Watch | A passing out parade & a proposal: Army officer pops the question to partner after graduation

In what could be easily be a scene lifted out of a Bollywood romantic comedy film, at the passing-out parade at the Combat Army Aviation Training School near Nashik in Maharashtra, an army officer popped the question to his partner in a surprise proposal.

A video of the proposal went viral on social media. It shows Captain Bharat Bhardwaj getting down on one knee and his partner hugging him as he gets up.

Dressed in his ceremonial military uniform, the newly-commissioned pilot walked onto the tarmac, knelt before his partner and proposed with an engagement ring. An Army helicopter was in the backdrop, unwittingly providing the movie-like flair.

The woman looked elated and accepted the ring which the young officer offered.

Captain Bhardwaj said he had known his partner for five years and wanted to make this day memorable.

"We have all become pilots, instructors today. It was a big day for all of us. Our hard work yielded fruit today. Both of us have known each other for the past five years. I don't think that there is any better day than this to propose marriage to her. This is a big day for my family, too. I wanted to make this day memorable for her as well," he said.

The Combat Army Aviation Training School is the premier flying training institution of the Indian Army and functions under the Army Training Command.

(With PTI inputs)