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Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal's wedding festivities have begun at Six Senses Resort, Fort Barwara in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan. Visuals of the fort lit up at night have gone viral. The mehendi and sangeet will be followed by a haldi ceremony and a sehrabandi before the pheras. The mehendi took place yesterday and the sangeet will be held tonight. Veena Nagda, mehendi artist to the stars, is trending after sharing an Instagram Story that the Internet has been quick to draw conclusions from. Katrina and Vicky's wedding guests flew into Jaipur yesterday - they include Kabir Khan and Mini Mathur, Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi, Sharvari Wagh, Radhika Madan, and director Vijay Krishna Acharya with his wife. Guests are banned from taking their mobile phones to the wedding venue and there is also a no-photo sharing policy in place. Performers at the sangeet include Punjabi singer Gurdas Maan and Shankar-Ehsan-Loy. The henna for the mehendi has been sourced from Sojat in Rajasthan and costs between Rs 50,000 and Rs 1 lakh. Katrina Kaif's wedding looks are being styled by Anaita Shroff Adajania, who flew into Jaipur on Monday - Katrina wore a yellow Anamika Khanna sharara set as her travel outfit. She was accompanied on the flight by mother Suzanne Turquotte; her sisters, including Isabelle and Natasha, flew separately.
Here are the LIVE Updates from Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal Wedding:
Throwback to this viral Katrina-Vicky moment
Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal have been the most private of couples, managing to keep their dating life a secret until the Internet spotted the mustard T-shirt encasing the shoulder Katrina was leaning on in an Instagram Story on a certain somebody else. The couple reportedly began dating in 2019 and were outed by actor Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor earlier this year. In between, it had been rumours only... and this viral moment:
Victrina forever#Vickat pic.twitter.com/3BRURnNcrD
- 🌺 (@Farida9412) January 27, 2021
Vicky Kaushal, national crush
Safe to say that Vicky Kaushal, 33, has been adorable since birth - proof below. Vicky, who won a National Award for Uri: The Surgical Strike and was last seen in the well-received Sardar Udham, is one of Bollywood's leading talents. He's also hilarious - Vicky captioned this photo of him skipping out the way of mother Veena's raised hand, "Dodging them till date. Keep them coming Maa"
At Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal's wedding, sweet treats from local halwai
Wedding guests at Six Senses Resort, Fort Barwara will feast on mithai supplied by a shop called Janta Jodhpur in Sawai Madhopur. Some 8 to 10 types of sweets are on the menu, including laddoos and pista bites.
Salty snacks like samosas and the local specialty, mawa kachoris, have also been supplied for the wedding festivities
Performers at Katrina and Vicky's sangeet
Tonight's sangeet will likely have a distinctly Punjabi flavour - several musical stars stars have been spotted at Jaipur airport, among them Harrdy Sandhu, Toshi Sabri, Aastha Gill, DJ Chetas, and Manj Musik of RDB with his wife Nindy Kaur. Gurdas Maan arrived yesterday and Shankar-Ehsan-Loy are also expected to sing
Meantime, the Internet is very excited about this
Farah Khan and Karan Johar shared this hilarious clip of themselves dancing to Bole Chudiyan from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham - which is in its 20th year - and the Internet is losing it. Not because KJo looks so very KJo-like in an OTT jacket and massive sunglasses. Not because Farah Khan is killing us with her rose petals and hippy hippy shake - but because the action takes place in a hotel room and the Internet thinks it could well be a hotel room in Six Senses Resort, Fort Barwara.
Unlikely, we imagine, given that neither Karan Johar nor Farah Khan have been spotted anywhere near Jaipur and it's entirely possible, indeed probable, they are in a hotel or a set for new film Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani. But who are we to rain on the Internet's parade?
Watch Farah and KJo being epic here
Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal's guest list - MIA
At least two filmmakers who have worked with Katrina are at the wedding - Kabir Khan directed her in films like New York and Ek Tha Tiger, and Vijay Krishna Acharya in Dhoom 3 and Thugs Of Hindostan. Not at the wedding is Katrina's Sooryavanshi director Rohit Shetty who is believed to be in Ooty prepping to film Cirkus with Ranveer Singh
Also not at the wedding is Salman Khan, Katrina's co-star in several films, most recently Bharat - his absence is glaring because Katrina Kaif is supposedly very close to his family. None of the Khan-daan have been invited, Salman's sister Arpita said recently and, indeed, none have been spotted at Jaipur airport.
Salman will be in Saudi Arabia with his Da-Bangg The Tour Reloaded this week - it is scheduled for December 10 in Riyadh
A look at Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal's wedding invite
What appears to be the invitation card for Katrina and Vicky's wedding tomorrow has gone viral. The card, done in pale pink, beige and gold, has the couple's names in cursive script - Vicky marries Katrina - and the date and venue below - On Thursday, 9th December at Six Senses Fort Hotel, Rajasthan
We cannot verify that this really is the actual wedding invite
Katrina Kaif, Vicky Kaushal and the Wikipedia mystery
Earlier today, the Internet spotted a change in the Wikipedia pages for Katrina and Vicky. The 'spouse' information for both had been updated to reflect each other's names. Prematurely, it appears because the changes were reversed soon after - but not in time to prevent a trending topic on social media
Meantime, another celebration
Maria Goretti is celebrating her birthday with a bunch of her girlfriends, minus a few, in Pench, Madhya Pradesh. Among them is her bestie Mini Mathur who is in Rajasthan attending Katrina and Vicky's wedding instead. Tough choices to make, Mini? Mini's husband Kabir Khan directed Katrina in films like New York and Ek Tha Tiger and, according to reports, Katrina and Vicky got engaged at Kabir and Mini's home over Diwali.
"I miss miss miss you," Maria wrote in her birthday post:
Sangeet and mehendi update
In the run-up to the wedding, the sangeet and mehendi dates reported were December 7 and December 8 respectively. However, it was the mehendi that took place yesterday and the sangeet is scheduled for this evening. A haldi ceremony also took place followed by an open-air lunch for wedding guests, about 120 in number
A celeb addition to Vicky Kaushal's baraat
Actress Malavika Mohanan landed in Jaipur today for the wedding. Malavika and Vicky are childhood pals and are also rumoured to have once dated. They have never acknowledged this. The Kaushals and the Mohanans are family friends and have been spotted celebrating Onam - Malavika is from Kerala - together
Malavika shared this on her Insta Stories en-route to the wedding
Musical stars fly into Jaipur
Also spotted at Jaipur airport today - Manj Musik, formerly of the bhangra band RDB, and his Nindy Kaur. No confirmation if they are there for Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal's sangeet but Vicky's love for Punjabi music is well-known. Plus, his big fat Punjabi family are meant to be rocking the wedding festivities by all accounts
See a picture of Manj Musik and Nindy Kaur at Jaipur airport here:
More arrivals at Jaipur airport - but are they for Katrina and Vicky?
Aastha Gill, who sang Abhi To Party Shuru Hui Hai in the film Khoobsoorat, and DJ Chetas landed in Jaipur today. Aastha is reportedly not there for Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal's wedding, DJ Chetas might be - nether was telling. It's unclear if the sangeet took place last night or will tonight
Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal's Wikipedia pages have been updated, FYI
The Internet noticed today that the spouse information on the Wikipedia pages for both Katrina and Vicky have been changed to reflect each other's names. The couple were reportedly meant to have a court marriage in Mumbai last week but if they did, they kept it as hush-hush as everything else about their wedding. No official announcement has been made unless this Wiki change is their subtle way to letting us know.
The Wikipedia pages have only partly been updated - the Personal Life sections say 'Katrina is to marry Vicky' and vice versa
Why the Internet thinks it has found Katrina Kaif's mehendi artist
Apart from having worked with Katrina and other actresses (like Alia Bhatt in Raazi) in several films, Veena Nagda has also been the mehendi artist for many celebrity brides.
Ms Nagda applied Deepika Padukone's mehendi when the actress married Ranveer Singh in 2018
See Veena Nagda's post with Deepika here:
Veena Nagda also applied Natasha Dalal's mehendi at the designer's wedding to actor Varun Dhawan in January this year. See her picture with Natasha here:
Katrina and Vicky's mehendi - That a helluva lot of henna
There are 120 guests at Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal's wedding and both ladkiwale and baraatis will be involved in the mehendi ceremony (which may or may not have already taken place)
The henna is chemical-free and specially sourced from Sojat in Rajasthan. 20 kilos of henna powder and 400 cones are being used for the ceremony, reports news agency PTI
That's a lot of mehendi. Also, it costs between Rs 50,000 and Rs 1 lakh but the business supplying the henna will reportedly not charge Katrina and Vicky
Katrina Kaif's mehendi artist - found?
Guess who else Veena Nagda has a photo with? Groom-to-be Vicky Kaushal whose film Raazi, co-starring Alia Bhatt, she worked on
See Veena Nagda's photo with Vicky Kaushal here:
Is Veena Nagda Katrina Kaif's mehendi artist?
Veena Nagda has several pictures of herself with Katrina Kaif on her Instagram - this one, for instance, shows her with a very young Katrina so they have clearly had a long working relationship
See Veena Nagda's photo with Katrina Kaif here:
Is this Katrina Kaif's Mehendiwali?
So, who is Veena Nagda? Ms Nagda is mehendi artist to the stars and she's worked with Katrina Kaif on movies like 2006's Humko Deewana Kare Gaye co-starring Akshay Kumar.
Here's a photo Veena Nagda shared of herself applying mehendi to Katrina on the set of the film
The Internet thinks it has found Katrina Kaif's mehendi artist
Meet Veena Nagda - Ms Nagda is going viral because of an Instagram Story she posted in which she writes "Finally we did it" - the post is hashtagged #bigfatindianwedding
Veena Nagda also shared a second Instagram Story which is a clip of a drive through terrain that looks like it could be Rajasthan
Naturally, the Internet has jumped to conclusions
More on Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal's wedding venue
Katrina and Vicky have picked Fort Barwara in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan as their wedding destination. The fort is an ancient stronghold which has now been turned into a resort called Six Senses. The fort also has a temple complex dedicated to Chauth Mata which is popular with devotees. Some dharamshalas in the vicinity of the Chauth Mata temple have been reserved for the security staff at the wedding
What Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal's wedding venue looks like at night
Can't see in but we can see Fort Barwara from outside - Katrina and Vicky are marrying at the Six Senses Resort which has been decorated and lit up. Visuals from outside the fort after dark have gone viral - it's a blaze of glory, quite literally
The only Instagram post Vicky Kaushal has ever shared for Katrina Kaif
The super-secret couple have never made it Instagram official (they went straight to wedding official). Way back in October 2019, Vicky posted this message congratulating Katrina on the launch of her beauty line Kay By Katrina. That is pretty much the only mention of Katrina on Vicky's Insta.
See the post here
More on Katrina Kaif's 'ladies sangeet'
The only-women function was from Vicky Kaushal's mother Veena to Katrina. "Veena ji is very fond of Katrina. And while there will be the big Sangeet night later today, she wanted to do something more intimate and special and so she organized a small Ladies Sangeet ceremony just like the typical traditional Punjabi style," a source told Bollywood Life
"There were dholkis that the women from Vicky's family played and they sang some Punjabi folk songs which are all about marriage, married life and the life that lies ahead for the young couple. Veena ji wanted to give Katrina and her family from London a taste of Punjabi culture and this fun family affair was just the right way to do it. Katrina also danced a little to the Punjabi songs on dholki beats and was smiling throughout."
Katrina Kaif danced at a ladies sangeet
Vicky Kaushal's mother Veena Kaushal organised a traditional 'ladies sangeet' - a specialty of Punjabi weddings - where bride-to-be Katrina reportedly danced to the beats of the dholki. Punjabi folk songs were sung by the women in the Kaushal family
Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal's guest list is very select
Among the invitees are Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi, who flew to Jaipur yesterday. Neha and Katrina are very close friends and co-starred in the films Singh Is Kinng and De Dana Dan. Before they flew to the wedding, Neha shared this post of the new parents - they welcomed a son earlier this year - partying or, rather, attempting to. The comments thread is full of questions asking if the pictures are from Katrina's sangeet - alas not.
Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal's big fat mehendi
The mehendi may already have taken place yesterday - or it might not have. Any which way, Vicky's large Punjabi family made it or will make it special. "Katrina and Vicky will celebrate the mehendi ceremony with both sides of the family. Vicky has a big, loving and warm Punjabi family on his side and his chacha, chachi,mama, mami are all looking forward to officially welcome Katrina into the family," a source told news agency PTI
Vicky is the son of veteran Bollywood action director Sham Kaushal and his wife Veena. Vicky's brother Sunny Kaushal is also an actor
Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal's guests received this note
A note that wedding guests were supposedly given has gone viral on social media. The note welcomes the guests to the wedding festivities and asks them to leave their phones in their hotel rooms. The note is believed to have been accompanied by a gift hamper that guests received when they arrived in Jaipur
See the welcome note here:
#katrinakaifwedding #katrinakishaadi #katrinavicky #vickatwedding pic.twitter.com/C7teWglDZc
- KatrinaKaif.Fc.Bangldesh (@katrina_fc_bd) December 7, 2021
Katrina Kaif's wedding looks
What will Katrina Kaif wear on her special days? If her travel outfit is any indication, everything will be high fashion and awesome. Katrina flew from Mumbai to Jaipur on Monday all decked up in a sharara set in yellow with white floral embroidery. The ensemble was created by designer Anamika Khanna whose Instagram handle shared this post on Tuesday:
Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal's wedding prompts meme-fest
Katrina and Vicky's guests are reportedly subject to strict privacy rules including a no-phone and no-photo sharing policy. Twitter loves it, obviously
Guests after #KatrinaVickywedding pic.twitter.com/8WZEJUySik
- Jaadu🚜 (@_jaadu_) December 8, 2021
Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal's pre-wedding festivities begin
Fresh reports suggest that the mehendi was held yesterday and the sangeet will be held today instead of the other way round as previously reported. However, the wedding proceedings are so super secret that nobody knows for sure
Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal: Mehendi laga ke rakhna
The henna to be used for the mehendi ceremony has been sourced from Sojat in Rajasthan's Pali district. It is chemical-free and costs between Rs 50,000 and Rs 1 lakh (phew!). According to reports, however, the business supplying the henna will not charge Katrina and Vicky for it (also phew!)
