Not just on silver screens, Bollywood actors/actresses are often considered as role models/inspirations in real life too.
Today, let’s have a look at 5 brave-hearted B-Town celebs who broke the stereotype of marriage and wowed us by rewriting society’s rules.
1. Katrina Kaif
Katrina Kaif got hitched to Vicky Kaushal in a dreamy ceremony on December 9 at Six Senses Fort Barwara. The actress was walked down her wedding aisle by her six sisters. Calling them her ‘pillars of strength’, Katrina had shared a post where she can be seen making her bridal entry under a “phoolon ki chaadar” held up by her sisters.
As per traditional rituals, the “phoolon ki chaadar” is held up by the bride’s brothers.
2. Rajkummar Rao
If you had watched Rajkummar Rao-Patralekhaa Paul’s wedding video, you would know what we are talking about. The wedding clip, especially the moment where Rajkummar asks Patralekhaa to put sindoor on his forehead as well, has our hearts.
According to Hindu traditions, the groom puts sindoor (vermilion) on the bride’s forehead during their wedding. It is a symbol of their sacred bond of marriage.
3. Dia Mirza
Earlier this year in February, actress Dia Mirza got married to businessman Vaibhav Rekhi in an intimate ceremony. Even though the wedding affair was eco-friendly and sustainable, what truly amazed us was the female priest. Yes, Dia’s wedding ceremony was conducted by an elderly female priest named Sheela Atta, which broke the traditional gender stereotype.
On the other hand, she had also chosen to forgo traditional rituals of Kanyadaan and Bidaai. For the unversed, Kanyadaan is a ritual that symbolizes the father ‘giving his daughter’ away to her husband, while Bidaai marks the departure of the bride from her father’s home to her husband’s.
4. Anushka Sharma
The Bidaai ceremony – the bride bids adieu to her family as she embarks on a new journey with her husband – is usually considered the most emotional and soul-stirring moment of the entire wedding. However, Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma broke the stereotype at her fairytale-like wedding with Virat Kohli. During her Bidaai, she bid farewell with cheers and smiles, happily waving at her family while walking away hand-in-hand with her husband.
5. Neena Gupta
Actress Neena Gupta, as we all know, broke the societal norms and chose to give birth to Masaba Gupta out of wedlock. During that time, several people including popular filmmaker-actor Satish Kaushik had reportedly offered to marry her, but she “didn’t feel right about getting married just to avoid controversy”. She raised the child alone and at the age of 50, she finally found her true love and got married to Vivek Sharma.