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Riya Sen Weds Longtime Beau Shvam Tiwari
Riya Sen Weds Longtime
Beau Shvam Tiwari
Gone are the days when celebs shied away from marriage or kept them under wraps. The latest to join the bandwagon is Bollywood actress Riya Sen, daughter of extremely talented actress MoonMoon Sen and younger sister of actress Raima Sen.
News that Riya Sen agreed to marry her longtime beau Shivam Tiwari has gained momentum recently. However, her sudden and closed affair wedding on August 16 in Pune with just family and close friends as attendees took everyone by surprise. The wedding was earlier supposed to take place at the end of August. Rumor has it that the 36-year-old actress’ pregnancy is the reason behind the hush-hush marriage though there has been no official confirmation about the same.
Riya has dated actors John Abraham and Ashmit Patel in the past. Nothing much is known about her now husband Shivam Tiwari
apart from the fact that he loves photography, judging by his Instagram account. The couple recently enjoyed a vacation in Slovakia during which they shared oodles of photographs of the trip.
Pictures of the low key Bengali wedding have been released with the promise of a lavish reception party to be held in Mumbai. Judging by the pictures, Riya looked drop dead gorgeous as a Bengali bride in a red outfit
while Shivam was seen adorning the traditional headgear of a mukut and topor, staples of any Bengali wedding. There was also a picture of Riya covering her face with paan leaves and carried by her brothers and male friends for the ‘shubho drishti’ ceremony. Pictures of the pre-wedding bash thrown by sister, Raima Sen were also shared.Riya Sen currently appears in Ekta Kapoor’s web series Ragini MMS 2.2. Her last appearance was in the the web short film, Lonely Girl. Earlier, she appeared in movies that include Style, Jhankaar Beats, Dil Vil Pyar Vyar and Tere Mere Phere. She even did a Tamil movie, Taj Mahal as well as dozens of Bengali films. From our side, we wish the newlyweds a happy married life.
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Neha and Tejas
Photographer:
Sona PhotographyTejas Patel, 33, and Neha Patel, 34 dated for two years before tying the knot in March 2017. Tejas, a computer engineer, and Neha, a clinical pharmacist, met via Shadi.com in 2015.
After exchanging pleasantries, the two met and continued to meet every month. It wasn’t long before the couple realized they were in love. Neha’s family lives in London and were bowled over by Tejas’ well-mannered and polite nature.
Beginning the summer of 2016, the two began discussing plans to get married. On one occasion, when they met Neha had her nails perfectly manicured, in case Tejas proposed. It turns out the elusive proposal didn’t happen until November.
“I was expecting a surprise engagement and ring, but the engineer in him wanted to pick out a ring that I would like,” said Neha. She added Tejas took several months to choose a ring based on her likes and dislikes.
Tejas finally popped the question to Neha after flying her parents out to his childhood home. He proposed on a bridge in a park as his sisters and brother-in-law took pictures.
Neha didn’t hire a wedding planner for their destination wedding. After reviewing several locations, she zeroed in on the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort in Florida, for its nice beach and large and gorgeous ballroom.
The couple’s 350 guests enjoyed a “big fat Indian beach wedding.” The pre-wedding events consisted of a mehndi, vidhi, and joint welcome dinner. The mehndi was peacock-themed, in sync with Neha’s lehenga. For the wedding there was an open mandap, and the colors matched the saris of the bridesmaids, magenta and fuchsia, while the groomsmen wore matching dupattas.
The groom’s floral necklace included fuchsia, magenta and coral flowers. The wedding necklaces were red and white to match their outfits as well as the hanging Ganesha. Guests were welcomed by Ganesha and Radha-Krishna idols welcomed the guests. Floating candles and fuchsia petals adorned the raised aisle.
Since it was a short walk, Tejas walked down to the hotel along with the baarat. The music was an upbeat mix of Indian and Western hits.
The reception was beach-themed with coral and teal color accents to coordinate with Neha’s reception outfit. The matching wedding cake was an eggless orange cake with chocolate filling and coconut cream. Its topper, miniature forms of Tejas and Neha, was shipped from Hong Kong.
Neha’s tip to couples is to plan in advance, but beware that no wedding happens without any hiccups!
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Dishant and Sara
Photographer:
Jessica Williams StudioDishant Dalal and Sara Gromoll dated for seven years before tying the knot. Dalal, 26, an IT analyst, and Sara, 26, a nurse, met in 2009 in high school, completed graduation the same year and then began dating.
Five years into dating, Dishant, just a day before his birthday, proposed to his lady love, Sara, an event for which he planned over a month. He said the magical words to his sweetheart mid-air on a helicopter over Atlanta.
For Sara, the entire experience was a complete surprise, though her family knew about it. “He told me he had a surprise for me that day, but I did not know what it was until we got to the airport. Even then, I thought this was something he was doing for his own birthday,” said Sara.
Sara did not have an inkling of what was to come, until Dishant popped the question and showed her the ring on the chopper ride. With the vast Atlanta coastline below, the azure sky and clouds surrounding them, and the deafening noise of the helicopter, Dishant’s proposal to Sara is what dreams are made of.
Sara could not hear a word of what Dishant told her, but he had written the entire proposal on his iPad. Even crazier still was that she had never flown before!
Dishant and Sara had an Indian and Western wedding at the Foxhall Resort in Douglasville, Georgia. The couple are from nearby Stockbridge, Georgia, so it was convenient for them to choose a wedding venue closer home.
Sara and Dishant fell in love with Foxhall as soon as they saw the resort. The resort houses two big halls that were perfect for all both wedding ceremonies and reception.
They hired a wedding planner so that the wedding and reception would be smooth and their families would enjoy without worrying about the arrangements.
For the Hindu wedding the bride and groom wore red and white floral necklaces. Indian music and pop songs played during the wedding ceremony. There were 130 guests in all who were introduced by the DJ.
The bride’s bouquet featured hydrangeas, tulips, roses and ranunculus. The mandap decoration included floral spray arrangements with hydrangeas, tulips, snapdragons and delphiniums.
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Kinjal and Sebastien
Photographer:
Haring PhotographyKinjal and Sebastien were in the same class at the medical school at Florida Atlantic University, and started dating February 2013. They both also completed their residency at University of Southern Florida in Tampa, Florida.
Sebastien proposed to Kinjal while on a second-day sunset cruise during a surprise trip to St. Thomas. She cried so much she could hardly say “Yes!” Her parents and sister flew in to be there for this exciting event.
Kinjal shares, “My mother is a superwoman who helped me plan the whole wedding, and my father helped behind the scenes.” The bride dreamed of having a magical wedding on December 30, and decided to hold the wedding where the couple met in Boca Raton. The wedding coordinator at The Addison was so very helpful, and the bride immediately fell in love with the venue.
The Mehndi night was at the bride’s parent’s home in Parkland, Florida, with music, drink, dinner and mehndi for all. The Garba night was held at the Town Center Marriott in Boca Raton.
The décor was bright and colorful, and entertainment was provided by a group the couple brought in from New Jersey – Swati and Shashank Fadnis Group. Sebastien surprised the bride by doing a Bollywood dance with her best friends. The bridal party stayed at The Addison, where the main wedding events were held. The couple planned botht the Hindu and Christian wedding ceremonies for the same day. In the morning was the Hindu wedding outdoor with a large Mandap draped in traditional bold colors and red silk. In keeping with the traditions of a baraat, the groom arrived on a horse for the ceremony.
The Christian ceremony took place at sunset and was decorated in a romantic theme of light pink and blush colors. The outdoor reception was elegant with a beautiful large fountain and strings of thousands of bistro lights everywhere.
This couple’s advice to other couples includes: Do your research to pick the best venue that is within your budget – and the best match for you. Don’t make rush decisions just because you are excited. Then enjoy the day because it goes by quickly. Don’t stress about little things that you can’t change, but do spend some time at each event to take it all in.
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Ashanka and James
Photographer:
Moonbelle PhotographyAshanka and James became college sweethearts after meeting in their college band at the University of Alabama. Despite playing different instruments, they discovered they had much in common, and after five years of dating and earning four degrees and three national championships, Ashanka and James were finally engaged. James proposed at Deibert Park in Alabama, during a long-distance dating period in their relationship. They gathered with their friends at the park on this memorable day and Ashanka immediately said yes to the big question.
Ashanka began planning the wedding herself, utilizing the help of a wedding decorator for the visual details. During the planning process, Ashanka was already working on her PhD and both she and James were living in different states, so it required plenty of driving back and forth and communicating via email and phone. The stress began to accumulate, but Ashanka remained organized and efficient, and did plenty of research on wedding blogs and websites for best practices and fine-tuning the details. The high level of involvement allowed her to customize everything from their décor to choice of vendors, so that their wedding day best reflected Ashanka and James as a couple.
They chose a location closest to Ashanka’s parents, since they planned to host several pre-wedding events for the family. The first event, the ladies’ sangeet, took place at her parents’ home and was coordinated by the family and Akansha’s maid of honor. They hung saris in the party tent in the backyard to add some color, and opted to go without using flowers as décor until the wedding day. The wedding itself was also held under a decorated tent, but in the courtyard of their hotel venue. Since it was a December wedding, they provided heaters under the tent to keep their 250 guests warm despite the winter weather, and they also chose a warm, traditional color scheme with red, gold, and an abundance of flowers.
It was important to Ashanka and James to combine the best of Indian and American culture in their wedding, and they did so in their music choices and décor. During the reception, their DJ played a mix of Punjabi, Hindi, and popular American songs chosen by the couple, and they also had a dhol player for the baraat procession. James and his fraternity brothers surprised Ashanka with a choreographed dance performance, and her family also sang and danced for her to a traditional Indian newlywed song.
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