Koel to wed Laurent

Purie to tie the knot with French beau on Sunday

After getting engaged to French boyfriend Laurent Rinchet ('Kahaani Purie-Rinchet hai!'; February 23, HitlisT)u00a0 Koel Purie has taken the final big step and will tie the knot on Sunday.

Koel will wed in her hometown, Delhi, in the presence of close friends and family.

Even though details of the affair are sketchy, a source reveals, "Koel is on cloud nine. She was waiting for this day for a very long time.

Starting with the sangeet today, the wedding ceremony on Sunday will be private affair and very few close friends are invited.

Apart from Koel's parents Aroon and Rekha, Laurent's close friends and relatives will attend. His friends flew down from Europe specially for the wedding."

The source adds that the wedding will be done in traditional Indian style.

"Their engagement was done European style, hence they decided to do the wedding in ttraditional Indian style. However, there aren't too many guests and the whole decor is simple yet elegant."

The couple hasn't yet decided on their honeymoon destination since both of them have work commitments.
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"Laurent is into civil aviation and has a couple of assignments coming up, while Koel has her chat show and some other projects in the wings.

In fact, they will get married sooner because Laurent will get occupied with his work and Koel doesn't want to wait any longer."