Aritra Roy
Creative director“I draw light first. Always.”
About the studio
I started Siliguri Event because the first wedding I designed — for my own sister — felt like a film I wanted to keep watching. Every event since has been an attempt to make the next one feel that way.
Aritra Roy
Founder · Creative director
Four ideas · One studio
I
Light first.
Before a single flower is hung we have already drawn the light. Daylight ceremonies are designed at dawn; evening rooms are designed in the dark. The photograph is the brief.
II
Restraint with depth.
Three small installations beat one large one. We let the architecture and the people in the room carry the foreground; we work in the middle distance.
III
Family before furniture.
Every plan is reviewed with the elders. We seat them first; the cushion choices, the height of the chowki, the side they take photographs from — all settled before the florist arrives.
IV
The room remembers.
We always leave a single thing behind for the family — a brass piece, a hand-painted invite. The decor leaves; the room remembers.
Eleven years · A short list
The way the studio grew up.
- 2014
Studio founded
Started in a one-room rental in Darjeeling More. First event was my sister's mehendi.
- 2016
First destination wedding
Three days in the Dooars. Marigold strung between bamboo and tea bushes.
- 2018
Durga Puja debut
First public pandal design — a Bengali-Bengali jugalbandi.
- 2020
Press: Vogue Wedding Co
First feature; the team grew from 4 to 9 in the next six months.
- 2023
100th event
A bridal mandap on the edge of Mahananda Park. We knew the room before the family arrived.
- 2025
250 events, 36 cities
Still in Siliguri. Still designing dawn ceremonies in clay. Still leaving a single brass piece behind.
The studio · six hands
Six people. One brief.
Riya Sen
Floral lead“Marigold strings are an anchor, not a decoration.”
Mihir Das
Lighting designer“I design at 3200K. The rest is colour theory.”
Ananya Bose
Production manager“If the brass is on time, the room is on time.”
Soumya Banerjee
Client relations“Plan for the elders. Everyone else follows.”
Tara Devi
Sound + script“Shehnai or silence. Never both.”
As featured in
- Vogue Wedding Co
- The Hindu
- Filmfare Bridal
- Telegraph India
- Wedding Wire
- Brides Today
- Conde Nast Traveller
- The Statesman
The door is open
Come to the studio.
Darjeeling More, Siliguri · weekdays 11–7. Tea and a moodboard, usually in that order.