My wedding was not traditional,"Celina Jaitley"

Celina Jaitley has revealed that she decided against having a traditional wedding to Austrian boyfriend Peter Haag.

The actress and gay rights campaigner married her long-term partner in Austria on July 23.

Jaitley told The Times of India: "It was definitely magical. We are planning a reception to celebrate this important occasion in our lives.

"It was an intimate affair attended by very close family members only. Since my parents couldn't make it due to last minute visa challenges, Peter's father gave me away during the ceremony."

Jaitley continued: "I am Indian and wearing a saree was a personal decision. My dearest friend Rahuul Jashnani flew in this vintage, royalty inspired chiffon saree decorated with gold mukaish especially for the wedding.

"My Prince Charming and his father went out of their way to make it the most magical moment of my life. I had a beautiful wedding amid the sunshine of the Austrian mountains and under the high arches of a place that has never had a wedding before.

"Most importantly, with the right person, my Prince Peter. It was a wedding beyond my wildest dreams."

Jaitley added that she will now live between Dubai, where Haag lives, and Mumbai, as she will continue acting in Bollywood.

In July, Jaitley dismissed media speculation that she is a lesbian based on her extensive campaigning on gay and lesbian equality in India.

Celina Jaitley marries partner Peter Haag in Austria

Celina Jaitley has announced that she got married last week.

The Bollywood actor told her Twitter followers that she wed partner Peter Haag in a private ceremony in Europe.

Jaitley posted: "With great pleasure I would like to announce my wedding with @peterhaag on the 23rd of last month at a thousand year old monastery in Austria.

"We seek your blessings and good wishes, and apologise for the delayed announcement due to a family tragedy."

The star also shared images from the ceremony, which saw Jaitley wearing a floral sari and holding a bouquet of red roses.

The performer recently denied reports that she was a lesbian, following her high-profile support of the gay rights movement in India.

Jaitley was rumoured to have secretly married her hotelier boyfriend at a ceremony in Dubai last year.

The model-turned-actor, whose image has been compared to US singer Katy Perry, was last seen in 2011 ensemble comedy Thank You.

I will marry in Egypt and nowhere else

It is time for wedding bells. Celina Jaitly will become Mrs Peter Haag on September 23 at a very private wedding and only the couple's family and close friends will be present.

The actress had planned not to get married before 2012. But now that the couple is sure of their feelings for one another, waiting seems futile.

The wedding will take place in Egypt despite the anti-government unrest in the country.

Incidentally, Jaitly is the country's tourism ambassador.

Only in Egypt
Says the shaken but confident bride-to-be, "I'm sure everything will be back to normal in Egypt by September.

Peter and I will take our marriage vows in Egypt and nowhere else. We had decided that when we decided to get married. That won't change."

The actress is in constant touch with the Egyptian authorities on the situation in the country.

She adds, "I'm very much in touch with Mr Khaled el Bakley the ambassador of Egypt to India, and Mr Adel el Masery, the director of Egyptian tourism.

They have ensured that every help is provided to Indian nationals stranded in Egypt.

I will visit Egypt as soon as it's possible for me to travel to the country. And yes, things better get to normal soon. Meri shaadi ka sawaal hai."

Share thoughts, prayers
She feels there is no cause for worry, "The situation always looks far more alarming from the outside than it actually is." Celina last visited Egypt last month.

" In fact, I spent an entire month there until Dec 15, 2010 for a shoot. Everything was perfectly normal and Egypt was as beautiful as ever.

I attended the Cairo Film Festival as jury for 12 days and shot for approximately a week for an ad campaign all over Cairo without a clue about any incident as such taking over Egypt.

I urge people to come forward and share their thoughts, prayers and feelings for Egypt and its people."

Celina has initiated a campaign for peace in Egypt on her official website. "It's called Pray For Egypt. Twitter followers are invited to offer their prayers for peace in the region, " she concludes serenely.

Jaitley 'hopes for positive Egypt outcome'

Celina Jaitley says that she hopes that there will be a positive outcome to the current protests in Egypt.

The Bollywood actor, who has a long-standing relationship with the country through her work as brand ambassador, spoke about the situation to The Times of India.

Jaitley commented: "The winds of change are blowing through Egypt. Whatever happens next will impact Egypt and its people in a big way. My prayers are that, whatever the outcome, it should be of a positive nature."

The star, who recently appeared on the jury of the Cairo Film Festival, added: "My only fear is that extremist elements in Egypt might manipulate the current situation for nefarious ends."

The actress revealed that there was no indication of protest during her last visit to the region at the end of 2010.

A number of Hindi films including Singh is Kinng and Kabhi Kushi Kabhie Gham have used Cairo as a shooting location.

Egypt wonderful to get married

Celina Jaitley is ready to take the plunge with her Dubai-based beau Peter Haag. And she says she would love to get married in picturesque Egypt whenever she decides to tie the knot.

So the Celina-Peter wedding is being planned for the year-end in Egypt, for which she is a tourism ambassador. "They want to play host to my wedding. You know Naomi Campbell got married in Egypt. It'd be a wonderful wedding in that beautiful country," Celina said.

But she is in no hurry.

"I want to give it a year. Right now, I've so many endorsements and movies. Peter is not comfortable with the media glare. I guess he will have to get used to it," the former Miss India said.

Celina and Peter Haag, who is an Austrian by nationality, exchanged rings at a very private ceremony last year.

"There were just my parents... no one else. Yes, Peter and I exchanged rings during Durga Puja. It was an auspicious time and we had my parents' blessings. We don't call it an engagement because that term is not auspicious in our family. My last engagement eight years ago didn't work out. My parents said, 'Just keep the matter quiet and decide to get married whenever you do'."

Celina's brother Vikrant is getting married in March or April. "First he will get married, then me," she said.

Peter has been working in Dubai for the last nine years in the hotel business and Celina says it was a "quirk of fate" that has united them.

"By some quirk of fate I kept going to Dubai repeatedly for my work. That's how we kept meeting. And then of course I started visiting Dubai for Peter. If I have the time I will spend it with the man I love. We have a house in Dubai now. Peter doesn't want to visit India that often," she revealed.

Celina, who has acted in films like "Golmaal Returns" and "No Entry", met Peter through her maternal uncle.

"He's my maama's (uncle) best friend. My maama lives in Dubai and that's how I met Peter. We've been dating for less than year now. I'm one person who has never gone for random relationships. Peter and I wanted to keep it quiet for as long as we were not sure of where the relationship was heading. I've become really superstitious... Now I'm certain Peter is the person," the actress said.

Celina Jaitley 'in secret Dubai wedding'

Celina Jaitley is reported to have got married in a secret ceremony outside India.

The No Entry star had a low-key wedding in Dubai with hotelier Peter Stagg, The Times of India claims.

A source close to the actress revealed: "I will not be surprised if she has settled down with Peter in Dubai. If they solemnised their relationship, it must have happened there. Celina is hardly seen in Mumbai these days."

The 29-year-old celebrity, who has become recognised for her gay rights activism in India, has not spoken publicly about her relationship with Stagg.

"We did not want our private life to be a spectacle. Everyone deserves privacy. How on earth will anyone benefit from what is going on between me and someone else? We like to live in our own world, which really does not concern anyone else," said the former beauty queen.

Jaitley will next be seen in Anees Bazmee's Thank You, releasing in April.

Celina Jaitley not ready for marriage

Celina Jaitley has told people to stop asking her why she is not married yet.

The Golmaal Returns actress, 28, said that she likes the thought of marriage but has no plans to tie the knot any time soon.

"FOR ALL WHO ARE ASKING ME Y AM I NOT MARRIED YET… WELL… Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet. LOL," she posted on Twitter.

Jaitley's latest films, Anees Bazmee's Run Bhola Run and Neeraj Vora's Thank You, will be released later this year.

Lights-Camera-Crash for Celina and Gul Panag

There was an alarming situation on the sets of the movie ‘Hello Darling’ quite recently when the two stunning actresses of the movie, Celina Jaitley and Gul Panag, met with an accident on the set!Both of them were shooting for an action sequence, which was to be shot in a car. The car clutch malfunctioned and the car lurched forward instead of going in reverse and it crashed into the camera!Two light men had a close escape but the camera was damaged, while Celina and Gul were almost thrown out of the car. Fortunately they were not injured, considering that on the other side there was nothing but ghats! Recalling this horrific incident Celina says, “Gul had a premonition since morning that something is going to happen while filming and I just laughed at her, but much to my shock the incident was exactly according to what she had described in the morning… It was like being in the twilight zone!”Looks like the girls’ guardian angels sure were on standby!

Babe versus Baba - Celina Takes On Yoga Guru

Celina Jaitley is breathing fire nowadays. The reason? She has come under attack for her unflinching support to gay rights from none other than the Yoga guru Baba Ramdev who has petitioned against de-criminalising homosexuality.

In a recent newspaper interview, Baba Ramdev said about Celina: “These actresses know nothing about Bhartiya sanskriti. They stay away from their parents and have no morals. Woh toh har mahine partners badalti hai, ussey bharatiya sanskriti ke baarey mein kya maaloom? (She changes partners every month, what does she know about Indian culture?)”

This remark labeling Celina as promiscuous has angered the actress who’s taken up cudgels against the Baba in the media.

Firstly, Celina claims that the Baba who claims to know more about her sex life than she does could not be a true Brahamachari (celibate). Secondly, she claims that by outraging her modesty, the Baba has shown he has no respect for women.

“For a brahamachari, every woman is 'Maa' and nowhere in 'bharatiya sanskriti' is it written or practiced that you can make sexually motivated comments on any girl,” Celina is quoted as saying in a media report.

Though Celina does credit Baba for revival of yoga in the present day and age, she adds that doing so doesn’t make him “Samaaj Ka Thhekedaar”.

Celina also doesn’t agree with Baba Ramdev’s assertion that homosexuality is a disease and he can cure it.