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Saloni's Rs 40 lakh wedding in Saat Phere would put a lot of fat-cats' budget to shame
Sapana Patil
It looks like Sooraj Barjatiya is losing his copyright on grand wedding sequences. Zee TV's Saat Phere has a Rs 40 lakh wedding sequence coming soon on the small screen. Saloni (Rajshri Thakur), the dusky protagonist of Saat Phere, who had failed to find a suitable boy so far, is now ready to tie the knot.
"The wedding sequence has been divided into several rituals beginning with haldi and going on to mehendi and sangeet. Finally there will be the shaadi and bidai," says creative head, Sphere Origin, Rashmi Sharma.
"The highlight of the mehendi ceremony will be the performances by Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge contestants Himani Kapoor and Vinit Singh and a dance performance by Neena Gupta on a medley of songs," she adds. "There will also be a number of Rajasthani folk dances like Ghoomar, Teratali, Charinritya and Bhavai, performed by professional dancers flown down from Jaipur. The wedding ceremony will be extravagant too. The groom will make a grand entry atop an elephant. The wedding will be held at a villa in Madh Island, which will be decorated with rare natural flowers."
The wedding outfits are being designed by Priya and Chintan. The bride will wear an exclusive ghagra choli and real diamond jewellery. The groom will sport exquisite sherwani.
"We have worked hard on the colour themes too," says producer Comall Wadhwan, adding that she has done extensive research on traditional Rajasthani weddings, jusr for this sequence. "The venue will be colour synchronised with the outfits of the couple. For example, for sangeet, the couple will wear purple outfits. So, pink, mauve and purple coloured flowers will be used on the sets. For the wedding, the theme is aqua blue. We have tried to keep the rituals as authentic to the Rajasthani culture as possible."
After the wedding, the couple will leave for Goa for their honeymoon.
The production house has spent close to 40 lakhs rupees on the entire wedding sequence.
Source: http://www.mumbaimirror.com
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