A Maharashtrian wedding in 'Kkusum'

Is Maharashtra the flavour of the season after Abhijeet Sawant's crowning as the Indian Idol? The Maharashtrian backdrop of Sony's Kkusum will get an reinforcement in a few days' time with Kshitij and Kumud tying the knot in typical Marathi style. Aaksha Goradia (Kumud, Kkusum's daughter) and Amit Sareen (Kshitij) will be wedded in a ceremony, to be attended by top personalities from the Marathi entertainment industry - Mrinal Kulkarni, Sachin Khedekar, Bharati Acharekar, Rohini Hattangadi and others. The episode is being filmed on Monday at the Sankraman Studios in suburban Mumbai, while the episode featuring the reception will be shot on 22 March, Tuesday, it is learnt. Sony will be playing their trump card- Indian Idol- as well. Prajakta Shukre, Abhijeet Sawant and Rahul Vaidya will also be there. While Prajakta and Rahul will sing a duet, Rahul will also sing something from the album which he has cut for Sony. We do not know whether the pre-wedding rituals of a Marathi wedding -Sakhar Puda, Simant Pujan, Ghana Bharne, Laxmi Narayan Puja, Kanyadaan Suun Mukh Baghne et al- will be shown. But Ekta Kapoor's trusted lieutenant Nivedita Basu informs, "There'll be a reception too." Now, Maharashtrians generally arrange a lunch in the afternoon before the evening reception. A peculiarity of the lunch is that not all the people sit together to eat. Initially, the bridegroom's family members are made to have lunch. The couple takes rounds of the mandap where the guests are having lunch, serving sweets and making sure that everyone eats well. Then the bride's family is asked to go ahead. In the end, the couple and their parents have lunch together. Will we be seeing an elaborate Maharashtrian affair on Sony?