Gorgeous Wife & Sandip Soparkar at Esha Deol's Reception

  • 12 years ago
Mumbai: Daughter of yesteryear's superstars Dharmendra and Hema Malini, Esha Deol got married to Mumbai based businessman Bharat Takhtani on Friday in a traditional South Indian ceremony at the Iskon temple in the Juhu suburb here. Every kin seemed joyful and contended. The family will host a reception on Saturday at a prominent five star hotel in the city.

Bride Esha was glowing in a red lehenga made of three Kanjivaram saris and gold jewellery, while Bharat looked dapper in white sherwani with zardozi work and maroon pagdi. The decor at the temple was simple yet beautiful. It was heavily decorated with flowers.

Hema said that she is going to miss her daughter, saying, "It was a normal South Indian wedding, with just slight changes. I am very happy for Esha, she has found the right person. We all are very happy. I will miss her but she is going to be in Mumbai, so I am happy about that."

The ceremony saw the presence of creme da la creme from filmdom as well as politicians and businessmen. Amitabh Bachchan came with son Abhishek and conveyed his "best wishes to the married couple."

Legendary actress Vyjayanthimala, who attened the wedding, looked evergreen in a purple and orange traditional sari and said that she would have "not missed the occasion." "Hema is like a younger sister. The wedding has been done in a fabulous way. It is totally traditional. I am here only for Hema, we are like family," she added.

Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha's wife, Poonam Sinha, also came with her twin sons - Luv and Kush. She looked beautiful in a pink and golden sari.

Vinod Khanna, Manoj Kumar, Anu Malik, Esha's cousin Abhay Deol, Rani Mukherjee, Fardeen Khan, Ramesh Sippy, Sandip Soparrkar and his wife Jesse Randhwa were also there to bless the couple.

Sahara's chief Subroto Roy, industrialist Mukesh Ambani's wife Neeta Ambani and Sunil Rane of Atharva Group of Institutes, who is a family friend, were among the other high profile guests.

Top notch Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders too attended the wedding. From Raj Purohit, Mumbai chief of BJP, to party president Nitin Gadkari to national vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - were seen there.