<span class=normal>It was the year of bands, baajas and many baaraats in Bollywood. Strangely enough, it was a number of single leading ladies that we lost this year to men within the industry or closely associated to Bollywood, at least. It turned out to be a busy year for fashion designers and wedding planners who were given the task of planning big fat Bollywood weddings of some of the most popular couples in town. This year, the stars went out to shine as they embarked on holy matrimony. With so many shaadis and even more details, it only makes sense to count down the top weddings of the year. Are you ready to be shaadi-fied?<BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Riteish and Genelia<BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>The year kicked off with the wedding of secret lovebirds Genelia D’Souza and Riteish Deshmukh. After years of speculation and nonstop questions including: are they together? Is he gay? Is he with Jacqueline Fernandez? Genelia and Riteish shut the mouths of gossipmongers with a rather lengthy wedding which included a Maharashtrian wedding followed by a Church wedding and finally, a grand reception where most of Bollywood congregated to wish the couple. The sangeet was headed by none other than Karan Johar who took to the mic and played master of chaperone while a number of the couple’s starry friends took to the stage. The likes of the Bachchans, Kapoors and Khans attended the big reception before the duo took off to an undisclosed honeymoon destination.<BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Wedding Trivia: The wedding was planned way in advance with the couple asking their friends and family to keep it hush-hush.</span>