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Bollywood Brides Love Sabyasachi

The wedding day is the one of the most important – if not the paramount – day in a bride’s life. They want to look the best on this day and indulge in expensive wedding ensembles by fashion designers. Bollywood actress are always under the spotlight and has cameras capturing their every muscle flex on their big special day. And guess who is Bollywood’s favourite wedding designer is? Yes, it’s Sabyasachi Mukherjee.

The recently weds of Bollywood – Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, both wearing Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s creation for their D-Day held in Italy. With this fresh in mind, we at TBD bring you some Bollywood celebs who wore the designer’s outfit and looked stunning as ever:

1. Aamna Sharif

Aamna Sharif wore a beautiful red Sabyasachi lehenga with heavy golden work for her big day. The highlight of her attire was the blush peach dupatta.

2. Vidya Balan

The amazingly talented Vidya Balan is a Sabyasachi fan. Along with her wedding attires, Sabyasachi himself designed her entire wedding trousseau. Vidya chose a simple red Benarasi saree and looked stunning in it.

3. Sagarika Ghatge

Sagarika Ghatage who got court married to Zaheer Khan opted a beautiful red saree from Sabyasachi’s collection. She paired it with an exquisite maroon blouse with zardosi border. For the reception too she donned a Sabyasachi creation.

4. Soha Ali Khan

The Tum Mile actress opted for a beautiful orange-golden lehenga from Sabyasachi’s opium collection for her D-Day. Her lehenga looked pretty as ever even with it being simple. The passa and the heavy jewellery complemented her attire really well.

5. Bipasha Basu

Bipasha Basu wore a quintessential Sabyasachi red lehenga for her wedding with Karan Singh Grover and looked absolutely ravishing.

6. Amrita Puri

For Amrita Puri, Sabyasachi translated the whole Persian document into artistic panels. Her wedding lehenga is one of a kind as it has been made with one hundred and eleven colours of silk thread. Her heavy silk and sequins lehenga is truly a vision.

7. Asin Thotumkal

Asin Thotumkal chose a golden and beige lehenga for her special day. The designer very creatively added hints of maroon in the attire with the help of a heavy border.

8. Anushka Sharma

Anushka Sharma who is all set to celebrate one year of married life looked beautiful in her Sabyasachi wedding ensemble. She opted for a powder pink lehenga with floral embroidery on it and heavy jewellery from Sabyasachi’s heritage collection for her wedding. The diva also wore Sabyasachi creations for all the pre-wedding and post-wedding rituals.

9. Deepika Padukone

The most recent bride of Bollywood – Deepika Padukone – too was a Sabyasachi doll at her wedding. She was decked in Sabyasachi ensembles from head-to-toe for both wedding ceremonies at Lake Como, Italy. For her Konkani rituals, Deepika was a perfect South Indian bride draped in a gold and orange silk saree. She completed the look with a maatha patti, a tiny bindi, heavy traditional jewelry and a coordinated dupatta covering her head.

For the Anand Karaj ceremony, Deepika picked a traditional red, heavily embroidered lehenga. Her dupatta has the words ‘Sada Saubhagyawati Bhava’ intricate embroidered on its border. The look was completed with a maang teeka and she also sported a traditional nath. We are in love with her kaleere <3

Which Bollywood actress’ Sabyasachi wedding ensemble are you in love with? Tell us in the comments below.

The Many Times Karisma Kapoor Won Our Hearts With Her Fashion Sense

Karisma Kapoor is a fashionista and there is no denying that. Today on the occasion of her birthday, we take a look at some of her best look where she gave us fashion goals.

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The Saree With A Twist

Karisma gave the simple saree look a mega twist with this look. The actress added a modern tadka to the textured saree with a brown blazer and belt. What do you think of the look? Also, don’t forget to check out those earrings.

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Gowns

We get scared walking in high heels while wearing a gown – but not Karisma. The actress looks stunning in all the gowns she had worn. Check them out

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Black & White Gown

Lolo attended an event looking stunning in a black & white gown. The best feature about this ensemble was the clean lines in it. The plain white skirt and black bodice accentuated the black & white design of the tube gown stand out. We give her top marks for slaying this look. The minimal jewellery and light makeup complimented the look well.

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Black Dresses

Every girl has at the very least one black dress in her closet. And Karisma seems to have many and knows how to slay them all with her charming personality.

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This black dress with colourful flower sequin work was another story altogether. We doubt anyone could pull it off the way KK did.

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Tees

She loves tees as much as any other girl in the world does. From white tees to black and colourful one with prints, captions or just plain, she looks gorgeous in them all.

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Long Coats

There’s no better way to add an edge to your outfit than accessorizing it with a long coat. And Karisma Kapoor is a pro at it. The fashionista has paired this piece of clothing with sarees, dresses, pant suits and more:

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Happy Birthday Karisma Kapoor

Yami Gautam: A Fashion Trend Setter

Yami Gautam is currently busy promoting her upcoming next, Bala. With only a few days left to its release, the actress sis in a full on promotional swing with co-stars Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar.

The actress is nailing one look after another during this promotional. The actress has kept her looks simple but stylish and elegant at the same time.

Striped Pantsuit

The actress looked stunning in a blue, white and black short pantsuit during the promotions of the film. The red high heel and the red and white stripe at the sleeves added color to this outfit. Comfortable for a hectic day but stylish as ever.

High-Low Circles

This look added an element of fun and playfulness to Yami Gautam’s promotional wardrobe. A high-low off-shoulder dress with puffy sleeves with dual tone circles is what this look was all about. It is a sensible option to look glamourous while beating the October heat in the country.

Rufflle Top With Bell Bottom Pants

A light blue ruffle top paired with brown high waist bell bottom pants made this diva look killer while promoting Bala. She completed the look with ring statement earrings and heels. Simple, comfortable and elegant is what she oozed in this look.

Beauty In Black

A girl always need a black dress in her wardrobe and Yami has a stunning one here. A sweetheart neck, off-shoulder dress with net sleeves made this beauty look regal. She completed the look with superb black tie-up heels.

Bold And Elegant

Yami looked stunning in a white ruffle sleeve blouse and blue flare pants. Simple. Elegant. And something she aces like a pro.

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Bollywood celebs who went from flab to fab

A lean figure is something we all desire, and when we look at some Bollywood celebs, we tend to think they had it easy. Well, not always. Some stars had to work their asses off to tone down to look fab. Let us look at a few.

Alia Bhatt

This sexy chic was not always slender like in the movie ‘Student Of The Year’. She had to go on a weight loss spree to get rid of the excess weight. She lost an enormous 16 kilos before facing cameras for the movie! Quite an inspiration!

Sonam Kapoor

Even Anil Kapoor’s daughter did not get everything on a platter. She had to work out a lot to get the slim figure she enjoys today. She had to lose 30 kilos to slim down from her initial weight of whopping 90 kilos!

Adnan Sami

Singer Adnan Sami once needed a wheelchair to move around because his weight, at an unbelievable 230 kilos, was too much. That very man burned around 150 kilos to look fit and fab!

Parineeti Chopra

Having a cousin like Priyanka Chopra in the industry was motivation enough for Parineeti to try. However, she had to lose considerable amount of weight to get into the industry. Parineeti went from chubby to chic in about ten months of a strict diet, yet she was criticised for being shapeless. For months she was adamant that wouldn’t want to lose any more weight, but after constant criticism she finally gave in and restarted her weight loss regime.

Arjun Kapoor

Arjun initially looked nothing like the star he is today and his weight loss story was indeed a life transformation. He is now rated as one of the hottest Bollywood actors in the industry!

Kareena Kapoor

The actress who made size zero a trend in India wasn’t always slim! In fact, for her item number in ‘Don’ (2006), she was criticised for her inability to maintain her figure following which she took up the challenge and transformed!

Zarine Khan

This chubby actress lost weight before entering into the Bollywood circuit. She lost so much weight that Salman Khan even asked her to put on some weight for one of her movies!

Sonakshi Sinha:

Our very own Rajjo, Sonakshi Sinha never thought she can be an actress. She was quite on a heavier side and was planning to pursue her career in Fashion Designing. However, Salman Khan told the 90kgs Sonakshi to lose weight and enter Bollywood. She lost around 30 kilos in 2 years and became a perfect heroine to star opposite Salman in the film ‘Dabangg’.

Jackky Bhagnani:

Well, his six-pack-abs were the talk of the town when he made his debut in the film ‘Kal Kissne Dekha’. But, not many know that it took 2 years for Jackky to get that body. The actor was around 130kgs before he thought of making his acting debut.

Karan Johar:

Karan Johar is surely a great filmmaker, but if you would have seen him few years ago, you wouldn’t have recognized him. He was fat and weighed 120kgs. However, he decided to lose weight and you can see what he is right now.

Bollywood celebrities who went under the knife

That perfect look is what most of us strive for. But what really is that perfect look? Bollywood has a major influence on the youth today, but it isn’t that these Bollywood celebrities are blessed with amazing looks. With the kind of money that they earn and the nature of their job, it isn’t a surprise that Bollywood celebrities themselves have gone under the knife to achieve that perfect look. Here we take a look at some of them.

Shilpa Shetty

With an awe-inspiring figure which we all long for, this Bollywood diva was always obsessed with perfection. She went ahead and fixed her nose which she thought was too flat.

Mallika Sherawat

Well, Mallika Sherawat is synonymous with hot and sexy, and there is no prize for guessing which part of her body she has surgically enhanced.

Sridevi

This evergreen dame had pictures splashed all over the web to indicate what was rumoured to be a boob-job. However, one thing is for sure is that she has got a nose job done.

Poonam Pandey

Bold as she is, she went from being a nobody to a some-booty after her asset augmentation.

Sherlyn Chopra

Another diva who caught eyeballs with her voluptuous figure and surgically enhanced body is Sherlyn Chopra. She was rumoured to have silicone implants although it isn’t certain.

Koena Mitra

Here’s an example of why you shouldn’t think of plastic surgery. After surgically enhancing her face, things went from bad to worse as she had to go through several corrective surgeries following a bad first attempt.

Katrina Kaif

Kat flaunts plumper lips thanks to her doctor’s efforts. Well, Kat we loved you anyway.

Priyanka Chopra

Piggy Chops did not like the way her upper lip grazed her nose while smiling and hence went under the knife to correct it.

Anushka Sharma

After her recent appearance on ‘Koffee With Karan’, Anushka Sharma faced severe criticism for her lip job. The actress chose to blame the lip enhancing tool she was apparently using at that time for an upcoming film.

Kareena Kapoor

The chubby cheeked Kareena Kapoor went under the knife to lift her cheekbones and sport a chiselled jaw line. The difference is clearly visible!

Karisma Kapoor

Another Kapoor Khandaan actress who went under the knife was Karisma. First she got rid of her bushy eyebrows and the next in line was her lips.

Bollywood stars and their lucky charms

In films, sports and politics, we have often heard of superstitions that people follow to assure success. Bollywood stars, in fact, have this ingrained in their lifestyles. Let us look at some quirky superstitions that Bollywood stars have.

Amitabh Bachchan

Though the superstar ditched all his rings a few years ago, we cannot forget when Amitabh sported several rings on his long fingers. In fact, the longest finger on his left hand had two rings. Amitabh believed in these gem-stone rings quite religiously since his career flourished only after he started wearing them.

Salman Khan

This superstar stud may leave the house without his shirt but he will never leave the house without his turquoise blue bracelet. Salman’s father who sports a similar bracelet had gifted him this one. A number of ardent Salman fans have also sported similar bracelets. I’m sure you might have come across at least one such fan.

Imran Khan

Imran doesn’t have any lucky charms as such but he always asks for his movies to be released in the first week of July. ‘Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Naa’, ‘I Hate Luv Storys’ and ‘Delhi Belly’ released in that week and were successful. Besides this, Imran believes that if his wife Avantika features as a special appearance in his movie, then it is bound to be a hit. He cites examples of movies like ‘Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Naa’, ‘I Hate Luv Storys’ and ‘Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu’.

Mugdha Godse

Mugdha feels that her life has become more peaceful after getting herself a spiritual tattoo. The tattoo reads ‘Om Namah Shivaya’ in the Devanagri script.

Dia Mirza

Dia Mirza always carries with her a Buddhist blessing written on a paper that her mother had gifted her. Dia feels that this brings her blessings and prosperity.

Bollywood divas who smoke

We’ve always known about the Bollywood heroes who smoke, but did you know that there are a few among the heroines as well? Many of these gorgeous actresses cannot go a day without puffing on some cigarettes. Their curves and moves may be impressive, but such a habit can do nothing but blot their image. Here are a few Bollywood divas that are renowned for their smoking habits:

Kangana Ranaut

Bollywood diva Kangana Ranaut has been seen on-screen as a smoker and that is how you may have perceived her as well. Well, you are right. She is a chain smoker off-screen as well. Kangana is so addicted to smoking that she even went against the smoking ban claiming that it is a personal choice and should never be banned.

Sushmita Sen

Former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen may be one of the most successful faces in the industry, but one thing that is absolutely unimpressive is her smoking habit. The actress has been spotted several times smoking in public and she claims that she is trying to quit the habit.

Konkona Sen Sharma

It seems Bong divas of Bollywood have a special inclination towards smoking as the next name to come up in the list is Konkona Sen Sharma. This talented actress is an active smoker and was quoted saying she found it very difficult to resist smoking during her first pregnancy.

Rani Mukherjee

Here is another Bong babe who has impressed us all with her acting skills but not with her personal life choices. She has been facing pressure from her family because of this habit but she still continues.

Manisha Koirala

Here’s one more who you would associate with bad habits. Manisha Koirala’s smoking habit is no secret and she is one of the very few Indian brides we have seen who were spotted smoking on their wedding day!

Bollywood superstars who are chain smokers

Cigarette smoking is considered one of the biggest problems in the country, and most television entities display ads against it. However, it may be awkward to note that our very own Bollywood actors, who we so conveniently have called as ‘heroes’, have been indulging in the habit over the years. Let us look at some.

When cricketers and Bollywood actresses hooked up

With the two big crazes in India being cricket and Bollywood, there’s no reason why they wouldn’t mix. Cricketers and Bollywood actresses have been hooking up since days of old and the trend still continues. Let us look at a few affairs between B-town dames and big money cricketers.

Harbhajan Singh and Geeta Basra

Off spinner Harbhajan Singh has long been known for his on-field and off-field antics. While he was familiar with tricks to bamboozle batsmen, he has done the same with a babe from B-town as well. Geeta Basra has reportedly been dating Harbhajan from quite a long time.

Mohammed Azharuddin and Sangeeta Bijlani

The former captain of the Indian cricket team Mohammad Azharuddin created a furore when he divorced his former wife of eight years, Naureen, and married actor Sangeeta Bijlani.

Tiger Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore

Another couple from the two biggies of Indian entertainment is Tiger Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore. Tiger, who was the former Indian captain dated and then married Bengali diva from Bollywood, Sharmila Tagore.

Virat Kohli and Sarah Jane Dias

The cricket world’s latest superstar with amazing looks was touted to be dating former Miss India World Sarah Jane Dias. Sarah Jane was known for her role in the movie ‘Kya Super Kool Hain Hum’ after making her debut with ‘Game’. Currently, there are strong rumours of Virat dating long legged lass Anushka Sharma though the two have been denying it.

Yuvraj Singh and Kim Sharma

The King of sixes Yuvraj has been known to be quite the playboy. He was dating actress and model Kim Sharma. News was that Yuvraj couldn’t handle the on and off relationship and finally called it quits.

Zaheer Khan and Isha Sharvani

Rumours floating around are that Zaheer Khan is expected to tie the knot with Bollywood dancer and actress Isha Sharvani. However, both of them have rubbished claims and have maintained that they are just friends. Hmm, well, let’s just wait and watch.

Undoubtedly, Bollywood and cricket masala make an interesting story!