Yusuf Ibrahim is the go-to security provider for A-listers of Bollywood, especially when it comes to their wedding. Yusuf and his team managed security to celebrities like Alia Bhatt-Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kafi-Vicky Kaushal, Varun Dhawan-Natasha Dalal, and Rakul Preet Singh-Jackky Bhagnani. In a recent interview, Yusuf shared the challenges he faced while managing these weddings, especially that of Katrina Kaif and Rakul Preet Singh, who had the biggest guest list. In a conversation with Siddharth Kannan on his YouTube talk show, Yusuf shared, "Katrina Kaif-Vicky Kaushal and Rakul Preet Singh-Jackky Bhagnani had the biggest guest list." Speaking in detail about Katrina's wedding in Six Senses Fort Barwara in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, Yusuf said, "No phones were allowed inside Vikcy Kaushal and Katrina Kaif's wedding. Guests were requested to keep their phones in their rooms." He added that it wasn't a big task for them as the guests were co-operative. Yusuf said, "We didn't have a hard time managing the wedding because Katrina and Vicky had personally requested their guests to keep their phones away. And the guests were quiet co-operative too." However, things were not as easy when Yusuf Ibrahim went with his team to Goa to provide security to Jackky Bhagnani and Rakul Preet Singh for their wedding last year. Yusuf shared that Rakul Preet's wedding saw many Bollywood celebrities in attendance. He said, "The guest list included Arjun Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Shahid Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, among others. The wedding took place in Goa. It was very difficult for us to manage these people at the airport. We had to escort them safely to their cars. The next challenge was to help them escape the press and public outside the resort." Yusuf also faced challenges inside the wedding venue. He shared, "Within the resort, we had to keep an eye that no staff clicks their pictures. Sometimes even the guests in the resort would end up clicking pictures in their phones, we had to stop that too. It was quiet challenging." Also Read | Bodyguard Yusuf Ibrahim recalls Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘mad’ Ajmer Sharif dargah’s visit: ‘Log hume dhakka maarke andar legaye’ Recalling how he ensured nobody clicks Rakul and Jackky's pictures, Yusuf shared he had to bribe the photographers stationed at the venue. He said, "Rakul and Jackky wanted to do their pheras during the sunset near the beach, so the arrangements were done in a corner of the resort. Several media people had arrived there and they were walking around to cover the event. A few paps are my friends, so I called them up and requested them to instruct their photographers to avoid clicking phera pictures." "To manage others, I gathered them up and took them for a so called meeting. I took them to a shack and made them sit there. There were about 30 people. I warned them that nobody will be allowed to click pictures. I asked them, 'So now you decide how you want this to happen? Do you want me to use law and security against you, or would like to enjoy your time at this shack for the next two hours?' It cost me a couple of thousand rupees, but the privacy was maintained. You can't always use power," Yusuf added. Jackky Bhagnani and Rakul Preet Singh tied the knot on February 21, 2024, after dating for a couple of years.
