8 Bollywood brides to take inspiration from for your wedding

If there’s one thing Bollywood does well, it’s dressing up. With fairy-tale lehngas and statement jewellery, some brides-to-be look straight out of a storybook. After photos from the wedding of Bollywood stars Rajkummar Rao and Patralekhaa Paul hit the internet, we compiled a list of inspirational bridal looks to emulate for your own wedding. Take some inspiration from these gorgeous Bollywood brides who took the internet by storm with their bridal avatar.

It was a celebration of love, fun and friendship as Rajkummar Rao and Patralekhaa Paul tied the knot on Monday, after 11 years of courtship. Rao and Paul’s looks were designed by no one other than Sabyasachi. “Classic and beautiful with personalised details to make it her own, the bride @patralekhaa wears a red tulle embroidered buti sari paired with an embroidered veil, that is inscribed with a Bengali verse penned by Sabyasachi for the couple to mark their special day,” stated the details posted on his Instagram account. The verse in question loosely translates to: ‘I have surrendered my full love to you’. Paul’s jewellery was courtesy of Sabyasachi as well, which is a part of his heritage collection featuring 22k gold with uncut diamonds, pearls and emeralds.

Sanju’ actor Dia Mirza married businessman Vaibhav Rekhi on February 15. The lady in red looked elegant in her silk sari from Raw Mango.

When power couple Anushka Sharma and Indian cricket skipper Virat Kohli tied the knot in Tuscany, Italy back in 2017, the whole world tuned in. Sharma, the bride, was pretty in pink in her Sabyascahi lehenga.

Another couple whose nuptials took place in Italy was Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh. For her wedding at Lake Como, Padukone wore a deep red Sabyasachi lehenga.

Actress Kajal Aggarwal married Gautam Kitchlu, a bussinessman, in October 2020. And, she looked like an absolute stunner in an ornate Anamika Khanna lehenga that she paired with a flocal scalloped dupatta.

The ceremonies of Desi girl Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ wedding seemed to never end. She wed Nick Jonas at Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur in December 2018 and for it, she had both a Christian as well as a Hindu ceremony. For the Hindu ceremony, she was a sight in red while for her Christian one, she wore white and a train that went on forever.

Sonam Kapoor is of course a statement maker – what with an eye for fashion and the height to carry off most things. When she wed entrepreneur Anand Ahuja in May 2018, she sparkled in a red-and-gold number by Anuradha Vakil.

‘Bigg Boss 7’ winner and actress Gauahar Khan chose a tailored outfit for her nikah with Zaid Darbar in December 2020. The designer who made the outfit: Saira Shakira from Pakistan.