With the wedding season full in swing, many Indian brides usually find it difficult to finalize their look for their wedding ceremonies. While some prefer to stick to classics, many brides infuse the traditional attires with a modern touch. No bride works with her imagination alone. She needs a strong reference, and nothing beats Bollywood in that department. And, so here’s a short and simple blog featuring Top 10 Bollywood brides, who slayed at their wedding. And you can do it too!

1. Anushka Sharma’s Secret Wedding

Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli pulled off a secret wedding in 2017, in Italy, followed by a grand reception in Delhi. Anushka Sharma, undoubtedly, made the most beautiful bride ever. Clad in a pale pink Sabyasachi Mukherjee trousseau, she looked ethereal. Anushka looked simple, yet beautiful in a fuchsia pink and orange graphic lehenga, paired with a floral blue blouse. She opted for sleek center-parted hair and bare-minimum makeup. 

2. Keep It Simple Just Like Dia Mirza

 Dia Mirza a well-known personality in the Bollywood industry who has successfully used her fame and influence to bring about a positive change. So naturally, when it came to her wedding day, Dia Mirza went the sustainable way, not just with her bridal look with an heirloom-worthy Benarasi saree, but she also took care of the design and decor of the venue. The decor of the venue was recreating the fragment Indian garden look with the pop of blush pink roses and wildflowers, further elevating the mood. Everything in the wedding decor was eco-friendly.

3. Deepika Padukone’s Exquisite Sabyasachi Lehenga

Deepika Padukone tied the knot with fellow actor Ranveer Singh was the most elaborate Indian wedding we’ve ever seen. They had hosted a Mehendi ceremony, a prewedding ceremony, and two separate wedding ceremonies: a Konkani for Deepika’s faith and an Anand Karaj for Ranveer’s. For the Mehendi ceremony, Deepika wore a blush pink shaded traditional outfit by renowned Indian designer Sabyasachi. At their Konkani wedding ceremony, Deepika wore a red and gold silk saree from The House of Angadi. Whereas for the second function, Deepika wore a gorgeous crimson lehenga from Sabyasachi that was covered with intricate embroidery and took months to create. This Sabyasachi lehenga took off the internet when people saw the intricates of this designer lehenga. This lehenga’s border had words inscribed on it, making her look no more than goddess.

4. Desi Girl’s Royal Affair

Throughout all the functions, Priyanka never minded going all in fashion. For the Mehendi function, she chose a colorful Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla look. For her custom wedding dress, the designer branched out for making her look, stunningly embellished with 2,390,000 mothers of pearl sequins. The show-stopping dress was paired with an equally over-the-top accessory: a 75-foot veil. Similarly, if you want to try all of the traditional and western looks at your wedding, Priyanka Chopra will be a great inspiration.

5. Fusion of Traditional & Modern By Neha Pendse

Neha Pendse of Bigg Boss 12 fame, tied the knot with her long-time beau, Shardul Bayas in a traditional Maharashtrian ceremony. Neha wore a stunning lehenga choli set with a splash of colours from Papa Don’t Preach By Shubhika. She matched it with bright, yellow stilettos. Neha kept her look fun and minimalist with a half-up top knot hairstyle and minimum accessories. For the wedding ceremony, the actress took the ethnic lane and entered under phoolon ki chaadar in a complete Maharashtrian look with a pastel pink navauri saree, nath, chandrakor tikali (half-moon-shaped bindi), and had her hair tied in a beautiful, floral bun. Her makeup was dewy and fresh with a pop of pink on her lips, bringing out that bridal glow.

6. Love For Whites By Sonam Kapoor

Sonam Kapoor Ahuja eschewed the usual suspects and wore a bespoke lehenga by textile revivalist Anuradha Vakil. Sonam Kapoor’s handwoven textile for the lehenga was developed in Madhya Pradesh using a special gold and silk yarn. The embroidery was created using the kalabattu technique with real gold and silver threads, and the entire piece was centred around a stylized lotus motif. She accessorized her bridal lehenga with a stunning vintage style set that commanded all the attention. A Rajputana necklace layered with a guttapusalu necklace, matching earrings, and a multi-stranded matha patti rounded off her look. But what we loved was the white-colored outfits. If you look closely, the panels are in fact soft pastel pink, mint green, and yellow. It took the team almost 18 months to complete this outfit. And Anamika Khanna lehenga which was filled with shades of symmetrical grey, gold and beige

7. Pink Vibes Inspired From Neha Dhupia

Neha picked this soft pink lehenga from Anita Dongre’s 2018 collection, and it was absolutely beautiful. It’s light, and gives a clear message to the brides out there pick a light lehenga if that’s what YOU want to wear to your wedding! It’s completely ok to do that. And the lovely shades of pastel green and bubblegum pink that stood out on her dupatta’s border made the whole look even more beautiful. Neha Dhupia chose to wear a heavy choker set, which balanced the simple wedding lehenga perfectly. Her hair was tied in a bun and covered with flowers, which definitely got under the bridal trend for 2018. A bridal bun covered with lots and lots of flowers.

8. Kishwer Merchant Living Her Moments To Fullest

There is always a story behind a bride’s outfit. Similarly, the bridal lehenga that kishwer wore for her wedding, was given by her brother Prince Narula. During the times in 2018, there were so many Bollywood weddings happening in the town. Amid these celeb weddings, a little fashion faux pas happened as two celeb brides ended up wearing the same outfits at their wedding! Kishwer wore a stunning saree-gown in beige color with stunning embroidery in pearls and a beautiful drape, from Gaurav Gupta Label. She was looking like a dream in that dress. Her accessory game was also on point along with her red choora, mehendi, and diamond jewellery.

9. Neha Kakkar’s Musical Aura

Where people die to wear Sabyasachi lehengas, this lehenga for Neha Kakkar was gifted by Sabyasachi himself. Right from haldi ceremony and mehendi function to their wedding and reception, the couple was seen slaying color coordinated outfits taking their wedding fashion game a notch higher together with setting some major couple goals. One OTB trend from Neha Kakkar’s wedding ceremonies that blew our minds was her Swarovski crystal eyeliner which she carried with her red Falguni Shane lehenga. Ditching the traditional Kundan or gold jewellery Neha Kakkar styled her red bridal lehenga with the glamorous diamond, Polki, and emeralds.

10. Gauhar Khan’s Intimate Wedding Ceremony

Gauahar Khan married choreographer Zaid Darbar in an intimate Nikkah ceremony on the 25th of December and we all can’t help but admire the wedding. Gauahar wore a brocade lehenga paired with a quirky mirror work blouse for her mehendi ceremony. She completed her outfit with floral jewellery and an embroidered potli bag while Zaid opted for a jacket that matched Gauahar’s lehenga. For the Nikah event, Gauahar looked radiant in an ivory-hued sharara with gold detailing and matching statement jewellery. Moving on to the beauty look, the bride opted for a deep red lip which complimented her understated yet glamorous wedding outfit, which was designed by Pakistani designer Saira Shakira.

Taking cues from these real brides of Bollywood, We @Venuemonk have curated the top 10 Bollywood brides, from whom you can take inspiration for your wedding day. Let us know if you want some other brides to be covered too!