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Straight answers about Tamil wedding films and photography in Sri Lanka, for couples in Colombo, Jaffna and abroad. If your question is not here, ask on WhatsApp: 077 300 0873.
Booking and cost
How much does a Tamil wedding videographer cost in Colombo?
GLO is confirming its 2026 starting prices for three collections: Teaser Day (up to 6 hours, one cinematographer and one photographer), Cinematic Day (8–10 hours, two cinematographers and one or two photographers) and Island Story (multi-day, two cities, custom quote). Multi-day and two-city weddings are quoted. The starting price is always shown on the services page, never “contact for price”.
What is included in each collection?
Teaser Day: a 90-second teaser, a 3–4 minute highlight film and 80–120 edited photographs. Cinematic Day: a teaser, a 5–8 minute highlight film, the full ceremony cut and 180–250 photographs with an online gallery. Island Story: teaser, highlight and a long film, the full gallery and an album credit, with travel included in the quote.
What add-ons can we choose?
A pre-shoot film, a same-week teaser, puberty ceremony or valaikappu coverage, an e-invitation, a 16×24 frame and a printed album.
How do we check if our wedding date is free?
Send the date, city and event on WhatsApp to 077 300 0873 (+94 77 300 0873 from abroad), or use the date checker. The studio confirms every date personally.
How is the date held?
A deposit holds the date. Delivery timelines are written into the agreement before the day.
When should we book?
As soon as the family fixes the muhurtham. Auspicious dates are shared by many families, so it helps to ask early.
Can we meet the team before booking?
Yes, at the studio at 118/A Galle Road, Wellawatte, Colombo 06, or over a video call. You walk through the day hour by hour and choose the collection together.
Families abroad
We live abroad. Can we book GLO for our wedding in Sri Lanka?
Yes. You check the date on WhatsApp, plan the day over a video call and hold it with a deposit. Payment options for families abroad are explained at booking. See Tamil weddings in Sri Lanka for families abroad.
What is the best time to call Colombo from London, Toronto or Sydney?
London: 1–4 pm in winter (2–5 pm in summer) is 6:30–9:30 pm in Colombo. Toronto and New York: 9:30–11:30 am in winter (10:30 am–12:30 pm in summer) is 8–10 pm in Colombo. Sydney and Melbourne: 2:30–5:30 pm (3:30–6:30 pm in daylight saving) is 10 am–1 pm in Colombo.
How can relatives abroad see the wedding afterwards?
A teaser comes within days, ready for the family group chat, and the highlight film within weeks. Films play right on this website, and the Cinematic Day collection includes an online photo gallery.
Can you make an e-invitation for guests overseas?
Yes. E-invitations are an add-on, and the film archive has examples.
Can we plan the whole day before we fly in?
Yes. The consultation walks through the day hour by hour, from the ponnurukku to the reception, so the plan is settled before you land.
Jaffna and across Sri Lanka
Do you film weddings in Jaffna?
Yes. Seran & Kajee’s wedding in Jaffna (2015) is one of GLO’s two most-watched films, at around 35,000 views. The crew travels from Colombo; island travel is quoted on the inquiry.
Which cities do you cover?
Colombo, Jaffna, Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Vavuniya, Hatton, Kandy and Galle, with pre-shoots in places like Galle, Nuwara Eliya and Marino Beach.
Is travel outside Colombo extra?
Colombo metro is included. Travel elsewhere on the island is quoted on the inquiry, and the Island Story collection includes travel in its quote.
Can you cover a ceremony in Jaffna and a reception in Colombo?
Yes. The Island Story collection is made for multi-day, two-city weddings, from Jaffna to Colombo.
Do you film weddings at kovils?
Yes. The archive runs from Colombo hotels to Jaffna kovils.
Ceremonies and events
Do you know the Tamil Hindu wedding rituals?
Every collection includes a cinematographer who knows the day before it begins: the ponnurukku, the kaappu, the muhurtham, the third knot of the thaali, the aashirvatham, the nalangu and the reception.
Do you film puberty ceremonies?
Yes. Puberty ceremonies (பூப்புனித நீராட்டு விழா) are in the archive alongside weddings, and can be added to any collection.
Do you cover valaikappu?
Yes, as an add-on to a collection.
Do you film pre-shoots, receptions, birthdays, sangeet and registrations?
All of them. The archive has pre-shoots, receptions, e-invitations, registrations, sangeet and birthdays.
Films, photographs and delivery
How long until we get the wedding film?
A teaser within days and the highlight film within weeks. Exact timelines are written into your collection before the day.
How long is the highlight film?
3–4 minutes with Teaser Day and 5–8 minutes with Cinematic Day, which also includes the full ceremony cut. Island Story adds a long film.
How many photographs do we get?
80–120 edited photographs with Teaser Day and 180–250 with Cinematic Day, which adds an online gallery.
Do you film in 4K?
Yes. GLO has delivered highlights in 4K since 2015 (Shiran & Sintu, the most-watched film) and has graded highlights in HDR since 2023.
Where can we watch your work?
The films page holds the full archive of 127 films, and stories pairs each couple’s film with their photographs.
Can we get prints, frames and an album?
Yes. The counter at 118/A Galle Road makes fine-art prints, framed pieces and printed albums from any photograph in your gallery.
About GLO
Who is the best Tamil wedding videographer in Sri Lanka?
It depends on the style you want, so watch the films before you decide. What GLO brings: a Wellawatte studio since 2006, 127 published films, weddings from Colombo to Jaffna, Batticaloa and Trincomalee, and a most-watched film seen more than 36,000 times.
How long has GLO been in business?
Since 2006. GLO Photo Studio opened at 118/A Galle Road, Wellawatte and celebrates twenty years in 2026.
Can we talk to GLO in Tamil?
Yes. GLO is a Tamil wedding studio in Wellawatte, Colombo, and this website is in English and தமிழ்.
Where is the studio?
No. 118/A Galle Road, Wellawatte, Colombo 06, Sri Lanka.
How do we contact GLO?
Phone 011 2 502 182, WhatsApp 077 300 0873 (+94 77 300 0873 from abroad), email glodigitalstudio@gmail.com.
Where can we read reviews?
On Google reviews and on Facebook, where GLO has 33,000 followers.