Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan’s wedding date is still a secret, but rumours are rife that the post-wedding party is to be held in Jaipur sometime in February with over 6,000 guests in attendance. And in the build-up to the big day, we meet the people who are going to dress them up for the pre-wedding functions.
‘A week’s deadline’ – that’s what Aishwarya Rai’s mother, Vrinda Rai gave Sharbari Datta, a Kolkata based designer, when she called on the designer to place an exclusive order. Datta has been designated to design four kurtas and a dhoti for Junior B for the pre-wedding functions.
Designer, Sharbari Dutta told CNBC-TV18, “i asked for the measurements and she said her damaad (son-in-law) is 6ft 3 inches tall and i don’t have anything in that measuremen. So, i will have to design the whole line.”
The kurtas are not going to be over-the-top or ostentatious and will be priced between Rs 6,000 and Rs 10,000 a piece. in addition to the kurtas, Datta is also dispatching a collection of shawls, especially for Aishwarya, who called her up and said, “she would use them sparingly”
But that’s not all. Aishwarya Rai’s pre-wedding wear will also include 21 sarees from a saree store in Varanasi. The bill for 14 of these totalled to a whopping Rs 1, 52,000 and the shopkeeper insists there is more to come. “There will be more sarees for the wedding, these are just for the functions before the D-day.”
With January 22 as the deadline for Datta, and some shopping already done, there is little doubt that the grand Bachchan-Rai wedding is right around the corner.
