It's almost zero hour for the wedding of the year, after weeks of preps, speculation about who was on the guest list, and sneak peeks at the wedding invite.
Here's what you need to know about Arpita Khan's big fat wedding, coming up tonight.
The bride:
Arpita, 25, is writer Salim Khan's adopted daughter and the youngest of his five children. Arpita's three brothers - Salman, Arbaaz and Sohail - act, direct and produce. Her elder sister Alvira is married to actor-director Atul Agnihotri. Actress Malaika Arora Khan, Arbaaz's wife, is Arpita's sister-in-law. Arpita works in design and architecture and has said that she'd like to launch a fashion label someday.
The groom:
Aayush Sharma, Arpita's intended, is the son of politician Anil Sharma. He is believed to currently be seeking a showbiz career and is reportedly going to return to managing the family business in Delhi if he doesn't make it big in Bollywood in a year.
The guest list:
To call the VVIP guest list exclusive would be putting it mildly. Invitees include personages as exalted as President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is currently in Australia and as such unlikely to be spotted among the wedding guests. The cream of Bollywood has, of course, been invited. The list is peppered with names like Amitabh Bachchan, Khan (Shah Rukh, Aamir and Saif), Kareena Kapoor, Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone.
The party's started already:
Galaxy Apartments, the building the Khan-daan occupies in Mumbai, has been decorated with strings of lights since last week. Sunday saw a day of celebrations beginning with a haldi ceremony, going on to a mehendi and winding up with a sangeet. Arpita was photographed surrounded by a bunch of friends and family. Various Khans were spotted around Galaxy Apartments through the day, looking very busy.
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