It was a night to remember for the newly-wed Bollywood couple Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh as celebrities, and sports stars gathered at a star hotel here to wish them.

Software major’s philanthropic arm Infosys Foundation chairperson Sudha Murty, city-based biotech major Biocon’s chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw were among the first ones to arrive for the reception.

Former cricketers Anil Kumble, Venkatesh Prasad, badminton star P.V. Sindhu were also present at the grand event.

Hundreds of frenzied fans greeted the couple and cheered the celebs walking in, with bouncers keeping the boisterous crowd at bay.

While Deepika wore a regal gold sari paired with white pearls, Ranveer sported a black “sherwani” with gold embellishments.

The couple posed for media persons before heading for the gala reception at the luxury hotel in the city’s eastern suburb, which was decked up with lights and floral arrangements.A

The celebrity duo, married on November 14 at picturesque Lake Como in Italy flew back to Mumbai on November 18, is hosting the reception in this tech city as Deepika’s parents — badminton legend Prakash Padukone and Ujjala live here.

Incidentally, Deepika made her movie debut with Kannada film ‘Aishwarya’ (2006) directed by Indrajit Lankesh, brother of slain Kannada journalist Gauri Lankesh.

The hide and seek got over as Bollywood stars Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh, after two days of wedding ceremonies in the far and dreamy Lake Como setting in Italy, unveiled their first look as a married couple to the public on Thursday, immensely pleasing their army of fans.

Both Deepika and Ranveer shared two images — one each from their four-hour-long ceremony according to Konkani traditions on Wednesday and a North Indian style nuptial on Thursday.

In one picture, the two are laughing away, sharing a jovial moment during the Konkani wedding, and in another photograph from the celebration on Thursday they are all ears for each other.

Deepika looked resplendent on both occasions, dressed in Sabyasachi Mukherjee ensembles rooted in tradition as she chose red and gold as her primary colours. For the North Indian style wedding, Deepika’s head was covered with an ornate dupatta with the words ‘Sada Saubhagyavati Bhavah’ embroidered on it, while Ranveer matched up in a colour co-ordinated sherwani.

Ranveer wore pristine white for the Konkani wedding, which marked the culmination of a six year-long love story that began on the sets of the 2013 film “Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela”.

Interestingly, Thursday marked the fifth anniversary of the film’s release.

In a matter of 10 minutes of sharing the first pictures at around 8 p.m. on Thursday India time on Instagram, they jointly garnered over 4 lakh ‘likes’ as social media users were pining for a glimpse into the very private celebrations.

The couple’s film fraternity friends Farah Khan, Katrina Kaif, Farhan Akhtar, Priyanka Chopra, Alia Bhatt, Hrithik Roshan and Parineeti Chopra were among several others to extend congratulatory messages.

Unlike most celebrity weddings which keep fans engrossed with social media updates, the ‘no pictures, no phones, no drones policy’ of the actors’ grand destination wedding left the media and fans yearn for a glimpse of the couple or the celebrations.

Amit, a cousin of Deepika, a daughter of badminton ace Prakash Padukone, said it has been a “magical week, steeped purely in love” for the family.

“Fairytale union of the two most kind, beautiful souls. Ranveer, welcome to the family! You’ve dethroned me as filmiest, but I’ll cope. Deepika, never seen you happier; you deserve no less,” Amit tweeted.

That, apart from some long, wide angle shots and some hazy videos from the wedding revelry, is all that people could get their eyes on.

The celebrations were as private as it could get. With a guest list of around 40, Deepika and Ranveer chose Northern Italy’s Lombardy region, a resort area known for its spectacular scenery as the backdrop for their wedding.

They were successful in hiding themselves from onlookers, using their umbrellas.

Mobile phones were not allowed outside people’s rooms and there were boats patrolling the lake for drones as part of the three-level security plan for the wedding.

Fondly called as DeepVeer by their fans, the star couple has also worked together in “Bajirao Mastani” and “Padmaavat” although they didn’t share screen space in the latter.

Before the two left for the wedding revelry to Italy last week, Deepika had a traditional puja at her Bengaluru residence while Ranveer had a ‘haldi’ ceremony at his Mumbai home.

Deepika and Ranveer exchanged rings on Monday evening in Italy. A more ‘desi’ touch to the celebrations came in with the ‘mehendi’ function on Tuesday afternoon, followed by a music-filled ‘sangeet’ the same evening.A

Singer Harshdeep Kaur, along with Sanjoy Das, Bobby Pathak and Firoz Khan, added a musical touch to the ceremony.

Poles apart from each other in personality, Deepika and Ranveer never confirmed their relationship until recently when they announced their wedding dates in October.

“We thank you for all the love you have showered upon us over the years and seek your blessings as we embark on this incredible journey of love, loyalty friendship and togetherness,” they said.

Over the years, Deepika has been a bit more reserved than Ranveer in expressing her love openly, but the “Band Baaja Baaraat” actor has been uninhibited.

The couple will have a reception each in Bengaluru and Mumbai on November 21 and 28 respectively. And on December 1, there will be a separate celebration with the film fraternity.

They have urged their guests to direct gifts in the form of a donation to Deepika’s The Live Love Laugh Foundation, which works towards spreading awareness on mental health.

After this wedding, all eyes are on Priyanka Chopra and her American singer beau Nick Jonas’ wedding, likely to happen next month.

Padukone on Wednesday tied the knot as per Konkani traditions in a dreamy Lake Como setting in Italy amidst a tight circle of family and friends, culminating a six year-long love story in a ‘happily ever after’.

The ceremony began at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, and ended around 1:30 p.m. as per local time in Italy, those in the know of developments told IANS.

Deepika wore a red and gold lehenga, and Ranveer was dressed in white, with most guests dressed in pastels, keeping with the subtle and classy vibe of the upscale wedding venue.

Classical singer Shubha Mudgal sang wedding songs at the ceremony in her powerful voice.

Much like the paparazzi, even celebrities in the Hindi film fraternity were left playing the guessing game about the details of the closely guarded nuptials.

“Such a stunning gorgeous and beautiful couple! Nazar utar lo! Deepika and Ranveer! Badhai ho! Love you both! Here’s to a lifetime of love and joy,” tweeted filmmaker Karan Johar, eliciting curiosity if he had seen their wedding picture already.

“I have not seen ya! I want to see just like the rest of the nation does,” he wrote.

The celebrations were as private as it could get. With a guest list of around 40, Deepika and Ranveer chose Northern Italy’s Lombardy region, a resort area known for its spectacular scenery, as the backdrop for their nuptials.

Only a few wide angle shots of the venue gave a hint of the elaborate set-up, decorated with the choicest of flowers.

The Konkani style wedding will be followed by a traditional Anand Karaj ceremony on Thursday.

Deepika, 32, daughter of badminton ace Prakash Padukone, is likely to wear a Sabyasachi ensemble for the Anand Karaj.

Fondly called as DeepVeer by their fans, the star couple have together worked in films like ‘Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela’, ‘Bajirao Mastani’ and ‘Padmaavat’.

There were only about 40 guests for the celebrations, but a no pictures policy imposed on them, left the couple’s fans pining to get a glimpse of the gala.

Mobile phones were not allowed outside people’s rooms, and there were boats patrolling the lake for drones as part of the three-level security plan for the wedding.

The two left for the wedding revelry to Italy last week.

Deepika and Ranveer exchanged rings on Monday evening, and a more ‘desi’ touch to the celebrations came in with the ‘mehendi’ function on Tuesday afternoon, followed by a music-filled ‘sangeet’ the same
evening.

For the mehendi, Deepika wore a Sabyasachi Mukherjee creation and the couple was colour co-ordinated. Singer Harshdeep Kaur, along with Sanjoy Das, Bobby Pathak and Firoz Khan performed at the ceremony.

Poles apart from each other in personality, Deepika and Ranveer’s love story began on the sets of filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘… Ram-Leela’. Their off-screen camaraderie gave enough hints to their fans, the media and the film fraternity that love was brewing. But they never confirmed their relationship until recently. They put to rest months of speculation about their nuptials with a social media announcement in October of their wedding dates.

“We thank you for all the love you have showered upon us over the years and seek your blessings as we embark on this incredible journey of love, loyalty friendship and togetherness,” they said in the
announcement.

Over the years, Deepika has been a bit more reserved than Ranveer in expressing her love openly, but the ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’ actor has been uninhibited.

While they spoke a bit about their likes and dislikes about each other at a summit in the capital in October, it is only on ‘Koffee With Karan’ that Deepika was a little more open about her relationship with Ranveer.

After their very private wedding ceremonies, the couple will have a reception each in Bengaluru and Mumbai on November 21 and 28, respectively.

They have urged their guests to direct gifts in the form of a donation to Deepika’s The Live Love Laugh Foundation, which works towards spreading awareness on mental health.

Bollywood top actors Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone are all set to tie knot in Lake Como, Italy. The wedding will be a strictly private affair and will have limited presence. Right before their wedding, Deepika and Ranveer Singh decided not to accept any gifts from their friends and guests. They wanted them to donate for the non-profit organisation ‘The Live Love Laugh Foundation’ owned by Deepika Padukone.

‘The Live Love Laugh Foundation’ promotes awareness about mental health and Deepika has been running it from the past few years. Coming from non-filmy backgrounds, Deepika and Ranveer wanted to celebrate their wedding away from the country. Grand receptions are planned in Bengaluru and Mumbai post wedding. The duo will tie knot on November 13th and 14th as per their respective traditions.

Bollywood love birds Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh are soon going to script a memorable chapter in their lives by taking the 5 year long alleged courtship to marriage later this year. Since the past couple of months, there have been rumours in Bollywood that the couple will tie the nuptial knot in December.

If the latest reports are to be believed, the wedding is expected to take place on November 19th in Mumbai in a flamboyant manner. Though there is no official confirmation, sources privy to the actors have revealed that the arrangements for the big fat wedding are on.

The Ram Leela co-stars are likely to invite the who’s who from Bollywood and political spectrum for the wedding.

Bollywood’s top actress Deepika Padukone has been in a relationship with actor Ranveer Singh and there have been wide speculations about their wedding from some time. There are talks that Ranveer and Deepika got engaged recently during their Sri Lankan vacation however both Ranveer and Deepika remained tight-lipped without responding about the rumors. The latest news we hear is that the parents of duo already started the preparations for the lavish wedding and Deepika is currently in London along with Ranveer’s parents shopping for their wedding.

If speculations are to be believed, the wedding will be completely in South Indian style and Ranveer, Deepika will host a lavish reception in Mumbai for B Town celebrities and their close friends. Their recent outing Padmaavat has been a smashing hit and Deepika is currently on a break while Ranveer is busy shooting for Rohit Shetty’s Simmba and Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy. After love birds Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli got married recently, the whole B Town has been eagerly waiting for the big news from Ranveer and Deepika.