Debina on her Bengali wedding pics going viral

Actor couple Debina Bonnerjee and Gurmeet Choudhary left their fans in a state of confusion as well as awe when they recently posted a picture of them dressed in traditional Bengali wedding attire.“It was just a reel wedding for our short film,” clarifies Bonnerjee, who got married to Choudhary in a low-key temple ceremony 10 years ago.

Elaborating further, she says, “Our director (Ram Kamal Mukherjee of Subho Bijoya) is also a bengali, and he knew all the nitty-gritty of a Bengali wedding. Everything was arranged from Kolkata, the outfit which Gurmeet was wearing was a special groom’s attire which came from Kolkata. It didn’t feel like we were shooting”.

Bonnerjee fell in love with Choudhary while working on the mythological show, Ramayan, following which they got married in 2011. And she exclaims that getting married again on-screen

Many wedding planners are replacing choodhi counters, to make space for Covid Desks. One such Delhi-based planner Sumathy Bachchan, adds, “Some of these masks are also colour-themed or designed on the basis of whose side you are from — bride or groom.” There’s also special emphasis on choosing the aromas. Chinmayi Jain, a Mumbaibased wedding and party planner says, “A client of mine wanted different fragrances of sanitisers. So, we got them custommade. The idea was to make it experience oriented!” brought many memories back. “At that time, we both were so mesmerised. The whole evening we just kept talking and just clicking videos and pictures. I have even kept the bride’s attire from the shoot with me,” she says.

Ask her if it nudged her to renew the wedding vows, this time with a Bengali ceremony, and she says, “No, we don’t plan to do anything like that.”

Debina Bonnerjee and Gurmeet Choudhary shared snippets from their ‘reel’ Bengali wedding on Instagram

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