The Big Fat Bollywood Wedding

*whew* It's finally over. The whole country was waiting for this wedding to happen since so many months. It must be a matter of national pride that Abhishek Bachchan decided to marry Aishwarya Rai, or maybe it was the other way round. Mark 20th April in your calenders. It's a pretty historic day. Who knows, our great Indian government might even declare a holiday on this date next year onwards. The media is celebrating, the people are celebrating and of course I am too. But not because it has happened, but because it is finally over. All websites and news channels worth their salt have been covering the wedding. All other national and international news has taken a backseat. So what if some people have been killed in Kashmir or some bus has collapsed in the river, it is more important to cover the wedding proceedings of the most eligible bachelor in town with the most beautiful woman in the world.

The actual circus was a 3 day affair which started on 18th April. They started with the traditional sangeet or music ceremony where the relatives of the couple sing and dance and make merry. I'm sure it must have been a bollywood style event. Then on the 19th they had the mehendi ceremony which I don't have much details about. Not that I care, but just for your information. and lastly on the 20th April happened the grand finale with all the circus performers gathering at Amitabh Bachchan's big bungalow where the wedding etc took place. And yes, the circus had a huge audience which consisted of the jobless Indian public and the spineless Indian media. Only some exclusive people were invited for the wedding. The wedding card was pretty fancy itself consisting of some white gold embossed stuff. I did not receive an invite so I cant give more details. Of course Amar singh was there along with a host of bollywood stars and directors. I wonder why Salman khan was not invited. He was such a good friend of Aishwariya rai. And Vivek Oberoi was nowhere to be seen too. Maybe they were busy with their shoots.

I don't blame the Indian public for taking so much interest in their wedding. After all an event like this does not happen everyday. Those people will be proud to tell their grand children that they had attended the Abhiash wedding. Well almost. So what if they were not allowed to see their favourite stars taking the saat pheras, so what if they were not allowed to be a part of the sangeet, so what if they were not invited for the reception. Some poor fellows came all the way from allahabad saying that they were going to attend the wedding of their own brother/son etc. We Indians are such emotional fools. The media did their job beautifully. They covered every aspect of the wedding, from the time aishwariya started buying her wedding clothes, their engagement, the preparation for the sangeet, the baaraat etc. They kept us up to date with who had arrived for the wedding, who was leaving and even what each guest was wearing. I came to know that everyone was in an orange turban but Anil ambani was in a red one. I wish they would cover their honeymoon with the same enthusiasm. I'm sure the whole of India will be glued to their TV sets and the TRP of the channels will hit roof top. Too bad I'm not in India. AajTak is sabse tez. who knows, the AajTak camera is already covering it live.

Now the whole country will be waiting for their child to be born. Will he look like Abhishek or Aishwariya or maybe Amitabh? Indian people just need something to keep their idle minds occupied. Now they will be looking to crown the next most eligible bachelor in town. Who can it be? Salman Khan? tushar kapoor? Anyway let then look around, I'm going to browse through the Internet for some more masala on the Abhiash wedding. I'm so excited !!!