04-22-2007, 11:23 PM
<b>Ash-Abhi wedding catches imagination of Pak</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> Islamabad, April 21: The Aishwarya-Abhishek Bachchan âdream weddingâ made waves in Bollywood crazy Pakistan with the media in Pakistan going on a feeding frenzy over the event.
<b>The wedding in Big B's household remained a top story for several days on Pakistani TV channels like Geo and ARY which deployed special staff to anchor âexclusiveâ features highlighting various events of the wedding with footage from their Indian TV collaborators</b>.
Struggling actress Janhavi Kapoor, who allegedly attempted suicide outside the Bachchan residence on Friday claiming she was married to Abhishek, also provided much fodder for the channels.
<b>The channels aired live shots of the 'barat' (wedding procession) on Friday.</b>
The print media splashed the story on the front pages on Saturday, with photographs and details of the marriage.
Some channels roped in Pakistani actors to comment on the wedding of the Bollywood's celebrity couple, whose movies have been vastly popular in Pakistan.
Bollywood has a large fan following in Pakistan even though the movies are banned in theatres.
CDs of Indian movies, most of them pirated, are released in Pakistan either on the same day or, on some occasions, even earlier before they are released in India.
<b>Commenting on the wedding, popular actress Reema said Aiswarya and Abhishek were lucky to have a âdream weddingâ in real life. "Film stars normally have such weddings in films. Very few have them in real life,"</b> she said
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After Raksha Bandhan, I hope Paki will go back to their ancestor's other tradition with same spirit.
<b>The wedding in Big B's household remained a top story for several days on Pakistani TV channels like Geo and ARY which deployed special staff to anchor âexclusiveâ features highlighting various events of the wedding with footage from their Indian TV collaborators</b>.
Struggling actress Janhavi Kapoor, who allegedly attempted suicide outside the Bachchan residence on Friday claiming she was married to Abhishek, also provided much fodder for the channels.
<b>The channels aired live shots of the 'barat' (wedding procession) on Friday.</b>
The print media splashed the story on the front pages on Saturday, with photographs and details of the marriage.
Some channels roped in Pakistani actors to comment on the wedding of the Bollywood's celebrity couple, whose movies have been vastly popular in Pakistan.
Bollywood has a large fan following in Pakistan even though the movies are banned in theatres.
CDs of Indian movies, most of them pirated, are released in Pakistan either on the same day or, on some occasions, even earlier before they are released in India.
<b>Commenting on the wedding, popular actress Reema said Aiswarya and Abhishek were lucky to have a âdream weddingâ in real life. "Film stars normally have such weddings in films. Very few have them in real life,"</b> she said
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After Raksha Bandhan, I hope Paki will go back to their ancestor's other tradition with same spirit.