Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQ )

Piixonova is a wedding photography and cinematography studio based in Salt Lake, Kolkata. Rishav Chakraborty founded it in 2015, and Sanmita leads it as Creative Head. We photograph and film weddings across Kolkata, West Bengal, the rest of India and abroad. What we care about most is true-to-life storytelling: real moments, real people and director-led wedding films.

Yes. Bengali weddings are home ground for us. We know how the day runs, so we’re already in position for the gaye holud, the bor jatri, shubho drishti behind the betel leaves, mala bodol, sindoor daan, bashor and bidaay, and then the boubhat and reception. You can see complete Bengali weddings, ritual by ritual, in our Wedding Stories.

Yes. As well as Bengali weddings, we photograph and film Marwari, cross-cultural and destination weddings, covering everything from the haldi and sangeet to the baraat, varmala and phere. One example is a Marwari destination wedding we covered at Hotel Sonar Bangla in Mayapur. We plan our coverage around each family’s own rituals and timings.

Our style is candid and true-to-life. We record the day as it happens instead of stopping it for poses. That means the glances, the laughter, the nervous moments before shubho drishti and the tears at bidaay. We keep posed portraits short and natural, so your photographs and film feel like your wedding and not a photoshoot.

Yes. Cinematic storytelling has been at the heart of Piixonova since we started in 2015. We make director-led wedding films, trailers and short reels that tell your story through real moments, not just a list of rituals. You can watch our work on the Films and Reels pages.

Yes. We shoot pre-wedding photographs and pre-wedding reels, either in Kolkata or at a destination you choose. It’s also a relaxed way for the two of you to get comfortable in front of our cameras before the wedding day, so you feel at ease with the team when the big day comes.

We’ve photographed weddings at many of Kolkata’s best-known venues. They include ITC Royal Bengal, The Westin Kolkata, Fairfield by Marriott, The Lalit Great Eastern, Swabhumi, Raajkutir, Calcutta Boating Club, PC Chandra Gardens and Mistika at Eco Park. Outside the city, we’ve worked at The Ffort Raichak, Vedic Village, Hotel Sonar Bangla in Mayapur, Chandannagar and Siliguri.

Our studio is at BF 70, BF Block, Sector 1, Bidhannagar (Salt Lake), Kolkata 700064, and we meet couples by appointment. We cover weddings all over Kolkata and West Bengal, and we’re happy to travel. We’ve shot weddings in Jaipur, Delhi, Puri, Dubai and London, and we’re open to assignments anywhere in the world.

Oh man, that’s like asking a bird whether she likes to fly! Yes, we love destination weddings and travel across India and overseas for them. We don’t charge extra for travel. Our fee is the same whether your wedding is in Kolkata or somewhere else. For outstation weddings, we only ask that modest accommodation be arranged for the team.

Yes. Depending on your venue and events, we can add aerial drone coverage, 360° cameras and live broadcasting, so family who can’t attend can watch in real time. Drone flights depend on the venue’s rules and local permissions, and we check these with you while we plan your day.

That depends on your wedding: how many events there are, how many guests, and whether rituals happen at the same time on the bride’s and groom’s sides. Piixonova has a team of more than 41 photographers, cinematographers and filmmakers, so we build the crew around your day instead of fitting your day to a fixed team.

Book as soon as your wedding date is fixed. The busiest Bengali wedding months, roughly November to March plus parts of April to June, fill up months in advance. Many of our couples book a year or more ahead. We only take on a limited number of weddings for each date, so booking early is the only way to be sure the date is yours.

Start by sharing your date, city and events on our Start Your Wedding Story page. We’ll check whether the date is available, then call you to understand your wedding and take you through the remaining steps. You can also call or WhatsApp us on +91 80130 14015.

Every Piixonova wedding is quoted individually, because no two weddings have the same days, events, cities or team size. That’s why we don’t publish packages on the website. Share your dates and events through our enquiry form and we’ll send you a proposal made for your wedding.

No. We plan every day of coverage as a full working day of 8 to 9 hours, which gives us time to tell the story properly instead of rushing through it. If your events run longer on the day, we can stay on and add the extra hours.

There’s no fixed cap. Your proposal includes an approximate number of edited photographs, but the final count depends on your events, the number of guests and the moments the day gives us. We choose quality over volume: every image you receive has been through careful selection and editing.

No. We deliver only fully edited photographs, and our team selects and colour-edits every image before it reaches you. As we like to say, half-cooked food can be tasty sometimes, but a five-star chef always serves the dish properly garnished.

Yes. Every photograph we deliver is edited. Editing takes longer than shooting, and it’s where a good frame becomes a finished photograph, with colour and tone that stay consistent across your whole wedding.

You’ll receive the complete set of edited photographs within 4 to 8 weeks of the wedding. If you’d like a few images for social media sooner, we can share a handful within a few days. Once you’ve chosen the photos for your album, designing and delivering the photobook takes another 2 to 4 weeks.

Yes. We design premium Canvera photobooks. Each one comes with a certificate from Canvera and an online PIN so you can view your album online. You can choose from Canvera’s range of covers and page finishes, including non-tearable, textured pages made to last a lifetime.

You have full personal, non-commercial rights to your wedding photographs. You can share them on social media, send them to family, print them and make albums. Copyright stays with Piixonova, so if you ever want to use the images commercially or resell them, please ask us first.

It’s the person behind the camera who makes the photograph, not the camera. That said, we shoot on full-frame cameras with fast professional lenses, and we bring professional lighting, drones and 360° cameras when a wedding needs them.

Our Wedding Stories show complete weddings, event by event, and our Films page has full wedding films. They’re the best way to judge how we’d tell your story, because they show whole days and not just a few highlights. You can also read what our couples say on the Testimonials page.

Yes. NDTV Bandbaajaa recognised Piixonova among the Top 10 Wedding Photographers in India. Canvera named us Photographer in Focus in 2018 and 2022 and featured us in its Monthly Top 3 Wedding Videos in India. The Indian Express recognised us among the Top Wedding Photographers in Kolkata.