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Corrie’s Bolly wedding


24/ 9/2004

CORRIE bosses are planning a Bollywood blockbuster on the soap's first Asian wedding.
A specially constructed Hindu temple (pictured above) and Indian restaurant costing tens of thousands have been built for the marriage of Dev and Sunita,.
Bosses decided to shell out big on TV's Wedding of the Year with a stunningly opulent set.
It took a month to build and put together on site at Granada's Quay Street HQ.
The insider added: "No expense is being spared and it looks amazing."
The sets include a huge Hindu temple and an Indian restaurant. A sumptuous mix of gold and deep red is used to give the Weatherfield nuptials an authentic Indian façade.
Television chiefs had considered using a genuine Hindu temple in the city for filming, but realised it would be impractical to take over a place of religious worship for an estimated six days.
Instead, a temple and restaurant were constructed at the Manchester studios so that the wedding can be as close to looking like the real thing as possible. A spokesman said: "It is very Bollywood in style, with an elaborate buffet, including a huge cake based on the Taj Mahal.
"We would normally film something like this on location away from the studios.
"But with so many cast members involved, that became a logistical nightmare difficult to pull off."
Julian Perkins, Granada's head of design production, said: "I think viewers will be stunned by how lavish and different it is from anything they ever seen before.
"Visually, it is very colourful and something that should stay in the memory as a special moment for a very long time."


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