Police stepped up security as a model cum actress who claimed she was married to actor Abhishek Bachchan attempted suicide outside the Bachchans' home early on Friday morning. Jhanvi Kapoor cut her wrist outside Prateeksha, the Bachchans' bungalow in Juhu, claiming she unable to bear Abhishek Bachchan's marriage to Aishwarya Rai later in the day. Kapoor tried to file a complaint against Bachchan Jr with the Juhu police, but the complaint has not been registered. In an ironic twist, she has been arrested for attempting to commit suicide. "We didn't register a complaint as Jhanvi Kapoor had no case," said police officer A. Mohite. "This is a stunt."
Red and pink flowers, encircled by gold and green curtains, covered a huge air-conditioned tent in a garden adjoining the Bachchan family home where Rai and Bachchan will exchange garlands and wedding vows later Friday.
Police tightened security around the venue as the guest list was a who's who of India's rich and famous — including movie stars, top industrialists and politicians.
Fans and the media have been crowding around Bachchan's residence since pre-wedding ceremonies began two days ago. Some came bearing boxes of sweets and said they wanted to bless the couple.
Kapoor created a stir as she arrived at the Bachchan's house early Friday and slashed her wrist. She was given first-aid treatment at a nearby hospital
Police recorded her statement, but said she appeared to have been taking drugs.
She showed us no proof and her speech was slurred," Mohite said. "She seemed to have done this purely to catch the attention of the media."
Mohite also said Kapoor didn't give her real name and police have information that she was already married.
She had slit her wrist in the past also, he added.
Meanwhile television channels claim that Kapoor is a divorcee and was married to one of the sons of Maulana Kalbe Sadiq of the Muslim Personal Law Board in Lucknow.
Kalbe Sadiq, who was out of the country, has confirmed that Kapoor's real name was Naina Rizvi and that she was his former daughter-in-law.
Kapoor, however, has denied this.
She claimed her father was a Kapoor and that he died when she was a year old. Later, her mother was remarried to a Muslim. 'I was never married,' Kapoor insisted. 'My mother is in Scotland and I have been in Mumbai for nearly two years now,' she added.
Sporting a bandaged arm, she told reporters she loved Bachchan, who had promised to marry her.
To a question whether the Bollywood star reciprocated her love, she said: "He is not talking to me. I want to know why he doesn't talk to me." Kapoor was one of the 10 dancers in a promotional music video for a movie "Dus" (Ten) that Bachchan starred in two years ago, he said.
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A red and blue air-conditioned tent with huge mirrors is being readied in a garden adjoining the Bachchan's suburban family home for what is billed as India's "wedding of the year.''
The sangeet preparations are apparently entrusted to Abhishek's sister Shweta Nanda. Shweta's friends are queuing up to her, as they want to perform to the song "Kajra-re" from "Bunty Aur Babli" for the ceremony..
Ace choreographer Sandeep Soparker has been roped in to teach dance steps to Abhishek's friends for the occasion Both Rai and Bachchan have been practicing a dance routine they plan to perform before a selected group of relatives and friends during a musical ceremony on Thursday, the daily said.
Security has been beefed up to 'Z' grade and over 300 guards are deployed to tackle any eventuality, like gatecrashers or crazy fans breaking in. Rumour has it that the guests will have to use swipe cards for entry.
Some last-minute invitees are being included in the guest list, this time from the bride's side. The wedding card along with boxes of cookies-chocolates is now being dashed off to the bride's filmmaker-friends along with a personal request from the bride to be, her mother or her secretary.
The wedding is going to be a close-knit affair as Amitabh's mother Teji Bachchan is ailing. Invitees have been sworn to secrecy about the wedding details and also about the contents and look of the wedding card, the dress code etc.
"The fact is every guest is under an unwritten oath of secrecy. We aren't even allowed to talk about the wedding among ourselves. I'm not even discussing it with my wife.
We're being offered money by sections of the media to divulge details. One newspaper, which wanted to be shown the wedding card, even offered me the equivalent of what I make for five days of shooting. I naturally refused," said an invitee.
Among those invited are director Yash Chopra, filmmaker Karan Johar, industrialist Anil Ambani and influential politician friends of the Bachchan family.
