Behind every great wedding stands someone who knows that a truly great celebration is, ultimately, a great story. At the heart of these celebrations stand a few wedding planners whose expertise, attention, and personal touch have helped them build their reputation on delivering unforgettable weddings to influential families, politicians, celebrities, and private clients.
Here are some of the names that define the luxury wedding sphere in India today.
1. Shaandaar Events
Founded in 2016, Shaandaar Events has, in its short lifetime, built a name for itself in the luxury wedding space as planners who deliver refined, personalized wedding experiences, but who also limit the number of weddings they take on during a year to ensure that attention to detail is maintained.
They have worked in some of India's most luxury wedding destinations and venues, delivering celebrations for influential families, politicians, celebrities, and private clients across a range of scales, from small, intimate weddings to large-scale weddings that cater to hundreds of guests.
What sets them apart is their internal organization, which allows for a high degree of specialization across departments, with each department focused on planning and hospitality, logistics, vendor management, guest management, and execution.
‘We approach weddings as a unified personal experience rather than a collection of discrete projects,’ as stated by Karan Bains, Founder & Director of Shaandaar Events.
Website: https://shaandaarevents.com/
Phone / WhatsApp: +91 94914 25000, +91 70189 02594
Email: info@shaandaar.in
2. The Wedding Design Company
Some wedding planners are better at logistics than others. Some are better at design. The Wedding Design Company, which is led by Vandana Mohan, Vedika Mohan, and Viraj Mohan, represents one of the luxury wedding names where the combination of the two is brought together in a truly unique way. They have been instrumental in several high-profile celebrity weddings, including the wedding of Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh, but have also developed a reputation for delivering luxury weddings that take a point-of-view approach to the different elements of a wedding, from creative design and guest hospitality to global logistics, entertainment and legacy planning. They deliver on a spectacular scale, but have captured the attention of guests at a more detailed and narrative level - the feeling that everything, from the design to the experience, has been created specifically for them.
Website: https://www.wdcindia.com/
Email: info@wdcindia.com
3. Shaadi Squad
The Mumbai-based luxury wedding planners have been a leading name in the celebrity wedding planning sphere and became a national talking point after helping plan the private wedding of Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli in Tuscany in 2017. The event, which was held in one of the world's most recognizable wedding destinations and was as private as it was spectacular, was one of the early instances where the concept of a celebrity wedding was given a true reinterpretation. While this single wedding may have been enough to drive this young and energetic company into the national spotlight, this was only the beginning. Since then, they’ve worked with numerous other major celebrity names in the fields of Bollywood, sports, and entertainment.
Website: https://shaadisquad.com
Email: hello@shaadisquad.com
4. Motwane Entertainment & Weddings
Founded in 2014 by Aditya Motwane, Motwane Entertainment & Weddings is one of the leading names associated with India's celebrity wedding circuit. They have been involved with some of the most high-profile events and celebrations, from the larger-than-life wedding of Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani to the globally recognized wedding festivities of Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas. This luxury wedding planning company focuses on the grand scale of the celebrity wedding experience, delivering on all levels of entertainment, production value, and scale of guest experience. It is this ability that has enabled Aditya Motwane to build his reputation as an expert in the field of India's luxury weddings.
Website: https://motwane.co/
Email: zoe@motwane.co
5. Palkan Badlani Weddings & Events
Palkan Badlani Weddings & Events is a luxury wedding planner in India that approaches the subject differently - it focuses on creating celebrations that reflect the personalities of the people celebrating them. Known for its involvement in the wedding of Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, is built on a simple yet effective philosophy: "Weddings are an extension of you, so they should reflect you as a person." Instead of letting a celebrity wedding become an exercise in trying to incorporate every possible luxury and spectacle, the planners at Palkan Badlani Weddings & Events focus on finding the unique point of view of their clients and building the celebration around it, from design to details to the overall experience.
Website: https://www.palkanb.com/
Email: info@palkanb.com
What connects these names is not a particular design philosophy, set of venues, or scale of weddings. It is an awareness that today's luxury wedding is more about the comfort and ease of movement through the event, the ability to follow complex itineraries, the reflection of a couple's personal values and personality in the smallest of details, and the ability to create such an experience without the wedding guests being aware of the hundreds of details, conversations, and moving parts.
India has always had a rich wedding culture, but it has been evolving and growing. These planners are the people behind the evolution; the people who enable the transformation of weddings from mere events into true celebrations, from a series of rituals into a personal, memorable experience that lasts for years after.
At Shaandaar Events, we believe every wedding deserves to tell a story that is uniquely its own. From royal palace celebrations and breathtaking destination weddings to intimate gatherings filled with personal touches, our approach combines thoughtful planning, creative design, and seamless execution. Founded in 2016, we continue to create personalized wedding experiences across India and beyond, bringing every detail together to make each celebration meaningful, elegant, and unforgettable. Because the most extraordinary weddings are not simply planned; they are thoughtfully brought to life.
