5 Weddings is a comedy, drama, romance genre feature film that showcases the vibrant ceremonies at India’s weddings, with an important sub plot that features Hijras, a sect of transgender dancers who have been an integral part of Indian wedding tradition for centuries.

 

An American journalist travels to India for what she thinks will be an easy magazine feature on Bollywood weddings, only to have the assignment interrupted by a cop, who is convinced there is journalistic espionage behind the magazine article. As the coverage of Bollywood weddings unfolds, so does a colorful mosaic of lost loves, transgender tangles and culture clashes along the heartfelt journey of life, symbolized by the universal ups and downs of a wedding celebration.