Nupur Sanon & Stebin Ben: Plan a Luxury Destination Wedding Like Them

What Made Nupur Sanon & Stebin Ben's Wedding So Pinterest-Worthy

There's something about a Bollywood wedding that makes the rest of us reach for our Pinterest boards. When Nupur Sanon and Stebin Ben got married at Raffles Udaipur earlier this January, the 3-day celebration instantly became one of those moments everyone was talking about and taking cues from, for destination weddings. Soft lighting, lake views, an off-shoulder gown that looked like it floated rather than walked. It was the kind of celebrity luxury destination wedding that makes you rethink your own moodboard entirely.

At Vivahnam, couples often ask us how they can create a wedding that feels “like that Udaipur celebration” without really knowing where to begin. So we’ve broken it down for you properly, from the venue and styling to the décor choices, along with a realistic sense of what it might cost to bring a similar vision to life.

The Venue: Why Udaipur Continues to Win for Destination Weddings

Nupur and Stebin chose Raffles Udaipur, a lake-facing property right in the middle of Udai Sagar Lake, reached only by boat. Even that small detail set the mood early on, guests gliding in across the water in an unhurried, almost cinematic way before the celebrations had even begun.

Their reception, on the other hand, happened far from the lake, in the ninth-floor ballroom of The St. Regis Mumbai. It's a useful reminder that a destination wedding doesn't have to be a single location end-to-end. Many couples now split ceremonies and receptions across cities to suit family logistics and guest convenience, while still positioning the “wedding” itself somewhere memorable.

Udaipur keeps showing up in celebrity-style wedding stories time and again, and it's not just about brand value. The city offers heritage architecture, lakefront settings and five-star infrastructure within a fairly compact radius, which makes planning logistics genuinely easier than couples expect.

If you're exploring destination wedding venues in Udaipur, you’ll find that the range spans from intimate boutique properties to full-scale palace hotels, so the “Udaipur look” is achievable well outside celebrity budgets, too.

The Look: Soft Glam, Not Spectacle

What made this celebrity luxury destination wedding stand out wasn't an excess. Rather, it was restraint, done well.

For her Christian ceremony, Nupur wore a sculpted off-shoulder gown with delicate lace detailing and a long veil, which styling editors are calling “soft-glam bridal.” For the Hindu ceremony, both Nupur and Stebin wore custom Manish Malhotra ensembles, and Nupur's pre-wedding look included a red lehenga for the rituals.

A few styling choices that translate well even on a non-celebrity budget:

• Off-shoulder silhouettes with minimal embellishment for a contemporary white wedding look.
• One strong colour shift between ceremonies (white for vows, red for rituals) rather than five different palettes.
• A statement veil or drape as the single dramatic element, letting the rest of the outfit stay poised and clean.

This is the easiest part of a celebrity-style wedding to recreate. You don't even need the designer's name attached to your outfit. You just need the right proportion to create the same look that seemed expensive in photographs.

The Décor: Where the Budget Really Shows

The Mumbai reception, themed Maison Rouge Infinity, is where the décor ambition thrived. Featuring a blacked-out ballroom, a black-and-white palette with broad red accents, sculptural red trees and a custom Van Gogh-inspired carpet, the venue also incorporated details drawn from the bride's handwritten notes.

That's a fully custom, design-led production, the kind that typically involves a dedicated décor studio working months in advance. But the underlying ideas scale down beautifully:

• A monochrome base palette with one bold accent colour instead of a dozen competing tones.
• A single striking “moment” (a media wall, an art floor, a sculptural installation) rather than spreading the décor budget thin across every corner.
• Custom, personal touches like monograms or handwriting, which often cost less than expected, make the celebration feel more personal.

What Would It Cost to Recreate Nupur & Stebin's Wedding in Udaipur?

We get asked this constantly, so here's a rough, realistic range based on what we see across similar venue categories and décor scopes for Udaipur weddings. These are indicative figures meant to help you plan, not a quote.

Numbers shift based on guest count, season and exactly which property you choose, which is why we always recommend running your own shortlist through a proper estimate before locking anything in.

Our Hotel Cost Calculator helps take the guesswork out of wedding budgeting. Share your guest count, shortlisted hotels and dates, and you'll get a personalised budget overview instead of guessing from someone else's venue budget.

Bringing Your Forever to Life

The honest truth about most celebrity luxury destination wedding inspiration is that the wedding itself is rarely about copying decor pixel-for-pixel. It's about the feeling: easygoing, personal, and beautifully photographed because everyone in the room actually felt at ease.

That feeling usually comes from clarity right at the start of planning. When your venue is locked in for your dates, when you have a realistic sense of what your décor vision will cost before you get too attached to it and when your vendors are chosen for how well they fit your destination rather than just convenience, everything starts to feel a lot more in control.

At Vivahnam, that's the gap we exist to close for high-budget weddings in India and for modest ones alike. Whether you're drawn to Udaipur's lakes or want to explore other destination wedding venues in India, we’ll coordinate with the venue team to lock in your preferred dates, get transparent cost comparisons and speak with someone who's planned weddings at these exact properties before.

If a Raffles-style lakefront wedding or a Mumbai ballroom reception is somewhere on your inspiration board, book a consultation with our team and let's figure out what your version of it actually looks like.