Who Is Karishma Kohli? Filmmaker Who Redefined Bridal Beauty With Vitiligo (image-instagram/karishmakohli)
Filmmaker Karishma Kohli recently tied the knot with actor Mikhail Yawalkar, and since then, her wedding photos have gone viral for all the right reasons. Sure, who doesn’t love an aesthetic celebrity wedding photo? But this was something more than just that. Chucking tradition, the couple decided to have an ice factory wedding with close friends and family.
With best friends, including actress Katrina Kaif (with actor-husband Vicky Kaushal) in attendance, Karishma looked beautiful as ever in a white gown.
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She reportedly hosted an intimate gathering at the ice factory IFBE. In an interview with Vogue, Karishma said how even though she is a Sikh, she always dreamt of getting married in a white gown. “When I was younger, the version of my dream gown was very different. But when I got my first patch of vitiligo, it changed,” she said.
The newlywed pair first met in Goa for a coffee during the COVID-19 lockdown and fell in love. According to reports, Mikhail proposed to Karishma in November 2024 during a concert of their favourite French band, AIR, in Bangkok.
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Sharing photos of her day, Karishma flaunted her dream gown and her vitiligo. “When it first started, I tried so hard to suppress it and to hide it from the world. I stopped wearing open shoes or sleeveless clothes and had so many side effects from the steroids. It’s been a long road to becoming comfortable in this new skin–literally! When it came to choosing a wedding gown, though, I wanted something that would work with this autoimmune condition and also feel right for my emotions and visuals,” she told Vogue.
She is the daughter of veteran filmmaker and writer Kuku Kohli, known for Phool Aur Kaante (1991), Kohraam (1991), Suhaag (1994) and Anari No. 1 (1999), among others.
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Karishma is known for directing the miniseries The Fame Game (2021-22) along with Bejoy Nambiar, starring Madhuri Dixit, Sanjay Kapoor, Manav Kaul and others. She also worked as assistant director for Kabir Khan’s Ek Tha Tiger (2012) and Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015).
She has also directed a short film called The Woman Under The Tree (2020), according to her IMDb profile.
