2012: The year of big fat Indian celebrity weddings?

With a host of Bollywood celebrities announcing the dates for their nuptials and several others already having done so, 2012 looks like the year of the Indian celebrity weddings. Saif Ali Khan, the Nawab of Pataudi will marry actress Kareena Kapoor in October this year.

Television actors Aamir Ali and Sanjeeda Sheikh tied the knot this year in a star-studded ceremony. The couple had been dating for the past six years and exchanged wedding vows in a nikaah ceremony at the Khar Gymkhana.

Although John Abraham is currently busy with finishing the sequel of 'Race' and has on his plate six films to produce, there is speculation that he will marry his girlfriend Priya Runchal, a NRI financial analyst, this year.

Kangana Ranaut has been spotted with her boyfriend, UK-based doctor Nicholas Lafferty, who was on a month-long vacation in India. Though the two have not set a date yet, but their relationship seems to be going the right way. Will 2012 be the year they decide to settle down in matrimony?

Actress Lisa Ray, who is all excited about tying the knot with her American fiance Jason Dehni in California, says she is planning her wedding in typical Indian style. The 40-year-old 'Water' star will marry the management executive on October 20 at Napa Valley and will have the reception in India.

Actors Randeep Hooda and Neetu Chandra have been dating for a while now and have even vacationed together. Though there is no date set for their wedding.

Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi's actor son, Ram Charan Teja recently got married to Upasana Kamineni, the granddaughter of PC Reddy, founder of Apollo Hospitals.

Rumours of Rani Mukherji's wedding have been making more news than her movies of late. She has been dating filmmaker Aditya Chopra. The couple have been discreet about their relationship. But whether the wedding bells will toll this year, we have to wait and watch, won't we?

Bollywood actors Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza tied the knot this year in an elaborate ceremony that also included a church wedding.

Actors Sneha and Prasanna married this year in a glittering ceremony attended by many superstars of South Cinema. The marriage and reception at Sri Varu Venkatachalapathy Palace Kalyana Mandapam. It was a grand, traditional wedding with the blessings of elders from both the families.

Soha has been dating actor Kunal Khemu for about two years and there are rumors about the two getting engaged this year. Interestingly, her family has seen a history of love marriages. Her late father Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi married actress Sharmila Tagore and her brother Saif Ali Khan is all set to enter into wedlock once again with actress Kareena Kapoor.

National award winning actress Vidya Balan finally came out about her relationship with UTV head Siddharth Roy Kapoor but says she is in no hurry to get married to him.

Esha Deol got married to businessman Bharat Takhtani in a grand three-day-long ceremony that saw Bollywood's top stars dropping in at her residence to wish her the best for life.

Dia Mirza and Sahil Sangha have been dating for quite some time now and have started a production company together along with Zayed Khan. There is a good chance that she will finalize her marriage this year.