If you don’t believe in fairytale romances then Sonam Kapoor di wedding can give you ultimate inspiration.
With Bollywood’s ultimate style icon tying knot with Delhi businessman Anand Ahuja in Mumbai today, many would be interested to know that it wasn’t a usual shaadi. (LIVE UPDATES)
Nope, we are not talking about Sonam’s breathtaking wedding trousseau.
The young, much-in-love couple has chosen to solemnize their marriage with an Anand Karaj ceremony.
For the uninitiated, Anand Karaj is the Sikh wedding ceremony.
The ‘Blissfull Union’ was introduced by Guru Amar Das.
Some interesting facts about Anand Karaja are that no dowry is allowed in the wedding. There’s no special muhurat needed.
Meanwhile, Sonam Kapoor has jumped to the top spot of the popularity charts of Score Trends India post the release of the promo of her forthcoming film, Veere Di Wedding and the major anticipation surrounding her wedding. The gorgeous actress shares the coveted spot with megastar Amitabh Bachchan who topped the actors' poll conducted by Score Trends. These statistics are authenticated and researched by the US-based media tech startup Score Trends India.
“What worked in Sonam’s favour is her soaring popularity on Facebook, Twitter, viral news, newspapers and digital sites post the release of Veere Di Wedding's trailer. Sonam is leading the chart with 80.92 points,” explained Ashwani Kaul, co-founder of Score Trends.
“We collect data from over 600 news sources across 14 languages in India to analyse the media from Thursday to Thursday,” added Ashwani.
These include Facebook, Twitter, print publications, viral news on social media, broadcast and digital platforms. Various sophisticated algorithms then help us to process this massive amount of data and arrive at the scores and rankings of Bollywood stars.