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White Theme Wedding Reception@ Lalit, Mumbai

Jul 2, 2012 Celebrity Wedding Pictures

After the traditional wedding celebration at ISKCON Temple, Hema Malini & Dharmendra and Pooja & Vijay Takhtani hosted a grand reception to celebrate the union of Esha Deol and Bharat Takhtani. The turn-out was huge, over 2000 guests, and the who’s who from the world of bollywood, business and politics were there. Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu, Bollywood Diva Rekha, Sanjay Khan, Zeenat Aman, Jeetendra, Madhuri Dixit, Salman Khan, Tabu and Kajol, Vidya Balan. Politician Chaggan Bhujbal was one of the first to arrive, also present were BJP leaders LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitly.

The whole venue had a very dreamy & white feel with lots of crystals. With so many guests, there was a serpentine line in front of the stage where the newly-weds with their parents greeted the guests. It was a dry day but the lack of spirits did not dampen the enthusiasm in the air, it was bonding time for the bollywood fraternity, and many others had an enjoyable time celeb-spotting. Shera (Salman Khan’s bodyguard) whose company Tiger Security had taken on security management had to repeatedly request the guests not to crowd around the VIP lounge next to the stage. The star of the show was Hema Malini who looked every bit gorgeous in a white saree and who orchestrated such a wonderful wedding celebration for her dear daughter. All eyes were on the sweet-looking sister of the bride Ahana who stayed away from the stage, and was enjoying the company of her friends.

The Dream Girl may have had a very quiet, secret wedding, but she made sure her daughter’s wedding was very different—what was special about this occasion, was that she invited all her close friends to all the functions, making the celebration a grand finale.

Who attended the grand finale, click here to see photographs

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Khajuraho, Kashmir and Karnataka Specialities@ the Grand Reception

Jul 2, 2012 Celebrity Wedding Pictures

The Lalit, Mumbai who hosted Esha Deol and Bharat Takhtani’s grand reception (as well as the sangeet) served the grandest spread for over 1,000 guests. According to Pradipt Sinha, Executive Sous Chef, Hema Malini spent a lot of time with the team and finally decided that the highlight of the spread should be dishes from three different regions. “Kashmir for its rich food, age-old recipes from Temple city Khajuraho and her favourite- Bangalore’s spicy, vegetarian preparations.”

So if you’re wondering what the guests ate, here’s part of the list!

The starters included crispy chicken salt & pepper strips with barbeque sauce and machli Koliwada. Tandoori aloo, wild mushroom arinchine and kaju muttar ka samosa

There was an oriental noodle soup station. And a huge salad & sushi bar.

The main course featured a taste of Europe, Italian, Kashmiri, Khajuraho and Bangalore. The Europe food counter had oven roasted Pumpkin & potato pave with blue cheese crust, spinach & ricotta cannelloni with parmesan cream & infused basil oil and broccoli with almond butter.

Here are some picks from the other food & dessert counters.

Kashmiri
Haakh Gadh (fish chunks cooked with Kashmiri spinach)
Murgh Badam Korma (chicken simmered in almond gravy finished with saffron and cardamom)
Ruwangam Chaman (fried cottage cheese cooked in silky tomato gravy)
Nadur Yakhn (lotus stem cooked in gravy flavoured with royal cumin)

Khajuraho
Bundel khandi baingan bharta
Aloo gobhi ki tarkari
Dal lobhia

Live Biryani Counter
Hyderabadi vegetable biryani
Murgh Husaini biryani
Mirch baigan ka salan
Anar aloo raita

Bangalore Station
Mutton korma
Mangalore and chicken curry
Urlai podimas
Rasam wada
Bisi bela bhat
Live Appam with veg and non-veg stew

Desserts
Caramel custard
Chocolate almond pear cake
Baked cheese cake with seasonal fruit
Rasmalai
Badam ka halwa
Mango Phirni

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