Source: IANS

With the legal formalities for their civil marriage completed and the after party picking up pace on June 23 night, newly-wed Sonakshi Sinha, looking resplendent in a custom red, ‘chand boota’ brocade Raw Mango sari, and sporting a prominent sindoor, posed for the paparazzi with her husband, Zaheer Iqbal. 

Zaheer, in all white, looked like a picture of happiness, as the couple posed for pictures outside the wedding reception venue, Bastian, the restaurant on Linking Road, Mumbai.

After the formal photo shoot, the newlyweds joined the paparazzi for a group picture, much to the delight of the shutterbugs who had been trailing them through the day.

Sonakshi and Zaheer were joined later by Shatrughan Sinha, the bride’s father, Bollywood veteran and newly-elected Trinamool Congress MP from Asansol, and his wife Poonam.

The steady flow of celebrities, starting with Saira Bano and the ageless Rekha, continued as the evening melted into the night and DJ Ganesh pumped up the music, mostly Bollywood numbers.

Among the early arrivals were Aditi Rao Hydari, Sonakshi’s ‘Heeramandi’ co-star, and her fiance and South Indian star Siddharth. Other ‘Heeramandi’ actresses who were seen joining the high-decibel party included Richa Chadha with Ali Fazal and Sanjeeda Shaikh.

Manisha Koirala, sent flowers to convey her best wishes because she could not attend the wedding as a result of prior commitments.

Zaheer’s ‘Ruslaan’ cast mate, Aayush Sharma, the brother-in-law of Salman Khan, was among the early arrivals as well.

Others seen making a beeline to the reception venue included Vidya Balan and her husband Siddharth Roy Kapur; Huma Qureishi and her brother Saqib Saleem; Tabu, who greeted the paparazzi with a wink; Anil Kapoor, Chunky Panday, Raveena Tandon, and Kajol, whose hand-painted Shivan-Narresh silk sari drew uncharitable comments on social media.

The celebrity entry that got the shutterbugs most excited, though, was that of Yo Yo Honey Singh, who flaunted an electric-blue jacket. He was greeted with joyful exclamations and requests to break into a song.

The reception theme is black and red. A team of decorators was hard at work at Bastian earlier in the day arranging an array of red flowers and rolling out the red carpet.

Sonakshi and Zaheer had been dating for the past seven years. Salman, who gave Sonakshi her Bollywood break in the action-comedy ‘Dabbang’ (2010), is believed to have introduced Sonakshi to Zaheer on the sets of ‘Notebook’ in 2017.

(This story was taken from a syndicated feed, and edited only for style by Gujarat Samachar Digital staff)

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