Bollywood's wedding of the year took place in Mumbai on Friday, with mobs and melodrama greeting the marriage of superstar Indian actors Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan.

The former Miss World and the son of Bollywood icons Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan have tried to keep their nuptials private, but a smattering of details have emerged over the past few weeks, as fans clamoured for information about the couple's traditional Hindu wedding.

Hundreds of police and security officers kept crowds back from the Bachchan family compound on Friday, with media many of whom had camped outside the residence for the past three days — largely confined to a cordoned-off area across the street.