Dia Mirza-Sahil Sangha wedding coverage

After the lavish wedding on October 18, Dia Mirza and Sahil Sangha hosted a grand reception on October 19. Dia looked every bit the newly-wed bride in a peach coloured lehenga. Her attire for the reception was designed by Shantanu & Nikhil. The designers tweeted, "Couldn't believe how a princess from a fairy tale could be brought to life. @deespeak did just that. We love u."

Former beauty queen and Bollywood actress Dia Mirza tied the knot with Sahil Sangha on October 18. While Dia opted for a beige and green sharara, Sahil Sangha sported a Raghavendra Rathore cream silk linen brocade achkan. Dia opted for an Arya Samaj wedding. The wedding took place at a farmhouse in Delhi. Sushmita Sen, Rajkumar Hirani and many other Bollywood celebrities attended the wedding.

Dia Mirza and Sahil Sangha's wedding was nothing less than a fairytale. Sahil Sangha chose a horse-drawn carriage to arrive in style wearing a white coloured sherwani. The farmhouse where the duo got married was decorated with lilies and orchids. The lavish spread laid out for the guests to feast on, had a distinct Hyderabadi flavour. For the desserts, however, it was Bengali sweets all the way.

Many Bollywood celebs congratulated Dia and Sahil for embarking on a new journey of life. "Congratulations to my prettiest @deespeak as she begins a new journey together with Sahil, now as Mrs.Sangha. Awww god bless you both," Bipasha Basu tweeted. "Kal meri yaar ki shaadi thi! Wishing my lovely @deespeak and Sahil a wonderful married life! Had a wonderful time last evening," tweeted Lara Dutta. Soha Ali Khan tweeted, "Many congratulations @deespeak and Sahil - you both make a beautiful couple and may you have a lifetime of happiness and bliss together."

Ritu Kumar designed a traditional joda for Dia Mirza’s wedding. The style dated back to the Mughal era and was contemporarised in style but in essence has kept the embroidery tradition of the old zardozi craftsmanship. The ensemble comprised of a kurta, Farshi paijama and a dupatta. The upper half or paat of the paijama was made of gold net and lined with tanchoi silk brocade and the lower half or gote was made of green and turq stripes of patched silk sewn together diagonally. The elaborate borders placed on both the paat and the gote seams are finished in a style typical of the Hyderabadi court, a city which Dia has lived in for many years. The dupatta has been embroidered by master craftsmen with a lineage from the Avadh court. The kurta was decorated with zardozi around the neckline. A similar design was embroidered on the ground of the second emerald green dupatta in alternate rows of curling vines and stylized floral motifs. The main dupatta had a special motif embroidered on the part that covers the hair.

The couple opted for a close knit mehendi ceremony at a Chattarpur farmhouse in Delhi on October 17. Dia Mirza looked ravishing in a purple and golden coloured Anita Dongre lehenga. She paired it up with matching jewellery. Sahil too rocked the look with a bandhgala coat.

The mehendi ceremony was attended by family members and a few close friends. Earlier this year, Dia took to twitter to announce her engagement to the world. "Officially engaged. #NYC," she posted on the microblogging site. (sic) The couple had to postpone their wedding twice, once in November last year and once in January, 2014.

Dia Mirza looked radiant and happy as she posed with her hennaed hands for the shutterbugs. Dia and Sahil together own a production house named Born Free Entertainment and their first film under the banner was Love Breakups Zindagi. The latest film to be produced by their banner was the Vidya Balan starrer Bobby Jasoos. Dia Mirza has given some unforgettable performances in films like - Dum, Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein, Parineeta etc. The actress is also known for her contribution to environmental and social issues.

Dia Mirza's mehendi ceremony was organised on October 16. The former beauty queen opted for a Ritu Kumar outfit for the function. Dia looked gorgeous in a marigold yellow chanderi multi-panelled kurta, while Sahil opted for a red coloured kurta and white pyjamas for the event. Dia also posted a picture from the ceremony on microblogging site twitter and wrote, "With my happiness :) thank you to all those who have conveyed such warm messages here. Sahil and I are grateful." (sic)

The mehendi ceremony was also organised in Delhi. Talking about Dia Mirza's outfit, Ritu Kumar said, "The kurta has a vintage cut used in the courts of Agra around the 15th century. The neck is deep and worked in embroidered gota patti on net like the technique used at the time. The gold metallic taar used is of silver worked in gold thread and dori to give it a stylised plant inlay look. Each panel is highlighted with a flowering buta. The odhni is fuschia worked with small butis of the same beaten gold gota patti, a fuschia brocade deep sinjaf finishes the edges of the outfit." (sic)