Manisha Koirala - Samrat Dahal Wedding Photos

If you are searching for the best Manisha Koirala - Samrat Dahal wedding photos, mehendi pictures, swayamwar pics, reception images and other marriage ceremony pictures, keep visiting this blog. This blog will be updated with the latest wedding pics and marriage information, as they happen.


Manisha Koirala first met Samrat Dahal on Facebook and they have been going around for the past one year. The wedding date had been fixed a few months ago by an astrologer, after recieving the consent of both families.

Manisha Koirala's Marriage Swayamwar

The Swayamwar pre wedding ceremony of the Manisha Koirala - Samrat Dahal marriage was held on the 18th of June 2010 at 2 pm, at the Le Meridian Gokarna Resort about eight kilometers from Kathmandu in Nepal.

This wedding ceremony is an elaborate engagement and mehendi function in which Manisha garlanded her groom Samrat and exchanged wedding rings, as the pandits recited Vedic mantras. Manisha was dressed in a golden yellow sari while Samrat wore a black suit.


Manisha Koirala Wedding and Kanyaadaan

The main wedding function of Manisha Koirala and Samrat Dahal was held on the 19th of June at the Le Meredien Gokarna Resort. It was a traditional Nepali wedding lasting more than 8 hours with customary Nepali rituals. Both Manisha Koirala and Samrat Dahal were wearing traditional Nepali attire in the wedding photographs. Here is one of the Manisha Koirala marriage pictures, where the happy couple is posing with Bollywood villain Gulshan Grover.


The Manisha Koirala wedding ceremony was attended by politicians, diplomats and royals from around the world as well as some of Manisha's filmy friends like Jackie Shroff, Gulshan Grover, Dipti Naval, Vivek Mushran and Govinda’s wife Sunita.

In the Kanyadaan, Manisha's father Prakash Koirala gave away his daughter to Samrat amidst the chanting of mantras. Samrat then took Manisha to his home at Maharajgunj in a doli procession with a wedding band that played popular Bollywood wedding music.


Manisha Koirala Reception by the Koirala Family

The wedding reception of Manisha Koirala and Samrat Dahal was held on the 20th of June at the Soaltee Crowne Plaza. The party began at around 6.00 pm and was attended by well known Nepali politicians, people from the Nepali film industry as well as a few Bollywood celebrities.


The Bollywood stars present in Manisha Koiras wedding reception photos include Jackie Shroff, dressed in traditional Nepali attire, Gulshan Grover and Vivek Mushran. The wedding outfit for Manisha Koirala's reception was a blue sari and diamond jewellery.

Reception by the Groom
This marriage event is scheduled to be held on the 21st of June at the Everest Hotel.


About the Bride and Groom

Manisha Koirala is a 39 year old Bollywood actress. Granddaughter of former Prime Minister of Nepal, Shri Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, this Leo actress is also a social activist. She did her schooling in Delhi and has a younger brother Siddharth, who is also married. She was earlier engaged to the then Australian ambassador to Nepal, Crispin Conroy and later lived in with American author-speaker Christopher Dorris.

Samrat Dahal is a 34 year old Nepali businessman. He is the son of Surendra Dahal, who owns Leather Wings, a company that has leather shop branches in Bentinck Street of Kolkata, Chennai, New Delhi, Kanpur and Agra. Samrat is the youngest of three siblings, has done his education in USA and now plans to set up a bio gas plant in the tourist city of Pokhara in Nepal.

The wedding saris, trousseau and jewellery for Manisha Koirala's marriage were traditional Nepali wedding wear and very simple. Manisha was not wearing much gold jewellery as shown in the wedding kanyadan photos, swayamwar pictures and wedding reception photographs.

All the best to Manisha Koirala and Samrat Dahal !! What do you think of the bride Manisha's wedding outfits and jewellery? There was not much media coverage and sensationalism for the Manisha Koirala wedding. Why?

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Best Gifts for Fathers Day

It is tough to select the best gifts for Father's Day. This occassion is just around the corner. Every year Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June, in many countries around the world. Similar to how Mother's Day is meant for mothers, this day is meant to honour fathers, celebrate fatherhood and revive paternal bonds. This year Father's Day falls on the 20th of June.

Selecting the Best Gifts for Fathers Day

It is always difficult to choose gifts for a guy, especially so your dad. If you ask your dad what he wants for Father's Day, he will most probably say 'Nothing'. So, here are some things that are sure to make this Fathers Day real special for your Dad.

1. Spend some time with your dad by going to a pub, restaurant or sports event that he enjoys. This should be quality time, where you actually have a conversation. Ask him for some advice. There's no need to take it, but at least try to listen and understand.

2. Make him something to eat. Dad's love to eat and would rarely deny food. Just make sure the food is not something that has been forbidden by his doctors, like too oily, salty or sweet food. You can add healthy substitute products to the recipe to show that you care.

3. Make him something useful to wear or use. This includes sweaters, scarfs, caps or home goods like shelves, desktop stationery and garden decorations. What you make depends on your talent and creativity. You know your dad best, so make something he really needs or wants!

4. Call your dad. If you live really far away from your dad and cannot visit him for Father's Day, it would be nice if you could call him and wish him. The very fact that you remembered would mean a lot to him. You could also send a card, e-greeting or e-mail forward. Though these are not too personal, they sometimes have good wordings that express what you've been meaning to say.

5. Food and Drink - It would be great if you could present food hampers to your dad yourself and spend some time sharing the food. However, if you can't then you could just order online to have it delivered to his doorstep in time for Father's Day. Some things your dad would like are packed meat, alcohol, wines and Fathers Day Cakes.

6. Comfortable Clothing. Dad's love recieving and using comfortable clothing accessories such as driving gloves, socks, slippers, sandals and other comfortable footwear. Buy something contemporary that never goes out of style. As these are everyday items, they will be forever needed as the old ones will soon wear out.

Do you have any more ideas for great Father's Day gifts? When and how do you celebrate Father's Day in your country? Which of these 'Best Gifts for Father's Day' would you be most likely to give your Dad for the occassion?

Raajneeti - Political Resemblance and Movie Review

Here is my movie review of Raajneeti, the most awaited film of the year, which released this Friday. After all the pre-release hype likening Katrina Kaif's role to the life of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, I was quite relieved to see that her role was more similar to the life of Sonia's sister-in-law Maneka Gandhi. Katrina's look and personality is just not foreign or posh enough to be Sonia Gandhi. Well, here is my complete movie review of Raajneeti.


Raajneeti - 7/10 - Political Drama

The film is about the struggle for political power between the family members of the Pratap political dynasty. This struggle begins after the oldest member of the Pratap family and the President of the Rashtriya Party suffers a paralytic stroke and hands over more power to his younger brother and nephew against his son. The movie continues with its story of political debauchery, assassinations, power, money and revenge.

The script and direction was very good. The film moved at a fast pace and had a strong screenplay. Raajneeti was well cast and performances by the lead actors were decent with even actors in bit parts doing a good job. Manoj Bajpai really shone in the role of Veerendra Pratap, the angry son who was left almost powerless by the decision of his father. Costumes and dialogue were quite realistic. Everyone's going to remember 'Karara Jawab Milega' for a long time now!


Resemblance to Real Life Politicians in Raajneeti

The characters in the Rajneeti movie bore quite a lot of resemblance to contemporary politicians in India. Some were but obvious, can you guess the rest??

• Ranbir Kapoor's young, foreign returned, political novice Samar Pratap - Rajiv Gandhi
• Sarah Thompson's beautiful, innocent, anti-politics, Samar's Irish classmate Sarah Collins - Sonia Gandhi
  
• Arjun Rampal's impulsive, brash, political Prithviraj Pratap - Sanjay Gandhi
• Katrina Kaif's politically ambitious, model looking young widow Indu Pratap - Maneka Gandhi
• Manoj Bajpai's angry, politically wronged Veerendra Pratap - Varun Gandhi
  
• Ajay Devgan's local sports background, ruthless Dalit leader Sooraj Kumar - ?
• Nana Patekar's power-behind-the scenes Brij Gopal -Bal Thackeray
  
• Naseeruddin Shah's firebrand leftist leader 'Bhaskar Sanyal' who became a sanyas - George Fernandes
• The paralysed Party President, Veerendra Pratap's father - Sharad Pawar
  

Did you see Raajneeti? How would you rate the film? Which real life politicians/people do you think the characters resemble the most?