.

Bride calls off her wedding because of an argument over bad lighting

Talk about stupid demands and this groom's family whichhails from Kanpur wins it hands down. The groom's family demanded better lightsat the wedding but the bride's family said no. This trivial matter got a littleout of hand and took a violent turn and police were called immediately. Finally,the girl refused to marry and the wedding was called off. Speaking to Times ofIndia, Ajay, a relative of the girl said that they had just protested againstthe undue demand of the bridegroom and his family members, but they startedmisbehaving with them. He added: "When girl's father and brother went to sortit out, they were threatened. We will never get our sister married with aperson who creates a hue and cry merely over lighting arrangements. They wereuncultured and ill-mannered."