Intro
When the Bride is the founder of a luxury wedding decor company, you know you have a well planned and an inspiration worthy wedding on the way. Pooja & Anshul wedding was a grand wedding affair at the Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai & even had Varun Dhawan perform for the Sangeet Ceremony.
Meet Pooja & Anshul
Pooja Doshi is the founder of Elusive Dreams a luxury wedding decor company based in New Delhi and now in Mumbai too. Pooja and Anshul met in an arranged setup, little did they knew they would embark on a beautiful journey of love together.
On finding her soulmate in Anshul, Pooja says
Our first date was at Olive, Bandra and I still remember him walking in, in his blue jeans black shirt and tan brown shoes. He was so handsome I couldn’t get my eyes off him and our date which was supposed to be for an hour lasted 4 and a half hours. When he spoke I felt I was talking and his experiences seemed so similar to my life experiences. We met again the following week at Koko, Lower Parel and that day we laughed and shared more about ourselves. His laughter lit my world and I felt this strong connection towards him and I got the intuition that I wanted this to work. This meeting changed everything for both of us and luckily I got to know after, he felt the same.
Now I believe in the saying that when you know, you just know !”
After meeting for few times Pooja and Anshul knew that they were made for each other and should take it further.
Pooja says ” I didn’t think I would change my city for anyone, because Elusive Dreams my decor company was doing very well in Delhi and I had made a brand and created a niche for myself, but this man changed my life and my decision! Today when I look back it was the best decision I made.”
The proposal took place 3 months later at Taj Lake Place, Udaipur and it was one fun proposal that was shared all across the social media websites and became the talk of the town.
The wedding was soon finalized and Taj Palace, Mumbai was finalized for the wedding. The two-day wedding festivities in Mumbai had 800 guests in attendance. The decor was designed by Pooja with major inputs from Anshul.
On wedding planning experience with Anshul Pooja Says,
” Anshul was the most involved groom I had ever met. From my outfit trials to his outfit trails to my make up trials, he was so involved !! He wanted to know everything and I was so happy that he was taking charge of all the planning as much as me. I knew he was someone who would share responsibilities with me in the future.”
Mehendi
Sangeet
The purple and blue decor for the sangeet matched perfectly with the couple outfits. Pooja looked extremely gorgeous in a purple trail lehenga. Photo Booth which made Gifs our hashtags was present at the venue along with personalised straws and stirrers with couple hashtag to give a personalized touch to the event decor. The Highlight of the event was Varun Dhawan who made the guests go gaga over his dance performance.
Wedding
Elusive Dream Come True
The wedding day was as beautiful as it could get with all things in peach with hints of gold. Hanging Hydrangeas at the entrance ceiling to the floral backdrop for the stage, a separate Jai Mala stage and tall table arrangements the already beautiful venue looked spectacular.
“My vidai was as emotional as it could get for a bride who was leaving her parents home in Delhi and moving to a new city where she had no friends and had to start a new office, from scratch. My husband held my hand at that time and whispered in my ears, that he will never let a teardrop from my eye ever again and that he will always be my best friend before being a husband”…… Priya
The Decor
I wanted no flowers to be wasted at my wedding but at the same time, I wanted to use flowers especially on my wedding day. We used ALL artificial imported flowers for both days!! I wanted to spread awareness of zero wastage and doing our bit for the environment. Artificial flowers are reusable and therefore it’s more practical to use them, I wanted to create an impact.
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