Wedding Bells for Sporty
SANIA
by Ambreen Asim
Sania Mirza is the current youth icon in India. Belonging to Hyderabad, this teenager is creating history in Indian tennis by becoming the first ever Indian to break into the top-50 WTA rankings. She also became the first Indian woman to win a WTA tourney when she lifted the Hyderabad Open trophy in February 2005.
Sania has got a huge fan following, both inside and outside the country. Sania's ambition is to be featured among the top-20 people in the world. At the rate she’s going, that day is surely not far away.
Sania Mirza, ace Indian tennis player and a youth icon, is known for her bold and straightforward sense of style. She is a brand ambassador for a famous sports brand and carries her sporty yet spunky attitude in the way she dresses up.
Be it sports attire, or an Indian traditional sari, Sania knows how to keep the shutterbugs buzzing!
When Sania entered the international sports arena, her multiple ear piercings as well as nose piercing made everyone sit up and notice!
Her I-don't-give-a-damn attitude reflected when critics slashed her sense of style but she continued to be herself. Her blonde highlighted hair also attract avid attention often.
Fond of colouring her hair, one can often notice the way she changes her hair colour and hairstyles. Another interesting aspect of Sania'a style is her colourful and bright T-shirts with bold messages on them.
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Love for Sania Lands Youth in Jail
Two days before her engagement, a youth who claims to be in love with her was arrested for allegedly creating nuisance at her residence.
Police said Mohammed Ashraf, 28, created a scene at the player’s residence claiming that he was in love with Sania. The civil engineering student from Kerala demanded that her engagement be cancelled. Ashraf along with his friend D. Mohanty went to Sania’s house and had a heated argument with her father Imran Mirza. They demanded him to cancel Sania’s engagement. On a complaint from Imran Mirza, a case was registered at the Banjara Hills police station. Police then arrested Ashraf for trespass and making threatening calls to Sania. Ashraf told police that he was in love with Sania and wanted to marry her. On learning about Sania’s scheduled engagement with a local man, Ashraf and his friend went to her house to demand that the engagement be cancelled. |
Often questioned by journalists on the same, Sania carries her attitude high! Often, she can be spotted modelling and attending fashion events with enthusiasm.
Recently, the sporty girl, got engaged at a simple yet colourful ceremony in Hyderabad.
It was a match point with a difference, but tennis star Sania Mirza handled it with her usual aplomb. The 22-year-old was formally engaged to Hyderabadi businessman Mohammed Sohrab Mirza on July 10.
In an exclusive, by-invitation only function at a Hyderabad luxury hotel, the evening’s celebrations were kicked off with a ceremonial exchange of rings. Sania hadn’t seen her ring, a glittering solitaire, reportedly worth Rs 10 lakh, until the moment Mohammed placed it on her ring finger. Moments later, her eyes reflected its shine and sparkle.
Sania was dressed in a dazzling ornate green ghagra-choli, designed by Delhi-based designer brothers Nikhil and Shantanu Mehra, snugly fit at her lower body and gaining in flare around the ankles. Sania had picked the colours for the occasion - emerald green and gold - much in advance.
“We’ve had this choker in our family for 75 years, emerald set in dull gold. It is my mother’s. Before her, it was my dadi’s and I wanted to wear it,” Sania said.
The assignment went to Delhi-based Shantanu, who had on a previous occasion attired Sania for an award ceremony, and he responded with an intricately embroidered three-piece ensemble.
The blouse, a mix of the East and West, done in a corset design, was complemented by a netted dupatta, which Sania fetchingly draped over her head.
The Taj Krishna hotel turned into a fortress when Indian tennis’s poster girl, got engaged.
Giving scores of journalists and TV crews the slip, Sania entered the hotel through the service entrance.
The excitement was palpable outside the Mirzas’ Jubilee Hills residence. A little after 4 p.m., Sania, clad in jeans and T-shirt, was driven out in a gleaming new green car bearing the lucky number 786.
Sources said that Sania visited a dargah en route the engagement venue - the hotel that has been sponsoring the tennis champ since her childhood.
Although the engagement was strictly off-bounds for the media, the paparazzi got a sneak peek into the select gathering. Spotted at the do was Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development D. Purandeswari, and of course, Sania’s mixed doubles partner and fellow Hyderabadi Mahesh Bhupathi.
Here Comes The Bridegroom
Tennis hottie Sania Mirza’s childhood friend Sohrab Mirza is making headlines all over. Sohrab is 23, a year older than Sania, and is a commerce graduate from St Mary’s college in Hyderabad, an institution that Sania also attended.
Reportedly, he is set to pursue an MBA degree from St. Mary's college of British University, UK. His family is into the real estate business and catering, and his father Adil Mirza is a partner in the popular bakery chain in Hyderabad. Sohrab’s grandmother Shaheda Begum is said to be from the royal family of Hyderbad.
Sohrab has also been reportedly an active member of the international student body AIESEC, though at present he may not be with them.
It has been reported that their families arranged the match, though the two have known each other since their school days.
