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| India : Golden wedding sherwani to groom Abhishek
March 28, 2007
Post ‘Guru’, the most talked about pair in the reel life as well as real life is Abhishek Bachchan and hazel-eyed Aishwarya Rai. April 19 will be the most memorable day for Bollywood as well as fashion world, when the world’s most beautiful woman Aishwarya will tie nuptial knot with youth icon and every girl's heartthrob Abhishek Bachchan. Varanasi, the silk city is taking pride that a master weaver family has been given the work of dressing both Abhi-Ash and the legend Amitabh Bachchan. |
Junior Bachchan will wear a unique golden Sherwani for the auspicious event. The costly Chaodani fabric has been woven by this 400-year-old family, who are famous for signature Banarasi sarees.
Royal families in India used to wear attire made of Chaodani fabric.
This family does business as Noorul Hasan Abdul Matin and Company Pvt Ltd has received the coveted Handloom-Handicraft 'Hastshilpa' award from President Kalam last year.
They have woven silken fabric for royal families of Britain, Bhutan and Saudi Arabia and can boast of weaving the same for costumes worn by Big B Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Urmila Matondkar, Shahrukh Khan and Amir Khan.
Top notch designers like Neeta Lulla, Rohit Bal and Manish Arora also source silk fabric from these weaver.