Model weddings

It looks like itacirc;euro;trade;s the model wedding season. First Rajath Raina and now the Bong Bombshell who ruled the ramp for more ...

It looks like itacirc;euro;trade;s the model wedding season. First Rajath Raina and now the Bong Bombshell who ruled the ramp for more than a decade in all her curly haired glory Noyonika Chatterjee finally tied the knot with long-time on-off boyfriend Gurpreet of Neena Guptaacirc;euro;trade;s Dard and Pal Chhin fame.

After having literally called it off at the altar twice before thatacirc;euro;trade;s the rumour mill for you, though the couple insist nothing of the sort happened, Noyonika wed Gurpreet whose parents live in Delhi after a twelve-year-courtship at a small private ceremony at the Infantry Mess last fortnight. This was followed by a reception the next day at Delhi Gymkhana club.

But weddings seem to come in threes these days and the next in queue to break hearts is former Miss India and Delhiacirc;euro;trade;s own emcee-at-large Manpreet Brar, who will get married to Arjun Wallia heacirc;euro;trade;s acirc;euro;tilde;acirc;euro;tilde;into corporate stuffacirc;euro;trade;acirc;euro;trade; according to Manpreet next week though the kaleeres like the bouquet during a Christian wedding at the wedding fell not on her but on a friend of Rohit Balacirc;euro;trade;s.

For now, though, the bride of the moment is acirc;euro;tilde;Noyonaacirc;euro;trade;. She wore a pink salwaar kameez designed by friend Rohit Bal who took his role very seriously and kept pulling out errant threads from her duppata the entire afternoon of the shaadi and made wise comments such as acirc;euro;tilde;oh, your jootis are matching with your dress?acirc;euro;trade;, while Gurpeet claimed to have done his outfit himself doesnacirc;euro;trade;t seem to have much faith in wifeyacirc;euro;trade;s designer pals now, does he? right from the kalgi to the jootis.

Among the acirc;euro;tilde;acirc;euro;tilde;close freindsacirc;euro;trade;acirc;euro;trade; who flew down especially for the occasion were starlet Pooja Batra in bleached blonde hair, Sheetal Studioacirc;euro;trade;s Dhiren Shah, Jodhpuracirc;euro;trade;s Raghavendra Rathore, Ambika Pillai who was in Chennai and Mumbaiacirc;euro;trade;s Inder Sudan one wonders where co-cat-walkers such as Madhu Sapre were.

The next dayacirc;euro;trade;s reception saw some more guests from Mumbai, including India Fashion Week baiters Abu Jaani and Sandeep Khosla the ones whom Delhiacirc;euro;trade;s Gudda allegedly bad-mouthed designed the brideacirc;euro;trade;s reception outfit, the bottle-blonde model Rajlaxmi and the lovely Michelle.

Rina Dhaka, who had missed the wedding, complained about her frozen toes, also turned up for the reception.

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As for the love story, well, Noyonika and Gurpreet are supposed to have met much before fame touched either of them.

Introduced by a common friend, they soon became great friends, but was it love at first sight? acirc;euro;tilde;acirc;euro;tilde;Well sort of,acirc;euro;trade;acirc;euro;trade; said a grinning albeit tipsy dulah Gurpreet. They plan to return to work after another round of receptions at Calcutta and itacirc;euro;trade;s only later that the honeymoon will happen, in Maldives.

So whatacirc;euro;trade;s with the story of twice chicken, third time committed? acirc;euro;tilde;acirc;euro;tilde;We had just thrown a party together and there were stories in the papers that we were getting engaged,acirc;euro;trade;acirc;euro;trade; said Gurpreet.

And is this the end of Noyonikaacirc;euro;trade;s modelling career? acirc;euro;tilde;acirc;euro;tilde;I want her to do what she wants to as I fell in love with her before she was a model. And frankly, it doesnacirc;euro;trade;t make a difference to me,acirc;euro;trade;acirc;euro;trade; said hubby, while Noyonika, whoacirc;euro;trade;s working for FTV yes, the same one Sushma Swaraj is after, shrugged her pretty shoulders.