Sonia Gandhi invites Esha Deol, Bharat Takhtani to dinner

Mumbai: Hema Malini had invited Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi for her daughter Esha's wedding with Bharat Takhtani. She says that the two couldn't come due to security reasons and that the latter has invited the newly wed couple at her residence.

"We had invited PM and Sonia Gandhi for the wedding. They couldn't come for security reasons. If it would have been in Delhi, they would have made it. It's a sweet gesture from Sonia Gandhi that she has sent Esha and Bharat an invite that whenever they are in Delhi, they should go to her place for lunch or dinner," the actress told IANS.

A memeber of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bollywood's Dream Girl was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha 2003-2009.

Esha Deol and Bharat Takhtani tied the knot at a temple in Mumbai today.
Bridegroom Bharat Takhtani during his marriage procession.
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Bharat Takhtani looks stylish in an off-white sherwani.
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Bharat Takhtani smiles as he looks at the cameras during his wedding.
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Newlyweds Esha Deol and Bharat Takhtani during their wedding.
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Esha Deol looks like a perfect bride as she leaves the wedding venue.
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Hema Malini talks to the newlywed couple post wedding.
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Bharat Takhtani and Esha Deol look great together.
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Bollywood actress Hema Malini and her husband Dharmendra during the wedding.
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Hema Malini eagerly waiting for the bridegroom to arrive.
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Esha's sister Ahana Deol arrives at the venue.
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Esha Deol's parents Dharmendra and Hema Malini at the wedding.
Dharmendra was missing from the mehendi and sangeet pictures. Did he even attend the two ceremonies?
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Hema Malini welcomes her son-in-law Bharat.
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Hema Malini and Bharat Takhtani during the wedding.
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Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan also made it to his friend Dharmendra's daughter's wedding.
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Abhishek Bachchan looks aptly dressed for the occasion.
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Dharmendra's nephew Abhay Deol with girl friend Preeti Desai at the wedding.
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Bollywood actress Vyjayanthimala at the venue.
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Vyjayanthimala talks to the media at Esha Deol's wedding.
Vyjayanthimala looks stylish in an orange saree.
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Bollywood actor and filmmaker Manoj Kumar was also seen at the do.
Vinod Khanna arrives at the venue.
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Vinod Khanna at Esha Deol's wedding in Mumbai.
Esha Deol's father Dharmendra at the wedding in Mumbai.
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Bollywood actress Rani Mukerjee looks nice in a Bengali red and white saree.
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Neeta Ambani chose a traditional attire for the wedding.
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Bollywood actor Fardeen Khan at the wedding. Fardeen worked with Esha in a film.
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Guests at Esha Deol's wedding ceremony.
TV actor Gajendra Chauhan attends Esha Deol's wedding in Mumbai.
Designer Neeta Lulla (R) at the wedding. She has designed Esha's wedding outfit.
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Subrata Roy was also spotted at the wedding.
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Manoj Kumar meets other guests at the do.
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Actor Manoj Kumar with his family at the wedding.
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Guests at Esha-Bharat's wedding.
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Music composer Anu Malik also attended the wedding.
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Fardeen Khan poses for the cameras.
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Shatrughan Sinha's wife Poonam Sinha at the wedding.
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Kiran Juneja and Ramesh Sippy at the wedding.
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A guest arrives at Esha Deol's wedding.
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Bollywood actress Madhu at the wedding.
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Bharat Takhtani's car outside the wedding venue.
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Dharmendra poses for the cameras.
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Musicians at Esha Deol's temple wedding.
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Guests at Esha-Bharat's wedding.
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Abhishek Bachchan arrives at the wedding.
Amitabh Bachchan arrives at the wedding.
Amitabh Bachchan waves at the photographers.
Rani Mukherji arrives at the wedding.
Rani Mukherji arrives at the wedding.
Rani Mukherji arrives at the wedding.
Father of the bride - Dharmendra.
Vyjayanthimala arrives at the wedding.
Abhishek Bachchan arrives at the wedding.

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Sonia Gandhi invites Esha Deol, Bharat to dinner

Esha Deol and Bharat Takhtani

Esha and Bharat had a traditional south Indian wedding at Iskcon Temple in Juhu Friday, which saw Bollywood big wigs like Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek, Rani Mukerji, Ramesh Sippy and top notch Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders attending the ceremony. From Raj Purohit, Mumbai chief of the BJP, to party president Nitin Gadkari to national vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - all were seen there.

The wedding reception Saturday saw political figures like Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj, former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray attending.

Bollywood celebrities Jeetendra, his son Tusshar Kapoor, Kajol, Fardeen Khan and Vidya Balan also came for the reception to wish the newly wed couple.