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If you thought only the Indian Media was obsessed with the Abhiwarya wedding , think again! The UK paper Observer reports about the golden couple and claim that the wedding would be the "greatest marriage in India's modern history and could be as big as that of Prince Charles and Princess Diana".Wow, that is some claim!

"With a guest list expected to exceed 5,000, helicopters hired to shower petals over the reception and the astrological charts finally predicting a union that is truly blessed, the marriage of the former Miss World Aishwarya Rai and Bollywood leading man Abhishek Bachchan, the son of Asia's most famous actor Amitabh Bachchan, is expected to happen within a month," the Observer reported

For Indians across the world this wedding will be as big as Charles and Diana's was for the British", Bollywood columnist Amita Ghosh was quoted in the report.

"The question people are asking right now is: why all the fuss about Liz Hurley? Perhaps this is why the media in India have turned against Liz, nobody really knows who she is. Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan are our real stars and their wedding is the only one that counts," Ghosh said.

"This wedding is a fantasy come true for many Indians. We are talking about the biggest and most star-studded guest list in Bollywood history. The couple have a hit film out in which they star as husband and wife, but this is only the start," Ghosh said.

"The columnist said the marriage of two such mega brands from Bollywood will result in a 100 million dollar "payday for both couples from spin-offs."