Renowned wedding filmmaker Vishal Punjabi, known for capturing high-profile celebrity weddings, recently shared a controversial experience involving a well-known Bollywood couple. Appearing on the DJ Simz YouTube channel, Punjabi recounted a scandalous incident where a Bollywood actor was caught cheating on his wife just two months after their wedding.
When asked if he had ever filmed a wedding that ended in divorce, Punjabi revealed, “Two months after their wedding, he was cheating on her. He was caught red-handed with a Bollywood actress in his makeup van on a film set. His wife walked in and caught him naked, and said, ‘I don’t want your wedding film’.”
Punjabi described the subsequent chaos, saying, “I tried contacting the groom, but he didn’t pick up. When I called the bride, she was furious and didn’t want the wedding film. I then called the groom’s manager, who told me, ‘Bro, man, it’s not happening, we don’t want the film.’” The filmmaker, who had not been fully paid for his services, joked about selling the footage to Netflix. This incident led him to change his business practices, now requiring full payment upfront. “After this incident, I was like, ‘This is about the heart, marriage, life and fam, and I’m going to charge you 100% before I come.’”
Despite the drama, Punjabi still has the footage. “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 damn… 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 adding, “You know who you are!”
Vishal Punjabi, popularly known as the Wedding Filmer, has filmed weddings for celebrity couples like Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh, and Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra. Before his career in wedding films, he spent a decade working with Shah Rukh Khan at Red Chillies Entertainment.
