The wedding season is going full swing and Bollywood's soon-to-be bride Vidya Balan is getting ready to tie the knot. Sources say that the ceremony that is slated to take place on December 14 will be conducted in both Punjabi and South Indian style
Rumours are that Vidya's family could be heading to the Sri Subramania Samaj temple in Chheda Nagar in Chembur on Friday morning.
While Vidya is a Tamilian, her fiance Siddharth Roy Kapoor is a Punjabi. A part of the wedding ceremony is also said to be taking place at the Kapoor residence in Cuffe Parade.
A common friend of the couple says, `The couple will announce their wedding to the world when they want to. Their friends and family have been asked to stay tightlipped about the wedding. `
Wedding Plans Speeden Ghanchakkar Schedule
By Subhash K Jha
By now every Vidya Balan fan who has ever wondered about the 'SRK' factor in the actress' life, knows she's tying the knot with UTV's Siddharth Roy Kapoor. What is not known, and was revealed by a source close to Vidya's latest film Ghanchakkar, is that the entire schedule of Ghanchakkar was planned according to Vidya's wedding plans.
That, in fact her work in Ghanchakkar is being rush-completed in time for her wedding preparations.
Says a source, `It seems Vidya and Mr Kapoor had chalked out the wedding plans long in advance. The only film that Vidya is currently shooting is Ghanchakkar. And since it is produced by UTV it was convenient to co-ordinate her shooting schedule with her wedding date. `
In fact, reveals our sources, director Rajkumar Gupta who has to be in his hometown Hazaribagh in Jharkhand for his younger brother's wedding this week would now have to rush back for Vidya's last 3 days of her shooting from 12 December to 15 December. After this, we are told, Vidya would take a longish sabbatical before returning to work.
The source reveals that Vidya's work in Ghanchakkar would be done after the final 3-day shooting.
`It was all planned well in advance. The director Rajkumar Gupta who is a very dear friend of Vidya and Emraan Khan whom Vidya gets along with like a house on fire have fully co-operated in ensuring Vidya completes her work in Ghanchakkar before she takes time off. Arrry bhai, shaadi ka maamla hai. Everyone has to fall in line, ` says our source.
When one spoke to the Ghanchakkar director Rajkumar Gupta he was thick in the middle of his brother's wedding festivities.
Taking time off from the delightful din, Rajkumar admitted he had to rush back to Mumbai for the final 3 days' shooting. `Yes, we've to shoot from December 12 to December 15. . After that I've one week-long schedule in January. But Vidya is not required for that. `
When asked if the schedules had to be worked out in-sync with Vidya's wedding plans Rajkumar got understandably evasive. `The schedules were worked out well in advance, so that Vidya's work was completed by the middle of December. Vidya has been with the project all through, giving a hundred percent of herself. `