The Wedding Photographer by Sakshama Puri Dhariwal (Book Review- 4/5)

Sakshama Puri Dhariwal's debut novel The Wedding Photographer is the story of a business tycoon and a photographer-journalist who cross each other's path at a fat Punjabi wedding. The story comes with a wind of freshness and is an absolute page turner.

Sakshama has dug out the true essence of a Punjabi wedding and the people involved in it. She takes you amidst the wedding of Rohan and Nitisha where the theth-Punjabi Nani tickles you with her pure badassery and lightens up sarcasm with the 'divinity' of Sri Sri Priye Guru Ma. The narration is sassy and the witty conversations between lead character Risha Kohli and her best friend Nidhi will give you BFF goals for sure.

Arjun Khanna, the male lead character holds the charm of Fawad Khan and the gaiety of Robert Downey Jr. This jaw-droppingly handsome meets part time wedding photographer and full-time journalist Risha Kohli on a flight and there's where the sparks fly between the workaholic couple.

The novel portrays the wonderful relationship of siblings pretty perfectly through Arjun and Nitisha and similarly the one with best friends with Risha and her super cute gay best friend Rishabh. The conversations are 'full of sass, heart and fun', as promised by the author herself. A hint of Bollywood mixed with an urban sense of humour gives the novel a hint of freshness and something distinct from the typical Indian author books drenched in the description of sex scenes and exaggerated description of their characters.

The best thing I found about the author's work is the perfect and proper length of the description of the lead couple. Generally, authors craft their characters as the epitome of chatty or extra reserved. In The Wedding Photographer, Nisha is neither babyish and overly gullible or annoyingly professional. The same goes with Arjun Khanna.

If someone feels like reading a light and funny short novel, The Wedding Photographer wouldn't turn you down.

I really hope this book by Sakshama is transformed into a feature Hindi movie soon. I give this book 4 out of 5 stars.

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