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Hichki · operations for the Indian wedding

The Indian wedding,
operated.

297 guests. 5 events. Every RSVP, every room, every arrival. Held in one place. Calm under your control.

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Below — the failure modes hichki kills

We know what your week looks like

You're holding all of this
in your head.

The most expensive private event you'll ever organise. The most complex. The most emotional. And the system holding it together is you, your mum, and a WhatsApp group called “Wedding Final 2.” That's not a system. That's a person under pressure.

  • T-4

    Mama-ji's flight lands 7:14 AM.

    The driver knows 7. Nobody told the driver about the 14.

  • T-3

    Half the Delhi guests still haven't sent their travel.

    You asked in the group on Sunday. The group has moved on.

  • T-2

    ITC releases 9 unassigned rooms in 96 hours.

    It's on the contract. It's not on anybody's calendar.

  • T-2

    Naina Kapoor's +1 has a name.

    It's on a Post-it on your fridge. The headcount goes out tomorrow.

  • T-1

    The Sangeet start time moved by an hour.

    You told four WhatsApp groups. Two of them are archived.

  • Day-of

    The gate is your cousin with a printout.

    The headcount you give the caterer at 9:47 PM is a guess.

  • Day-of

    Suresh Mama is at arrivals with no driver.

    His third call comes through while you're in the mandap.

27 things you're tracking. 4 WhatsApp groups. 3 Excel sheets. One brain.

You're doing this brilliantly — and you shouldn't have to do it alone.

The system

What an operated wedding
looks like.

Hichki doesn't track tasks. Hichki tracks the moments where things break — and stops them from breaking. Five of them, in order:

  1. 11 AM, T-7

    step 01

    The 14 pending RSVPs get a WhatsApp.

    Per-family, in their language, with the venue map and the dress code. By lunch you have 12 replies and 2 you can phone personally.

  2. T-3, 9 AM

    step 02

    The ITC block alert hits.

    Nine rooms still unassigned, days before the block releases them. It surfaces early, not via a WhatsApp DM at 11 PM. Assigned by lunch — who shares with whom, and which arrival each key is waiting for.

  3. T-2, noon

    step 03

    The headcount locks 48 hours out.

    Per function, per side — frozen and sent to the caterer as a link that expires when the wedding does. Nobody is forwarding a spreadsheet. Nobody is remembering a number.

  4. Day-of, 6 AM

    step 04

    Driver Ramesh's day starts as a single card.

    Suresh Mama's flight, the terminal, the sign with his name, the route to ITC. Driver confirms read at 6:12. At 6:47 his phone says he's left home.

  5. Day-of, 8:30 PM

    step 05

    Varmala starts. 198 guests are in.

    QR scan at the gate, live count on your phone. Caterer adjusts the buffet on the fly. You are not counting. You are dancing.

This is not aspirational. It's what hichki does, every day, for every wedding it runs.

Below — the mechanics

Everything one wedding contains.

247 guests, 5 events, 9 rooms still to assign — held in one place, queryable in two seconds.

Guests

247/ 296

confirmed across 5 events

  • Haldi118
  • Mehendi164
  • Sangeet231
  • Wedding247
  • Reception89

ITC Udaipur

ITC

9 rooms unassigned

Block releases in 96 hours

  • Suresh Mama

    Lands day-of, 7:14 AM

    No room

  • Naina Kapoor + 1

    Checks in Feb 13

    Held

  • Joshi family

    Checks in Feb 13

    Held

Day-of access

Four links, no logins.

Each one opens exactly one thing.

  • Check-in desk

    Vikram · main gate

    Live

  • Driver Ramesh

    Airport run · Suresh Mama

    Live

  • Anand Caterers

    Headcount only

    Live

  • Sharma family

    Their side of the list

    Live
Every link expires when the wedding does.

On the day, you watch the numbers go up.

QR check-in at the gate. Live count on your phone. Every guest accounted for, while you're dancing.

Day-of · Sharma–Kapoor · 19:14 IST

Live

Guests checked in

198 / 247

  • PS

    Pratima Sharma

    Bride's side

    12s ago
  • RK

    Rohit Kapoor

    Groom's side

    34s ago
  • SM

    Suresh Mama

    Bride's side

    1m ago
  • NK

    Naina Kapoor

    Groom's side

    2m ago

Scan station · Main gate

Operator Vikram · 1 of 3

Eight weddings.
One console.

For the planners running a season. Workspaces multiply. Guests, rooms, drivers, day-of links, team — across all your clients. The WhatsApp group called “Wedding Ops FINAL (2)” can finally die.

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active weddings

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live tonight

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