'Bunty Aur Babli' director to wed in Lucknow

  • IndiaGlitz, [Friday,January 27 2006]

Shaad Ali, the young director of Hindi blockbuster "Bunty Aur Babli", is getting married.

Shaad, around 28, is marrying Shazmeen Saturday night. The Pakistan high commissioner, Aziz Ahmad Khan, his wife and several Bollywood celebrities are expected to attend.

The guest list includes Kareena Kapoor, Ajay Devgan, Vivek Oberoi and Rani Mukherji.

Rekha, the Bollywood queen of the 1980s and leading lady of "Umrao Jaan" made by Shaad's father Muzaffar Ali, will be another guest.

Shaad's mother is Subhashni Ali, a former Communist Party of India-Marxist MP and daughter of Captain Lakshmi Sehgal, an associate of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

Shaad Ali, who shot to fame with "Sathiya", made it really big with "Bunty Aur Babli" and has a series of other films with top Bollywood names in the pipeline.