CONFIRMED! Kapil Sharma, Ginni Chatrath to tie the knot on December 12

Putting speculations to rest, popular comedian and TV star Kapil Sharma is all set to tie the knot with long-time girlfriend Ginni Chatrath this December. It will be a lavish wedding in Jalandhar on December 12.

Talking about his marriage, Kapil said: "The wedding is on December 12 in Jalandhar. That's Ginni's hometown. We wanted to keep it low key. But Ginni is the only daughter in her family. Her folks wanted the wedding to be on a lavish scale. And I completely understand their sentiments. My mother also wants the wedding to be lavish."

Kapil recalls how his elder brother was married with minimum ostentation. "During the time when my brother married, I had not started earning well. We just went as a small baraat (wedding procession) and got bhabhi (sister-in-law) home. But by the time my sister got married, I had begun to earn well. So we had a fairly large wedding. It was lavish by our standards."

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Kapil, whose life and career has been going through not-so-pleasant phase, says he wanted to keep the wedding under wraps. "For the past few weeks, I've been promoting my Punjabi film. I didn't want to talk about the wedding during the promotions, although the media repeatedly kept asking," he said.

So is he happy with the decision to finally marry his girlfriend? "Of course I am. But more than me, the happiness that I see on my mother's face is what makes it special."

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The wedding will be followed by a reception on December 14.

(With IANS inputs)

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