1. Surprise! Neha Dhupia Weds Angad Bedi, Announces It Via Twitter
Before we could get over the Sonam Kapoor - Anand Ahuja shaadi, Bollywood had another wedding coming up and no one really knew about it. Actors Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi have tied the knot at a ceremony which seems to have been kept under the wraps.
From what we know, the marriage took place at a Gurudwara in Delhi. Thanks to Karan Johar, the media finally got to know of the good news when the filmmaker tweeted about it along with the newly wed couple.
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2. Sonam Just Posted Her First Photo With Anand & It Can’t Get Cuter
While social (and even news) media has been flooded with photos and videos of the high profile Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja wedding, the newly married Bollywood actor just dropped her first Instagram post the nuptials.
A day after creating flutters by officially taking her husband’s last name on her social media profiles, seems like Mrs Ahuja is missing hubby Anand from Cannes.
Captioned with the couple’s trademark #EverydayPhenomenal, this post shows there is so much more to come from this cute AF pair.
3. Alia Bhatt’s ‘Raazi’ Banned in Pakistan for ‘Negative Portrayal’
The Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal-starrer spy film Raazi will not see the light of day in Pakistan. Reportedly no distributor agreed to purchase the film and is has consequently been banned from screening in cinemas across Pakistan. The censor board has cited the controversial content and negative portrayal of Pakistan as a reason for the official forbiddance.
Directed by Meghna Gulzar, the film is an adaptation of the book, Calling Sehmatwhere a young Kashmiri Muslim girl agrees to fulfill her father’s wish to be an undercover Indian agent in Pakistan. She marries a serving officer of the Pakistan army. All this transpires in the background of the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war.
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4. ‘Veere Di Wedding’ New Song Is the #SonamKiShaadi Hangover Cure
Watching the video of Bhangra Ta Sajda from Veere Di Wedding starring Sonam Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Swara Bhasker and Shikha Talsania gives you a strong sense of deja vu...like you have walked out of a wedding into a song. A melange of colours, the song may just be the antidote to those experiencing a huge #SonamKiShaadi hangover.
A quintessential shaadi song, it ropes in the whole family. Based on the boliyantradition in lower Punjab, it is sung by a man - in this case - Sumeet Vyas - who looks at Kareena with longing.
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5. Kangana Ranaut Stuns In a Sabyasachi Sari at Cannes, Pics Inside
Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut chose a heavily sequinned but sensual black sari as she exuded an old world charm with her bouffant-inspired hairdo for her first appearance at the 71st Cannes Film Festival here on Wednesday.
The stylish actress looked resplendent in a Sabyasachi Mukherjee sari. The designer's official Instagram page described it as an an ultra-glamorous rendition of the brand's famous 'akash-tara' (starry skies) sari.
"The sari is hand-dyed and embellished with hand-cut sequins that are individually sewn using zardosi technique to create a metallic, yet fluid fabric."
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