Wedding shenanigans go on until D-Day. Parineeti Chopra and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha, who had a dreamy engagement on May 13, have been scouting venues for some time. The couple was seen visiting a few palace hotels in Rajasthan last month. Sources reveal that the wedding festivities will begin by October-end, spilling into the first week of November.

While rumours have been rife that the couple were considering getting married at the Oberoi Udaivilas Palace in Udaipur, a source informs, “The Umaid Bhavan Palace, in Jodhpur is a strong option too. It is known to be the biggest palace in India, with spacious air-conditioned rooms and suites designed for royalty.”

Coincidentally, the Umaid Bhavan Palace was also the venue of Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas’s wedding in 2018, which is rumoured to have cost about Rs. 3 crores.

“The sangeet and mehendi ceremonies will take place at the palace hotel, followed by an intimate party with close friends and relatives. After the wedding, two receptions will be held, one and Delhi and the other in Mumbai. While Priyanka and Nick’s wedding was a grand one, Parineeti and Raghav’s nuptials will be an intimate affair, with attendance only from a few people from Bollywood. Parineeti is organizing every tiny detail herself,” the source adds.

On the work front, Chopra has Shiddat 2, which she will wrap up right before the wedding. The actor will pick up Imtiaz Ali’s Chamkila after a two-week break in November.

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Actor Parineeti Chopra and politician Raghav Chadha are busy scouting the perfect venue for their wedding in Rajasthan. They were spotted at Jaipur airport in May and stayed with their families in Udaipur for a few days as they carried out their recce.

While a recent report claims that the couple, who got engaged on May 13, have finalised The Oberoi Udaivilas in Udaipur for the wedding, we have learnt from our sources that the couple is still on the hunt.

“Nothing has been confirmed so far. They did not like the room size at Udaivilas, and the room inventory (87 rooms) wasn’t sufficient either. Taj Lake Palace, too, didn’t make it to the shortlisted venues for the latter reason. They might pick any of these for the wedding functions, but all the guests cannot be accommodated here. So, it’s clear that their guest list is not small and it’s going to be a big fat wedding,” the source says, adding that the couple has shortlisted two properties in Jaipur (Sawai Man Mahal and Rambagh Palace) and Udaipur (Taj Aravali and Mementos) each.

The couple will tie the knot on October 28 or 29, according to sources. “Their family and close relatives from the engagement will be there for the wedding. There will be two receptions, one for Parineeti’s extended family from Ambala (Chandigarh) and one for the film fraternity (Mumbai),” says the source.

Meanwhile, the couple has been spending time in London together. A picture of them watching the India vs Australia World Test Championship final at the Oval was shared widely by Chopra’s fan clubs. The couple has previously attended IPL 2023 matches in Mohali too. A photo of Chadha and Chopra posing with a fan in the UK capital (below) also went viral.