Wedding filmmaker Vishal Punjabi, known as 'The Wedding Filmer,' has been privy to numerous high-profile celebrity weddings. Punjabi recently shared a story, involving a renowned Bollywood actor who was caught cheating two months after his wedding, during an appearance on the DJ Simz YouTube channel.
Bollywood actor cheated on his wife two months after their wedding
Punjabi was asked if he had ever filmed a wedding where the footage was not needed anymore as the couple were separating or getting a divorce. He responded, “That happened with a celebrity. Two months after their wedding, he was cheating on her. He was caught red-handed with this Bollywood actress in his makeup van, on a Bollywood set. His wife walks in and catches him naked, and says, ‘I don’t want your wedding film’.”
He added, “I’m calling the groom, he’s not picking up. I’m calling up the bride, she’s like, ‘Don’t talk to me, I don’t want the wedding film!’ So then, I call up his manager, and he’s like, ‘Bro, man, it’s not happening, we don’t want the film’. I was like, ‘What do I do? Do I sell it to Netflix?'”
The incident led him to change his business practices
He also mentioned that he had not been fully paid for his services, which led him to change his business practices. “Back then, I used to have a contract that said 50% before and 50% after I give you the film. After this incident, I was like, ‘This is about the heart, marriage, life and fam, and I’m going to charge you a 100% before I come.’”
He continued, “In the film, the groom is crying, saying, ‘I love you, baby’. You know they’re fake crocodile tears. He’s a big Bollywood actor. Can’t take names, but d***… The value I have of that footage is worth millions. It’s a comedy film. I could sell it and make s**tloads of money,” he said, looking directly into the camera, and added, “You know who you are!”
Vishal Punjabi has filmed weddings for celebrity couples such as Anushka Sharma-Virat Kohli, Deepika Padukone-Ranveer Singh, and Kiara Advani-Sidharth Malhotra.
Virat Kohli-Anushka Sharma's wedding 'most beautiful'
Talking about Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma's wedding, he said, “Fifty people in Como is doable. That’s what Virat Kohli did. Cricket is a religion in India, and he’s a god. He and Anushka got married in Tuscany. It was really beautiful. The closest family and friends, only 40 of them, including mum, dad, makeup artists and us… They smashed the wedding. It was the most beautiful wedding ever. No one troubled them. It was like someone had put a bubble around that place, and they could just be. They had the most magical wedding ever. As I was checking in, Barack Obama was checking out; it was a really cool and exclusive and beautiful property.”