Archive for August, 2010

Chennai set for Rajnikanth’s daughter’s Wedding

Aug 29, 2010 Celeb Weddings to Watch out for

Rajinikanth, India’s highest paid Film Actor is hosting his daughter’s marriage—Soundarya Rajinikanth is marrying Ashwin Ramkumar, a Chennai based businessman. The couple got engaged on 17 February at The Park Sheraton, Chennai and their marriage celebrations are on September 2 and 3 at Chennai’s most opulent Wedding Hall– Rani Meyyammani and Raja Mutthiah Hall.

A host of Political, Bollywood and Hollywood Biggies including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, Abhishek and Aishwarya Bachchan and Richard Gere are expected to attend Chennai’s Wedding of the Year. According to newspaper reports, the wedding elements and details have been picked by Soundarya who is wearing traditional Kanjeevaram Sarees for all the wedding functions. The Father of the Bride and the staff at his Poes Garden residence are extremely busy overseeing the massive security arrangements—not because the who’s who are attending the weddng, but because its Tamil Nadu’s favourite superstar’s daughter’s wedding; and thousands of super-excited fans are expected to land up on the roads leading to Rani Meyyammani and Raja Mutthiah Hall.

Soundarya studied in Australia and now runs the film production house Ocher Picture Productions. Ashwin completed his Masters at Stanford University and is now involved in his father’s construction business. Rajinkanth and his wife Latha Rangachari (she runs the school The Ashram in Chennai) have two daughters. Their elder daughter Aishwarya is married to actor Dhanush and they have two sons.

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Celebrity Cause: ‘Design One’ on 8th and 9th September

Aug 29, 2010 Bridal Shows & Wedding Exhibitions

Sahachari Foundation’s annual exhibition ‘Design One’ is run by eleven women from Mumbai’s most influential business families, Minakshi Bajaj, Sheela Bhogilal, Mala Goenka, Nilima Kilachand, Madhu Ruia and Gauri Pohoomul among others. The Exhibition, now in its second year is at World Trade Centre, Mumbai on 8th, 9th September. At Design One, Brides and their families can look forward to shopping for a host of stuff, not just designer wear but home and lifestyle products, silverware, exotic flowers, gift items and various cuisines too. The participants this year include designers Nikasha Tawadey, Nandita Mahtani, Laila Motwane, Anu Mafatlal, Rakhee Grover Jain, Kanika Mehra, Pooja Hiremath and Madhu Shah.

The other co-founders of Sahachari Foundation (which means Women Walking Together) include Brinda Khatau, Pallavi Kanoria, Parul Choksey, Daksha Mehta and Laxmi Nair. The main aim of the Foundation is to promote India’s culture and tradition, and the profits from Design One, the flagship event go towards supporting several charities.

Thanks to the high profile organisers the show guarantees exhibitors, a visitor profile (read buyers) like no other shopping extravaganza. Says Mallika Singhania, Co-founder of www.indianhanger.com and a regular visitor to exclusive bridal and shopping shows: “In an age when exhibitions are so many in numbers, designers of exquisite wares are extremely selective about where they’d like to participate—‘Design One’ is a much sought-after platform thanks to the highly affluent audience it attracts”.


Jewellery by Crimzon Bijoux and Home Accessories by Tania Deol


Bridal wear by Rakhee Grover Jain


Bridal wear by Nikasha Tawadey

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Bridal Asia Showcase- Shane & Falguni Peacock, Shaheen Abbas, Malini Agarwalla

Aug 26, 2010 Bridal Shows & Wedding Exhibitions, Fashion & Bridal Wear, People & Parties

Designers Shane & Falguni Peacock, Malini Agarwalla of ‘Malaga’ and Shaheen Abbas presented a sneak peak of their bridal creations at the bridal showcase hosted by Divya Gurwara at Olive, Mumbai. While Pratima Bhatia and Nisha Jamwval accessorised their look with bags and jewellery from Malaga’s new bridal accessories line, Shane & Falguni dressed  models Sanea Shaikh and Shamita Singha in their bridal finery. Suchitra Pillai, Manasi Scott, Namrata Shroff made a statement in stunning silver jewellery from Shaheen Abbas.

The ladies spotted at the event were Ekta Raheja, Poonam Mahajan, Nayantara Thacker,  Poonam & Kriti Soni, Alisha Chauhan, Shonali Shroff, Mamta Anand, Mansi Joshi, Delna & Simone Poonawala, Kavita Chougule, Shibani Suri, Kunika Singh amongst many others.

Bridal Asia will take place from 11th- 13th September at Hotel Ashok, New Delhi.

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‘Abu-Sandeep and A.Jaffe’: Jewellery King Mehul Choksi’s daughter Priyanka Choksi on wedding picks

Aug 26, 2010 Celeb Weddings to Watch out for, Fashion & Bridal Wear

A few weeks ago, Mehul Choksi, Chairman of Gitanjali Group in an interview to WeddingSutra had announced his daughter Priyanka’s marriage to Antwerp-based Akash Mehta. His to-be-wed daughter is in the news again, she has just launched her own entrepreneurial venture. Priyanka, has brought to India A.Jaffe, New York’s most sought-after luxury bridal brand and one of America’s oldest bridal jewellery manufacturers. A.Jaffe’s flagship store on Hughes Road, Mumbai will retail Engagement, Wedding and Anniversary rings.

Priyanka herself wears an A.Jaffe engagement ring. What else is the privileged princess picking for her trousseau? “All my wedding wear will be designed by Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla. For jewellery shopping I’m planning to visit Delhi, Kolkata, Jaipur and Hyderabad.” She adds: “I’m an accessory freak too—Malaga clutches are my favorite, and the other accessory brands I usually pick when travelling abroad are Chloe, Chanel, Fendi and Jimmy Choo.” And where does she plan to take her fiance for his wedding shopping? “His wear for the different functions may be a mix from different designers– Abu-Sandeep, Raghuvendra Rathore and Krishna Mehta”, she says.

Priyanka and Akash’s wedding is in Jodhpur in December this year.

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Pony and Prakash’s reception- Star Studded affair

Aug 26, 2010 Celebrity Wedding Pictures, Fashion & Bridal Wear

Actor/Film Producer Prakash Raj and Bollywood choreographer Pony Verma’s wedding reception at Hotel Sahara Star was a star studded affair. Present were Rani Mukerji and celebrity couples Sridevi and Boney Kapoor, Mandira Bedi and Raj Kaushal, Tannaz and Bhakhtyar Irani. Pony’s rakhi brother cricketer Sreesanth, actors Rohit Roy, Mugdha Godse, Rupali Ganguly, Shama Sikander and dad-daughter duo Govinda and Narmmadaa Ahuja.


The white embellished sarees on these gorgeous ladies gets a yay from us!


More white done right! Gets another yay.


Ayesha’s lehenga is a bit too dressy, Mugdha’s make-up is a bit off, but they still come off looking good.


Couldn’t resist but share these fashion faux pas!


Rani dons a beautiful anarkali ensemble from Sabyasachi. Love the color and she looks gorgeous.


There is no excuse for walking into a wedding event dressed casually. Ladies, keep a change in the car if you are too busy to go home and change.


Wish we had full length photos of these lovelies. That maangtikka is so sweet.

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Make your honeymoon last forever in a Photo Book.

Aug 26, 2010 Marriage & Wedding Trends, Wedding Photographers

Back from your honeymoon! Are your pictures still on your PC or your memory stick? You no longer have a professional photographer at your service but you still have great photos of your trip– memories of those beautiful and precious moments together. Preserve photos from your romantic rendezvous with honeymoon photo books.

Creating a photo book is easy. Pick your favorite pictures, add some captions or interesting short anecdotes. Click here for the Store Locator to find a Photographer/ Store who will help you transform them into a stylishly designed photo book.

COVER AND INSIDE PAGES

Make your memory book unique with your own title and favorite photo on the cover.  Spend a little time with the Photographer/ Store  to view the different design templates for photo books and select the one you like best. Click here to chose from a variety of Kodak papers to ensure your beautiful memories last a lifetime.

PICKING PHOTOS

If you’re wondering what kind of photos should go in the photo book, remember not every photo needs to go in. Pick the ones that capture the essence of the trip. Every photo need not have both of you. You can have a good mix of couple shots, single portraits and some scenic shots. Or even photos of beautiful buildings or unusual scenes you came across.

Go on, get your honeymoon photo book and you will have a special keepsake of your travel times.

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Wedding Bells@ Corporate India, Videocon Dhoot’s daughter to wed Kishore Biyani’s nephew

Aug 26, 2010 Celeb Weddings to Watch out for

The Roka ceremony of Tanushri Dhoot and Vivek Biyani was held at The Regal Room, Oberoi, Mumbai last night. The formal engagement is in October, and the wedding celebrations are between February 6 and 8 in Mumbai. Vivek, the Director in-charge of Future Group’s Home Town is the son of Kishore Biyani’s elder brother Vijay Biyani. Tanushri studied Finance at the Imperial College in London and now works at the Mumbai-based NGO Pratham.

The Dhoot-Biyani wedding is expected to be the most high profile wedding of 2011 since the Dhoot weddings are glamorous, glittering and power-packed affairs. In 2003, Pooja Poddar (from Siyaram Mills family) married Anirudh Dhoot. The packed Mumbai Turf Club had two dinner lounges—one common and the other for VIPs like Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Ambanis and Shahrukh Khan. February 2010 saw another wow wedding when Saurabh Dhoot, son of Pradeep Dhoot married Radhika, daughter of Sanjay Singal of Bhushan Steel. There’s another wedding in the Dhoot family—Pune-based Varun Dhoot and Meenal Partani, are marrying in December 2010.

While daughters of some business barons choose their own life partners, most privileged princesses like Tanushri have an arranged marriage, with a boy from a very similar family background. In a recent interview to The Economic Times, Kishore Biyani, CEO of Future Business stated: “The business community is a very large and strong community, similar to the linguistic, caste and religious communities. And just as people feel comfortable in their respective communities, business communities too, feel comfortable within their own circles. People derive power out of each other.” In the same article a well-known Corporate Advisor was quoted: “The match-making here is related to money. By marrying into one’s own ecosystems, they get stronger and compete better.”

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Actress Moon marries Neeraj Sharma

Aug 25, 2010 Celebrity Wedding Pictures

Actress Moon Banerrjee married Neeraj Sharma on 15th August in Mumbai. Moon met Neeraj, who works as an executive producer with Ram Gopal Varma Films through common friends a few months ago, and the couple soon decided to take the plunge. Says Moon: “We wanted to keep the wedding very simple, so we had a quiet wedding at a temple in Goregaon. In a month’s time we’re planning a grand party.” The couple opted for a very simple look too. “We’re both Fab India fans, so we picked our wedding wear from there. I wore a burst rust color crepe silk saree and Neeraj picked a gold color kurta.”

Moon is currently acting in the STAR Plus serial Sasural Genda Phool. She earlier essayed the very popular role of Sampada in the daily Kasauti Zindagi Ki. This is Moon’s second marriage. She was earlier married to film director Gautam Joglekar who is the son of noted filmmaker/ screenwriter Sai Paranjpye.

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Shashi Tharoor weds Sunanda Pushkar at his ancestral home in Pallakkad

Aug 22, 2010 Celebrity Wedding Pictures

Shashi Tharoor, 54 tied the ‘thali’ with Sunanda Pushkar, 48 symbolising the marital bond as per the South Indian customs, amid playing of ‘Nadaswaram’ and beating of drums. The venue was Tharoor’s ancestral home in Pallakkad. Tharoor wore a traditional Malayali attire of kurta and mundu, Sunanda, wore an off-white ‘veshti-mundu set’ and loads of Jasmine flowers on her hair.The tying of the ‘thali’ was followed by exchange of garlands and handing over the ‘pudava’, a piece of new cloth to the bride by the bridegroom, a tradition in Kerala. The ceremonies took place before a brass metal lamp with a ‘para’ filled with paddy and coconut shoots, symbolising plenty and prosperity.

The invitation to the wedding on the eve of Onam festival was limited to close relatives, friends. But a large number of mediapersons gathered to cover the occasion. The party from the bride’s side included Sunanda’s father Col Pushkarnath Das who lives in Jammu, and her 17 year old son. Congress leader Manishankar Aiyar was the only senior politician present for the ceremony. Ishaan and Kanishk, Tharoor’s twin sons from his first marriage were also present.

The couple are hosting a get-together in Thiruvananthapuram, Tharoor’s constituency after which they head to Dubai where Sunanda is hosting a reception in typical Kashmiri style. From there they fly to Spain for a short holiday before returning to Delhi to host a dinner reception on September 3. Well-known Mumbai Designer Shahid Aamir has designed some of the bride and groom’s outfits. Tharoor’s outfits include a bandhgala in black with cherry-coloured satin detailing and a black ensemble. For the bride, Aamir designed a fuchsia pink chiffon saree for the post-wedding lunch, a black and gold saree for the Dubai party and an off-white and gold khada dupatta with gota, kundan work for the nawabi theme reception in Delhi.

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Amrapali Glams up the Jewellery Week

Aug 21, 2010 Fashion & Bridal Wear

After spotting gorgeous jewellery pieces on Bollywood’s leading ladies at the India International Jewellery Week, we were full of anticipation when we heard that Amrapali is showing. We are glad to report that we were not disappointed. Neither were the many female celebrities who turned up to watch the show. We spotted Ila Arun and her daughter Isshita Arun, actress Kiron Kher, Alka Yagnik, Anita Dongre, Neena Gupta and her fashion designer daughter Masaba.  The very beautiful Konkana Sen Sharma opened the Amrapali show wearing a five-row kundan neck piece, armlet, bangles, earrings and a choker.

So which of these jewellery pieces is your favorite?

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