There are so many factors that go into bringing your wedding vision to life. Great planning, attention to detail, style, taste and logistics are just some of them. A good wedding planner can do all this and help you successfully manage your expectations and budget.
Whether you're planning a chic celebration at home (a la Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor) or a luxe affair at a fort in Rajasthan, a beach wedding in Goa, or a multicultural wedding weekend in Bali, these wedding masterminds will bring it to life. Most importantly, they will make sure you have the most amazing time on your big day.
And here's the best part: Even if you don't end up hiring one of these experts, you can still turn to their custom creations for inspiration.
1. Wedniksha
An initiative by Wizcraft, Wedniksha by Bhavnesh Sawhney and Farid Khan has managed some of the most reputed weddings worldwide. These include Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja’s Mumbai nuptials as well as Poorna Patel and Namit Soni’s. Destination weddings are their speciality, having planned dream weddings across various destinations such as Malta, Barcelona, Turkey, South Africa and Dubai as well as various exotic locations in India like Udaipur, Jaipur, Kolkata, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Goa, Pune and Mumbai. Their expertise includes exquisitely designed invitation cards, stunning stage design and décor with spectacular floral designs. They also executed the first-ever fully chartered cruise wedding — a star-studded affair with multiple functions, a massive guest list and several Bollywood celebrities in attendance onboard Costa Fascinosa, sailing from Barcelona to Italy — for Sana Khan and her now husband, Adel Sajan of the Danube Group.
2. Motwane Entertainment & Weddings
Remember Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas' fairytale wedding at Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur? It was the handiwork of wedding wizard Aditya Motwane of Motwane Entertainment & Weddings who ensured that everything fell into place exactly how the celebrity couple wanted it. He has also planned weddings for other well-known personalities, including Salman Khan's younger sister Arpita Khan and Ayush Sharma's wedding in Hyderabad, Krésha Bajaj and Vanraj Zaveri in Udaipur and Mumbai, the Jindal and Jasani wedding in Austria, the Hinduja and Mahtani wedding in Jaipur and many more.
No venue — be it hotels, palaces, beach resorts, auditoriums, stadiums, yachts, concert halls or piazzas, even the Concorde museum — is out of reach for Motwane. He even pulled off a coup in Monaco. He got the authorities to close Monte Carlo’s Casino Square for a baraat! The only other event this famous tourist spot in the south of France is cordoned off for is the Grand Prix. The team is known to keep everything delightfully eclectic, vibrant and surreal.
3. DreamzKrraft
From fixing venues to innovative couple entries, live bands, Bollywood artists and innovative décor, DreamzKrraft leaves no stone unturned to curate a remarkable wedding experience. Creating fantastic, fairytale weddings is their forte and two of their weddings have been featured in Netflix’s series The Big Day. Apart from also having designed and styled for the web series Made In Heaven and TV show Koffee with Karan, they have been the creators of the destination dream wedding of Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma at the Borgo Finocchieto luxury retreat near Tuscany in Italy. Their bespoke décor designs leave the guests awestruck.
4. Shaadi Squad
The duo behind Shaadi Squad, Tina Tharwani and Saurabh Malhotra, has planned weddings all their life – albeit for the movie camera. As film production experts for over 10 years, they have realized themes into full-fledged sets, coordinated stay and transport for a 200-member troupe, sourced hair & make-up artists around the world, fixed last-minute hiccups and fulfilled the most peculiar of demands with ease. Their expertise is a solid, reliable bank of vendors in the remotest parts of the world. With Shaadi Squad, you can sit back, enjoy all the little details of the well-thought-out wedding, and truly be part of the celebrations. From Sasha Rawal and Samarth Bajaj's wedding in Oman to Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal’s nuptials in Rajasthan and Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas' Roka ceremony in Mumbai, they have several It-celebrations to their credit.
5. Weddings by Gurleen M Puri
Popularly known as one of India’s most successful wedding planners, Gurleen M Puri has been in the business of wedding decor for over two decades. Her weddings exude effortlessness and ease. She accomplished the royal wedding of Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan in Mumbai. Puri is trusted and respected for her discretion just as much as she is for her innate eye for detail. She transforms spaces by incorporating the client’s personal style and designing installations that infuse the modern and the natural with Indian culture. The bottom line is Puri creates unforgettable gatherings that feel like effortless family affairs.
6. Seven Steps
Creators of some of the most intimate weddings over the past few years, Seven Steps is the wedding vertical of multi-award-winning media and events agency, 70EMG. Nothing is impossible for this Mumbai-based agency that is known to have pulled off weddings of prominent personalities such as Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao, Roonie Screwala and Manju Nanavati, Nita and Mukesh Ambani and Jay Mehta and Juhi Chawla among others. Seven Steps is headed by Kainaz Sethna who makes sure that every aspect of the wedding from destination selection to set design, entertainment, production and everything in between is put together with aplomb. A one-stop shop, they are known to hire the most varied modes of transport – think limos, helicopters, private jets, cruise liners, Harley-Davidson, vintage cars and the odd camel cart! They also fly in international acts to any part of the world while maintaining a classic design aesthetic.
7. The Wedding Design Company
This Delhi-based wedding planning company is one of the oldest in the business and a major part of Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone’s wedding at Lake Como. Founder Vandana Mohan, who began her foray into event management almost 30 years ago, combines attention to detail and an eye for beauty with a keen understanding of event logistics and an ability to interpret timeless traditions in ways that feel unique and different. The end result is pure magic! Once you choose a custom theme or look for your wedding, WDC will spare no efforts in creating a memorable wedding experience; even if that means making their own prints and stitching their own cushions to get that perfect setting. Memorable weddings in her repertoire include the Jindal wedding in stunning Vienna.
8. Devika Narain & Company
Devika Narain grew up in a family that was always looking for an excuse to celebrate! Reasons like “because we’re family” or “‘cos we just won a match” were always enough. Now Narain is finding excuses to bring people together as part of wedding celebrations. At a time when weddings were all about theatre, showmanship and impressing your guests, Narain carved a different path — one that revolved around ‘feel-good weddings’. Today, her team of young designers works with local artisans and craftsmen to tell personal histories through spaces and celebrate the heritage of the Indian subcontinent with a modern sensibility. She was the mastermind behind the Virat-Anushka Tuscany wedding back in 2018 and countless others in the country.