Actor Karishma Tanna tied the knot with Mumbai-based businessman Varun Bangera on February 5. Before the wedding, she was quite tight-lipped about everything related to it. Now she’s finally opening up about the intimate ceremony that took place in Mumbai.

“It was really good,” Tanna says, adding, “I was particular about how I’d look, the decor, my makeup and everything else. I wanted to ensure that I looked different and that the whole setup was something that had never been seen before. You only get married once, mostly (laughs). So you need to make the best of it.” 

Talking about the moment when she walked down the aisle, i.e., towards the mandap, the 38-year-old says, “I wanted to pinch myself at that moment. I wondered if I was really the bride! It wasn’t sinking [that I was getting married] even when the haldi and mehendi ceremonies had started. Till that point, it was just a regular party; we were chilling. But when I started wearing my (wedding) outfit... I was like, ‘Oh my God, this is [really] happening’! I didn’t get any wedding jitters, but I felt the butterflies in my stomach as I started walking [towards the mandap]. It was a beautiful feeling to start a new chapter in life with my man.”

The actor says she was eagerly waiting to get married. “I’ve been single for almost a donkey’s years. So I was looking forward to becoming a Mrs. And a Mrs to such a beautiful partner. They say achhe kaam mein waqt lagta hai, and I felt that,” she gushes and reveals that her wedding had only “80-100 guests”. Tanna says, “That is the best thing that Coronavirus has done, make it an intimate affair. I always wanted a small yet fancy wedding.”

Since the actor is a self-confessed perfectionist, probe her if she picked the outfit for the groom, and she exclaims: “Of course.” She adds, “It was a mutual decision too, like we picked the colours.” 

Talking about how she didn’t shed a tear at all during her wedding but her mum did, Tanna says, “She did cry, as she was giving away her daughter. But then, my maayka and sasural are in the same building, so she is okay now.”