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Summary Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor are official man and wife after 5 years of courtship.
The two actors had a registered marriage on Tuesday at Saif’s Bandra residence and had oraganised a reception in the evening.Though the couple was rumoured to have had a nikaah in the evening, what has come to the fore is that Saifeena exchanged weddings rings and vows.Kareena’s mother Babita follows Christianity and hence they followed the Christian traditions to solemnize their wedding following a legal one in the morning.Kareenas close friend and fashion designer Manish Malhotra said that there was a simple exchange of vows between the two actors.They just exchanged vows at the Taj Mahal hotel in Colaba. There were no saath pheras... They did not adhere to any particular style (of wedding), Malhotra told reporters.The marriage at Saifs residence here was a simple affair yesterday afternoon, but the post-wedding functions at the South Mumbai hotel saw a host of B-town celebs like Shah Rukh Khan with wife Gauri, Priety Zinta, Karan Johar, Tusshar Kapoor, Salman Khans sister Alvira, Anil Kapoor with daughter Sonam.Malhotra said that the 32-year-old actress wore Saifs grandmothers traditional gharara for the ceremony last night.The actors mother Sharmila Tagore had worn the same gharara at her own nikaah. She then passed it on to her sons new wife.Delhi-based designer Ritu Kumar was given the responsibility of restoring and embellishing the gharara.I worked on the antique Pataudi gharara that was restored by Ritu Kumar for Kareenas wedding... We did the final fittings and added a bit of touch of embroidery here and there, Malhotra said.When Saif and Kareena exchanged vows... She wore Sharmilajis gharara for some time, Malhotra said.Later, Kareena changed into a Malhotra creation for the post-wedding party and Saif donned a Banarsi brocade achkan by designer Raghvendra Rathore.Kareena wore a burgundy color embellished gharara with maroon duppatta. I gave a very old world charm to all the ghararas. The party had 80-100 people and went on till 3 am, Malhotra said.Malhotra has designed Kareenas other outfits too, apart from clothes for sister Karisma, which they will wear at various wedding functions.Among family members present at the post-wedding party were Kareenas father Randhir Kapoor, Babita, uncle Rajiv Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, wife Neetu son Ranbir Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor, Shammi Kapoors son Aditya, Sharmila Tagore, Soha Ali Khan with beau Kunal Khemu and Saifs sister Saba.Wishing his daughter and son-in-law a blissful life, Randhir Kapoor said, I request all fans of Kareena and Saif to wish the couple a happy marriage.We are happy that they married without any conversion. Here two lovers have got married. They are two lovely people.Amitabh Bachchans daughter Shweta and her son, Boney Kapoors son Arjun Kapoor and his uncle Sanjay Kapoor, Fardeen Khan and designer Vikram Phadnis were also seen at the party.For the reception in Delhi tomorrow, Kareena will wear a pink gharara or a pink-blue or green sari, he said.The wedding functions were held at Saif-Kareenas new residence - Satguru Sharan - in suburban Bandra on October 14 followed by a registered marriage yesterday at Saifs home and a reception at Taj Mahal Hotel last night.42-year-old Saif has two children - son Ibrahim and daughter Sara - from his previous marriage to actress Amrita Singh in 1991.
