Make way for the beautiful couple
By:
Raymond
Ronamai
Thursday,
April
19,
2007
There
is
no
night
at
superstar
Amitabh
Bachchan's
bungalows
Prateeksha
and
Jalsa
these
days.
Everybody
is
busy
giving
final
touches
to
their
respective
masterpieces,
which
they
have
been
moulding
for
the
last
few
days.
The
thoroughfares
around
the
bungalows
look
smaller
than
usual
with
people
walking
at
snail's
pace
as
if
to
smell
the
fresh
fragrance
that
has
filled
the
air
and
security
personnel
just
can't
stop
them
from
staring.
The
Mumbai
traffic
police
have
pulled
up
their
sleeves
to
ensure
smooth
traffic
flow
around
the
vicinity.
This
is
all
because
the
much-awaited
Abhishek
Bachchan
-
Aishwarya
Rai
wedding
is
taking
place
the
morrow.
The Bachchan family has announced that the wedding would be a low-key private affair but reality tells a completely different story. The fact is they are not leaving any stone unturned to make the day unforgettable. Apart from irresistible decorations, they are making sure that there is enough light at the two bungalows even if the rest of Mumbai experiences blackout. Believe it or not, they are deploying six heavy-duty generators at the two bungalows to make sure that the three-day ceremony gets the estimated 1,000 KW.
The wedding celebrations took off in style yesterday with the sangeet ceremony. Many prominent personalities and celebrities like heroines Preity Zinta and Kajol, directors Karan Johar and Ram Gopal Varma, filmmaker Yash Chopra, actors Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty and Ajay Devgan, Sahara head honcho Subrata Roy and Anil Ambani attended the function.
The bride's residence at La Mer in Bandra is also glowing like never before with Aishwarya's mehendi ceremony taking place today. It is said that 25-foot-tall tent has been erected for the ceremony with a 30-foot-long walk-through connecting the entrance of the building. The walkway is said to be draped with blue, pink and yellow silk shades. There is a stage within the tent, which has 15 air conditioners. It is also said that special mehendi has been ordered from Sodak in Rajasthan for the ceremony. Ash has chosen a red zari embroidered ghagra choli designed by her favourite designer, Neeta Lulla, for the ceremony. She has also chosen a gold zari embroidered saree created by the same designer for her wedding. Both the families of the bride and bridegroom are not taking chances to make the day a special one for their children.
It looks like the world will stop rotating the morrow when Abhishek Bachchan ties the final knot with former Miss World Aishwarya Rai. Film buffs are not hearing enough of their dream couple and the same people who criticize media for creating such a hip and hoopla around the event end up enjoying reading a piece of news about the duo. Yes, you can run, you can hide but you can't ignore this big fat wedding.