Shilpa Shetty Plans a Grand and Lavish Sangeet

Shilpa Shetty's wedding preparations have kicked off by a private engagement party but Sangeet, she assures would be a lavish affair at Khandala.

She has zeroed in on friend-choreographer Ganesh Hegde for choreographing everyone's dance movies for a perfect sangeet on November 21 which is just a day before her wedding.

Ganesh Hegde confirmed the news saying, "The sangeet is not a professional thing for me. I am related to Shilpa. We are keeping this as personal as possible and haven't involved any professional dancers. We're planning something cute where all the family members pay tribute to each other. Raj's younger brother is extremely enthusiastic about it. Raj's family members will be coming down from London."

Commenting on the sangeet's theme, Ganesh adds, "There's no singular theme, but yes, we will explore and celebrate that Shilpa, who is from a South Indian (Bunt) family, is marrying Raj, who is a Punjabi. We'll have a good mix of South Indian and Punjabi style dance and music."

About Shilpa and Raj's special number, Ganesh says, "They will be dancing together on a lovely romantic number. We haven't finalised the song yet but it will definitely be one of Shilpa's own numbers. Apart from Shilpa's own songs, there will be some high-tempo numbers too. The guests won't dress in special costumes for their performances as they will anyway be dressed in their finery."

Is there a special bit about the ceremony that will be a surprise for the couple, we ask Ganesh. "Not really," he says. "We all will be rehearsing together so planning a surprise will be difficult… Shilpa is aware and very much part of everything we have planned. We will start the rehearsals very soon.

We hope media gets too see the action in full monty!