Young couples are picking up the tabs for their own weddings. The soirées are smaller but there’s money left over for ever after. See how they pulled it off
At wedding season this year, don’t be surprised if some receptions have fewer than 100 guests. Don’t balk if the décor and buffet are pared down. And do congratulate the bride and groom a little extra if other over-the-top frills are missing. They’ve probably funded the whole shindig out of their own pocket.
Chirag Shah set up a wedding fund years in advance, taking budgeting tips from his now-wife Nikita Thakkar. Their sangeet cost ₹90,000, and they had 150 guests at the reception. (SPClicks)
Sindhura Deverakonda and Pranjal Kalita each took a bank loan, cumulatively amounting to ₹10 lakh, to get married two months after the engagement.At Deverakonda and Kalita’s wedding, four relatives from Kalita’s side flew in from Guwahati for the ceremony. The couple held a small reception in the groom’s hometown later.Shilpi Dey and Rohit Singh’s budget of ₹7.5 lakh stretched out just enough for a traditional Bengali ceremony in Mumbai for 150 guests.Chirag Shah and Nikita Thakkar surveyed close to 10 vendors for each purchase (even centrepieces). She handled much of the execution, comparison-shopping and hustling so that they put on a sangeet night within ₹90,000.Urvija Ghuriye had decided to pay for her wedding even before she met Akshay Bhuwania.Urvija Ghuriye and Akshay Bhuwania‘s 2022 wedding was a two-day affair and had 200 guests. Ghuriye managed happily without professional makeup, hair and draping.
