Midnight Sangeet invitation video

What does Midnight Sangeet look like?

Like the lawn at 9 PM, just before the DJ turns it up. The sky runs from near-black navy at the top through indigo to plum at the bottom, with a pink glow in the lower left, a cool periwinkle glow in the upper right and a faint rose-gold mandala in the middle. A double rose-gold border with rounded corners draws itself on in the first two seconds.

Across the top hang three strings of fairy lights: two warm-white strings sagging in from each side and a pinkish one running straight across. Every bulb twinkles at its own pace. Big soft circles of peach and pink light float slowly upwards, like out-of-focus party lights in a phone photo, with tiny rose-gold sparkles among them. In each corner sits a small bunch of orange and yellow marigolds, the one detail that tells Nani this is still a shaadi function.

Names are in a looping, playful script in rose gold, with a pink ampersand. Headings are spaced Roman capitals. This is the only design where your first photo sits in a full circle rather than an arch, which suits a candid shot from a friend's phone. With no blessing (the default), the video opens with your initials over a slowly turning rose-gold mandala. The default music is a festive veena duet.

Which evenings is it made for?

• Sangeet or ladies sangeet: built in, with the line "Come ready to dance". More ideas on our sangeet invitation video page.
• Cocktail night: add it with "Something else", as in the sample.
• Mehendi night: if the mehendi runs into the evening with a dhol and a DJ, it belongs here. See the mehendi invitation video page.
• Garba or dandiya night at a Gujarati wedding, added with "Something else".
• Engagement party or ring ceremony at night: the engagement invitation video page has wording.
• Reception or after-party for friends and colleagues.

It works for a whole wedding too, if every function is in the evening and the guest list leans young. For a morning haldi, the dark sky looks odd at 10 AM; Marigold Haldi fits that better.

One invite for everything, or a separate sangeet invite?

The sangeet guest list and the wedding guest list are rarely the same. Tauji does not need a video announcing "Cocktail Night, Rooftop at Hauz Khas", and your college group does not need the Satyanarayan Puja. A simple way to decide:

Each invite is a separate ₹499 purchase. With the ₹999 invite website, guests RSVP per function, so you see exactly how many are coming to the sangeet versus the wedding. Useful when the caterer asks for the count and the dance floor needs planning.

What should a sangeet invite tell guests?

1. The dress code. Put it in the closing line, which is the last thing on screen: "Dress code: sequins and comfortable shoes" fits in the 90 characters.
2. The performances. If it is bride's side versus groom's side, say so in the message now. People need three weekends of practice, minimum.
3. A real start time. "7:30 PM" on a sangeet invite means dinner at 10:30. Everyone knows. Put the time you want the first people to walk in.
4. A hashtag people will actually type. #RiyaKabirKaSangeet works. Anything with three puns and a year does not.

About music: you can add a song file from your phone. It stays on your phone and is never uploaded, but only use music you have the right to use, and most film songs are copyrighted. The built-in recordings are public domain and free to use.

Sangeet and cocktail wording ideas

Closing lines that fit a night invite:

• Dress code: sequins and comfortable shoes
• Dance floor khula hai, bas aap aa jao
• नाचना ज़रूरी है, बहाने नहीं चलेंगे
• The DJ has been warned about you

For the haldi and mehendi lines that go with these, see our haldi, mehendi and sangeet wording guide.

What can you change in Midnight Sangeet?

Names, family lines (optional; most sangeet invites skip them), the opening blessing, the language (English, Hindi or both), up to eight functions with your own names, up to three photos, the music, the hashtag, the closing line and up to three RSVP contacts. The indigo sky, fairy lights, marigold corners, rose gold and fonts stay as they are.

Making and previewing is free, with a watermark. Pay ₹499 for the HD video and an e-card image of every function, or ₹999 to add the invite website with RSVP. The HD video is an MP4 in the format WhatsApp and Instagram use. For a separate reception invitation video, this design or Modern Minimal both work.

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