While there has been buzz bachelor’s party would be hosted a few days before his wedding with Alia Bhatt, that plan has apparently changed. Now, the couple will host a bash on April 16 where they will raise a toast to their marriage with their closest pals after they tie the knot late in the night on April 15. This is expected to be the first bash that they will host for around 50 of their closest friends before their wedding reception in the following week. Like the wedding, this too will be an intimate affair.

The venue for the said bash has not been revealed to the guests yet. Actors including Arjun Kapoor, Varun Dhawan and Aditya Roy Kapur and filmmaker Rohit Dhawan are expected to be among the guests at the party. In the meantime, the decoration work continues at bride Alia’s house, situated in the same building as Ranbir’s. The groom has booked the banquet hall in their residential complex for intimate, pre and post-wedding festivities, which are likely to begin early next week.

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Conjectures are rife vis-à-vis actor-couple Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt’s wedding. We have learnt that they will tie the knot on April 14. The baraat procession will start for the venue, Kapoor’s pad at Vastu, Bandra in Mumbai, around 3 pm and the nuptials will last till evening. The mehendi and haldi ceremonies will take place on April 13 and 14, respectively.

“It’s likely to be held on the seventh floor. It will be an intimate affair, with only 50 people in attendance, including their family and close friends like filmmaker Karan Johar and director Ayan Mukerji,” a source confirms. Only the guests and photographers will have access to the floor (without phones).

We have also learnt that Bhatt will wear a pink Sabyasachi lehenga for the wedding along with a dupatta made by close friend, designer Manish Malhotra. While the theme for the wedding will be pastel, the menu will have all shades — from chaat to Kashmiri varieties. The couple will throw a party for friends on April 16. “It will have almost 80 to 100 guests,” the source adds.

Contrary to reports, no wedding planner has been brought on board and Bhatt’s manager, Grishma Shah, is managing all the functions. Currently, both Kapoor and Bhatt are at Vastu, holding all the meetings. They haven’t stepped out of the house for four days, an onlooker present in the vicinity tells us.