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Wedding fever has sent Bollywood's mercury level sky-high. Actors Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor are reportedly getting married this week in Mumbai. Alia and Ranbir have been dating since 2018 after they began filming Brahmastra, their first film together. They made their first appearance as a couple at Sonam Kapoor's wedding reception that year. Since then, Alia and Ranbir have been spotted at personal and professional events together. She is invited to the annual Kapoor Christmas lunch and they went to Ranthambhore on holiday with their mothers, Soni Razdan and Neetu Kapoor, and sisters, Shaheen Bhatt and Riddhima Kapoor. Last month, Ranbir Kapoor told NDTV, "Alia and I have all intentions of getting married." He also said it would be "soon"; this week is reportedly the "soon" he was talking about. A mehendi is reportedly scheduled for Wednesday, April 13. The wedding date itself is variously given as April 14, 15 and 16 according to several reports. If Alia's brother Rahul Bhatt is to be taken at his word, then none of these are the wedding dates - it has been postponed, he claimed in a nreport today. A grand reception will reportedly be held on April 17 at Mumbai's Taj Mahal Hotel. The venues for the wedding and other festivities are the Kapoor family home Krishna Raj, RK Studios and Vaastu, the apartment complex Ranbir Kapoor lives in.
Here are all the updates from Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor's pre-wedding and wedding festivities:
Roundup: Ranbir Kapoor's sister and family fly into Mumbai ahead of his reported wedding to
Alia Bhatt
By all accounts, the wedding and related festivities will be intimate with a very restricted guest list. The reception, reportedly scheduled for April 17, is likely to be a grander affair. Shah Rukh Khan, who co-starred with Alia Bhatt in Dear Zindagi, is reportedly on the guest list.
Deepika Padukone, pictured at Mumbai airport yesterday, is also reportedly invited - Deepika and Ranbir used to date and are now very good friends. they party and holiday together and Deepika was Alia's plus one at the screening of Gangubai Kathiawadi this year
Ranbir Kapoor has budgeted Rs 1 lakh for the return of his shoes in what is called the joota chhupai rasam, reports Hindustan Times. "Mostly Alia's girl gang will be in charge of stealing Ranbir's shoes. A budget of one lakh has been kept aside for the same," a source said.
Alia's 'girl gang' includes her best friend Akansha Ranjan and Akansha's sister Anushka, who wedding last year Alia attended. Alia's sister Shaheen Bhatt is likely to be part of the cash-for-shoes negotiations as well
Alia wore this Manish Malhotra lehenga to the sangeet when her friend Anushka Ranjan married actor Aditya Seal last year
Apart from Sabyasachi, Alia Bhatt is also expected to wear Manish Malhotra for her wedding festivities - Manish Malhotra is also a designer she has worn often
Riddhima and Bharat were accompanied by their young daughter Samara
Pics: Ranbir Kapoor's family flies in
Ranbir's sister Riddhima Kapoor Sahni was pictured at Mumbai airport today with her husband Bharat
Among the flurry of activity at Vastu yesterday was a taxi that entered the gates and promptly surrounded by paparazzi - piled on the backseat were carry bags from Sabyasachi
The groom-to-be is also known to be partial to a Sabyasachi outfit
Alia wore this Sabyasachi lehenga for Diwali celebrations last year
This is how stunning Alia Bhatt looks in a Sabyasachi lehenga
Alia Bhatt will reportedly wear Sabyasachi on her wedding day. Anyone who follows celebrity weddings will be unsurprised by this - Sabya is the designer of choice for most celeb brides
Alia often wears Sabyasachi on and off duty, like this trademark saree
Spotted today at Vastu - more deliveries, reportedly of crockery for the wedding and related events
The pictures of the truck being unloaded were taken before Vastu was screened from prying eyes and cameras. Last evening, curtains were put up to shut out the paparazzi and public
Alia and Ranbir are said to have planned a destination wedding originally but scrapped the plan because of COVID. Alia's family farm in Panvel was an option but the couple have reportedly decided to have the wedding at home in Vastu. As per reports, only 28 guests will be at the wedding ceremony and will reportedly be outnumbered by the bouncers
. From the look of things at Vastu yesterday, the set up was plainly for a big event
Vastu, the Mumbai apartment complex Ranbir Kapoor lives in, is currently buzzing with activity. Yesterday, a truck drew up from which tables and other goods were unloaded
Some days ago, an Instagram post of what appeared to be the wedding invite for Rishi and Neetu Kapoor went viral. The post was shared in 2020 and resurfaced as rumours that Alia and Ranbir were getting married soon gathered momentum. It shows an invitation card from 'Mr and Mrs Raj Kapoor' for Rishi-Neetu's reception to be held at RK Studios. The invite has the RK Films logo at the top
Over the weekend, RK Studios was also decorated with lights. Founded by Raj Kapoor with production banner RK Films, the studios were where Ranbir's parents Rishi and Neetu Kapoor married in 1980
Weeks ago, Krishna Raj Bungalow was reported to be Alia and Ranbir's wedding venue. It had been one before, when Ranbir's sister Riddhima got married.
Ranbir's uncle Randhir Kapoor, however, denied quite hotly that the wedding was to be held at Krishna Raj. "I don't know why people take such liberties with Alia and Ranbir. They are to get married in the RK house? I have heard no such thing. Not that I am aware of," he told Bombay Times
Krishna Raj Bungalow is named after Ranbir's grandmother Krishna Raj Kapoor. Reports suggest that he and Alia will live there once married - that's only assuming the construction work is completed
It currently wears a festive look
Regardless of what Rahul Bhatt has said, wedding preps seem to be full steam ahead. The under-construction RK family home, called Krishna Raj Bungalow, has been decorated with lights
The scaffolding is clearly visible in this picture - Alia has been spotted inspecting the progress of the work with Ranbir and Neetu Kapoor on several occasions
If you swipe in this Instagram post, Farah Khan is on video call with Alia who smiles and blushes after being congratulated by others with Farah on the upcoming wedding
Last week, a clothing label shared 'Save The Date' posts on Instagram, tagging Alia in them
Alia, meantime, has been involved in some very telling social media activity. For one, she left a comment on YouTuber Nick's ROFL Instagram post in which he recreates a scene from the film Kabir Singh by racing after a car decorated with an 'Alia weds Ranbir' sign. "Ded," wrote Alia
Rahul Bhatt previously claimed that he will be at the wedding not as the bride's brother or even a guest but as security personnel. "Yes, the wedding is happening and I have been invited. I will be there for the ceremonies. However, I am not going to sing and dance. I am a gym instructor by profession and I will be there in the capacity of a bouncer. I will be the rakshak at the wedding," he told ETimes
Meantime, Alia's stepbrother Rahul Bhatt has claimed that the wedding has been postponed. He told Aaj Tak, "The wedding is happening, it is known to all. But there is no wedding on April 13 or 14. That is a sure thing. Actually, the dates earlier were the same, but after the information was leaked to the media, the dates were changed. Everything has been changed because there's a lot of pressure. I give my word that there's no wedding on April 13 or 14. As far as I know, there will be an announcement regarding the date soon."
Rahul also claimed that April 20 is the rescheduled date
Ranbir, who is not on social media (at least not officially), was last spotted on mom Neetu's Instagram. "Ad shoot with my jaane jigar," she wrote, helpfully adding "heartbeat" in parentheses
Meantime, the groom-to-be was spotted in Mumbai in the back of his car, masked and hatted. He was at a skincare clinic. Ranbir's schedule is currently packed and he's reportedly taken a week off between filming Luv Ranjan's untitled project and starting Animal with director Sandeep Reddy Vanga
Asked again by paparazzi to confirm Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt's wedding date, Neetu Kapoor rolled her eyes and looked to heaven. When that didn't work, she said, "Ho gaya (it's happened)"
Ranbir's mother Neetu Kapoor kept everyone endlessly amused with hilarious reactions to questions like "bahu kab aa rahi?" from paparazzi
Turns out, "soon" was just weeks from when Ranbir spoke to NDTV. The Kapoors, however, have strenuously scuttled wedding rumours. Ranbir's aunt Rima Jain told Pinkvilla, "Nothing that I know of as yet. They will get married but I don't know when. They will decide and then suddenly you'll will all get to know. Nothing like this. Hum log ne kuch prepare hi nahin kiya toh shaadi kaise itni jaldi hogi (We haven't prepared anything yet, so how will the wedding happen so soon?). It will be shocking for me also if it's true. Wedding will definitely happen, but I don't know when."
Last month, Ranbir told NDTV while doing press for his father Rishi Kapoor's film Sharmaji Namkeen, "I won't give out a date during a media interaction. But Alia and I have all the intentions of getting married soon, so yes, hopefully soon."
Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt have reportedly shortlisted this week for their long-delayed wedding. In a 2020 interview, Ranbir said the couple would have been married by then had it not been for the pandemic. This is apparently the big moment
