March gets hotter as Ayesha and Amrita tie knot

Ayesha Takia will tie the knot with her long-time boyfriend Farhan Azmi, a restaurateur and son of Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi on March 1 in a private and traditional nikaah ceremony at a mosque in Mumbai followed by a grand reception the next day at CCI, Mumbai. The two have been going steady for a long time.

All the preparations are complete including Ayesha's wedding trousseau. Ayesha has finished shooting for Boney Kapoor's Wanted-Dead Or Alive directed by Prabhu Deva; the Hindi remake of the Tamil hit Pokkiri and Nagesh Kukunoor's 8x10 Tasveer and is not taking on any more projects. The only film she will shoot after marriage is Revathi's Phir Tum Mil Gaye, a woman-oriented project.

She also has Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai!, Naughty@Forty, Milind Ukey's Paathshala opposite Shahid Kapoor and Nikhil Advani's Ab Dilli Door Nahin.

Telugu star Nagarjuna and director Puri Jagannath are expected to attend the reception to be held on March 2. The wedding was supposed to take place in December, but was postponed due to the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

Bride: Amrita Arora
Groom: Shakeel Ladhak
Venue: Bandra Church

March 4 is going to be the wedding to watch out for when Amrita Arora and Shakeel Ladhak will exchange rings and wedding vows at a Bandra church followed by a brunch at Olive.

On March 5, Salman's sister Alvira Agnihotri will host mehendi and sangeet ceremony at Salman's residence. The nikaah ceremony will be held in the afternoon on March 6, followed by a grand reception in the evening at Taj Lands End Hotel in Mumbai.

The bride's vintage white gown is designed by Ashley Rebello. It will be a long lace gown flaring at the hips and tapering in a high neck.

The lace for the gown will either be Christian Dior or Karl Lagerfeld. Ashley is also designing an emerald green and maroon ghagra for Amrita and a chikan pathani for the groom Shakeel Ladhak for the nikaah ceremony.

The bridesmaids Amrita's Sister Malaika Arora-Khan, best friend Kareena Kapoor and close friend Mallika Bhat - will be in peach Grecian-inspired gowns.

Vikram Phadnis is apparently designing some outfits for them for some wedding-related events. So has Shantanu and Nikhil who created several outfits for various functions including an avant garde lehenga for Amrita, which is made of old silk brocade sarees with a wide off-shoulder blouse.