--- title: "Sakharpuda Highlight Video Editing | WeddingEditor" url: https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-video/marathi/sakharpuda/ last_updated: 2026-10-12 --- # A sakharpuda highlight, made from the engagement you filmed The sakharpuda is the Marathi engagement, the occasion when two families formally agree to the marriage. Its name comes from sakhar, sugar, and puda, a packet: in many families the groom's side brings sugar, along with a saree and other gifts for the bride, and the couple exchange rings in front of both families. It is smaller and calmer than the wedding, and it is often held weeks or months earlier. To get a highlight of it, upload the sakharpuda footage as its own WeddingEditor project, name the people and moments in the preference questions, and WeddingEditor's AI editing makes a Highlight Reel of about 5 minutes or a Social Teaser. Practice varies by family and community, so check with the families what they plan to include before the day. [Start your first wedding](https://app.weddingeditor.ai/sign-up?redirect_url=/dashboard) ## How to get a highlight of the sakharpuda 1. **Upload the sakharpuda as its own project** Create a project for the engagement alone. Add every file from the day, from the families arriving to the meal afterwards; no renaming or sorting is needed. Because the sakharpuda usually happens long before the wedding, keeping it separate means its film can be finished long before the wedding footage exists. 2. **Name the moments and the people** List the puja, the sugar and gifts, the saree, the oti and the ring exchange as moments to include, in the order they happened. Name the people the edit should find: both sets of parents, the groom's mother, the elders who bless the couple. Say how much of the priest and the conversation you want heard. 3. **Receive and refine** After One Wedding or a plan credit, the sakharpuda edit typically takes 24 to 72 hours. The edit then reaches your project. Download the 1080p MP4 and, if needed, send up to two rounds of notes by email. ## Moments of the sakharpuda to list Write the ones that happened into the moments question, in order. - **The families arriving**: The groom's family arriving with trays of gifts, and the bride's family welcoming them, often at the bride's home or a small hall. - **The puja**: Many families begin with a short puja, frequently to Ganesh, led by a priest, before the exchanges start. - **Sugar and gifts**: The sugar, in a packet or as a cone, and the other gifts given to the bride by the groom's family. It is the moment the occasion is named after. - **The saree**: The bride receiving a saree from the groom's side, in many families changing into it before the ring exchange. - **The oti**: Married women filling the bride's lap, the end of her saree, with rice, a coconut and other auspicious things, a gesture of blessing practiced by many Maharashtrian families. - **The rings and the blessings**: The couple exchanging rings, then bending to the elders, who bless them. Applause, laughter and photographs usually follow. ## What happens at a sakharpuda, in order A common shape, not a fixed script. Families differ in what they include and in what order. - **1. Welcome and puja**: The groom's family arrives and is welcomed by the bride's family. A priest may lead a short puja and recite mantras, often with both families seated close by. - **2. Gifts from the groom's side**: The groom's family presents the bride with sugar, a saree and, in many families, jewelry or other gifts. The bride's family may give gifts to the groom in turn. - **3. The oti and the rings**: Married women from the family perform the oti for the bride, and the couple exchange rings. Elders apply kumkum or haldi and bless the couple. - **4. Food and conversation**: A meal usually follows, and the two families talk and plan. This is quieter footage, but it is where relaxed faces and laughter often are. - **A short film of a calm event**: A sakharpuda has fewer big moments than a wedding, so the highlight depends on faces and small gestures. Choose "Family & reactions" or "The couple" in the priorities question to set the focus. - **Sound you recorded**: The priest's mantras, the elders' blessings and the conversation stay as your microphones caught them, and music only supports them. In a small, quiet room that sound can be clear and worth keeping. ## Parts of the sakharpuda and what to write in the preferences | Part of the event | What it looks or sounds like | What to note in the preferences | |---|---|---| | Arrival | Trays of gifts carried in, greetings at the door | "Feature the groom's mother, maroon saree, leading the family in." | | Puja | A small fire or a Ganesh idol, mantras, families seated | "Keep a short part of the puja, with the priest's voice." | | Sugar and saree | Gifts handed to the bride, smiles from both sides | "Must include the sugar and the saree being given." | | Oti | Women filling the bride's saree end with rice and a coconut | "Show the bride's aunt doing the oti." | | Ring exchange | The couple facing each other, families crowding in with phones | "Close on their hands, then both faces." | | Blessings and meal | Elders' hands on heads, then food and talk | "End with the two fathers laughing at the table." | ## What is a sakharpuda? The sakharpuda is the engagement ceremony of many Marathi families, in which the groom's family gives the bride sugar and gifts, the couple exchange rings and both families bless the match. A sakharpuda highlight is a short edit of that occasion, made from the engagement footage you upload as its own project. Not the same as: It is not the wedding, which comes later with the antarpat and mangalashtak, and not the halad, the turmeric ritual just before the wedding. It is close in purpose to the roka or engagement in other Indian traditions, but its gifts and gestures are its own. ## Sakharpuda video questions ### Can I get the sakharpuda edited before the wedding happens? Yes. It is a separate project, so you can upload and order it whenever the footage is ready. Its edit does not depend on the wedding project at all. ### The sakharpuda was in a small living room. Is that enough footage? A small room can still make a warm highlight if you covered the faces and the exchanges. Choose "Natural & documentary-style" in the feel question if a calm, intimate film suits the footage better than a dramatic one. ### Can I make a teaser of the sakharpuda instead of a highlight? Yes. Choose Social Teaser when you create the project. Each project gives one edit, so pick the one the couple wants from this event. ### How will WeddingEditor know which woman did the oti? Only from your description. In the people question, write her relationship to the bride and what she wore, and add roughly when the oti happened. ### Can I put the sakharpuda and the wedding in one film? Yes, by uploading both events to the same project. The result is still one edit, so if the couple also want separate films, use separate projects. ### What does a sakharpuda highlight cost? One project uses one purchase or one plan credit; One Wedding is $119 one-time for one wedding. Processing typically takes 24 to 72 hours, with no guaranteed turnaround. ## More for Marathi weddings - [Marathi wedding video editing](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-video/marathi/): The whole wedding and how to brief it - [Marathi reception highlight](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-video/marathi/reception/): The celebration after the wedding - [Marathi wedding highlight](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-video/marathi/highlight/): The main wedding film - [Marathi wedding teaser](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-video/marathi/teaser/): A short teaser of the wedding - [All cultures](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-video/cultures/) ## Keep the sugar, the saree and the rings Create your account, upload the sakharpuda as its own project, and list the gestures that matter to both families. [Start your first wedding](https://app.weddingeditor.ai/sign-up?redirect_url=/dashboard)