MATCHMAKER SEEMA DISSES FAKE WEDDINGS

'No bride, no groom — what's the point,' she asks with characteristic candour

- By Manjusha Radhakrishnan Entertainment, Lifestyle and Sport Editor

Trust Seema Taparia from Mumbai to say what everyone's secretly thinking — and in her case, she's got no patience for the latest social-media-fuelled Farzi wedding craze.

"I didn't like it," she says bluntly when I ask her about the viral trend of fake wedding parties where guests turn up decked out in lehengas, sip cocktails, dance to dhol beats, and pose for shaadi-style photos - minus the bride and groom.

"There's no dulha [groom], no dulhan [bride], just people dancing, drinking, putting mehendi ... what is this? There's no wedding at all!"

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