Ayushmann Khurrana walked into his real-life wedding without two things every Bollywood groom is expected to have: a sehra and a ghodi. Years later, filmmaker Sooraj Barjatya put him on a horse and covered his face with flowers anyway — for a film.
The actor made the confession on the upcoming episode of The Great Indian Kapil Show, where the cast of Yeh Prem Mol Liya sat down with host Kapil Sharma. A teaser for the episode dropped on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, and the wedding talk quickly became the most talked-about moment.
Here is what was said, why it matters to fans of Barjatya’s family dramas, and exactly when viewers around the world can watch the full conversation.
What Ayushmann Khurrana Said About His Wedding
Ayushmann married author and filmmaker Tahira Kashyap in 2008. The two had known each other since school in Chandigarh, and their wedding was a quiet, personal affair . On the Kapil Sharma show, the actor explained that he deliberately skipped two traditional groom rituals.
“I did not want to wear a sehra on my wedding day.”
The sehra is a floral headdress that covers a groom’s face, traditionally worn during the baraat procession. The horse, or ghodi, is the other staple — the groom rides it to the wedding venue while relatives dance around him. Ayushmann skipped both.
Sooraj Barjatya, however, had other plans for the screen version of a wedding. According to Ayushmann, the director made him wear the sehra and arrive on a horse for Yeh Prem Mol Liya, giving him the full traditional experience he had avoided in real life .
The actor framed it as a joke rather than a complaint. He pointed out that he and Sooraj both married young, and the conversation stayed light — two men comparing what they did on their wedding day versus what a Barjatya film demands .
Sooraj Barjatya’s Mother Had One Condition Before He Could Direct
The wedding talk turned to Sooraj’s own marriage, and the filmmaker shared a family story that explains a lot about his films. Sooraj married Vineeta Barjatya in 1986, at the age of 21, and the couple have been together for 40 years .
“I said I wanted to direct, my mother was worried I’d fall in love with some actress. So her condition was that before becoming a director, get married.”
The line landed because it comes from the man behind Maine Pyar Kiya, Hum Aapke Hain Koun, Hum Saath-Saath Hain, and Vivah — films built almost entirely around weddings, joint families, and the idea that love should lead to marriage, not the other way around .
Ayushmann turned the story into a punchline. “He got married at the age of 21. Now ask him if these wedding movies come from a place of trauma, love, or what,” he said on the show .
The exchange gave the episode its emotional centre without turning sentimental. Two actors, one filmmaker, and a shared understanding that Indian weddings on screen are never just about the bride and groom — they are about the whole family.
Kapil Sharma Called the Cast a “Family Package”
The stage was unusually crowded. Kapil joked that, for the first time, the number of people on stage was almost equal to the number of people in the audience .
Then he took a direct shot at Sooraj’s casting style.
“Do maa kardo, do baap kardo, do bua, do chaachu…ladka ladki toh mere paas hai.”
Roughly translated, Kapil was saying: cast two mothers, two fathers, two aunts, two uncles — the bride and groom are already here. The line got the entire cast laughing, and it captured exactly why a Sooraj Barjatya film feels like a family reunion rather than a standard Bollywood production .
Seema Pahwa, who is part of the film’s ensemble, added her own observation about the director’s presence on set.
“We felt that whenever sir spoke, a halo would appear behind Sooraj ji, and his hand would rise in blessing.”
The comment sounds exaggerated on paper, but it fits the reputation Barjatya has built over nearly four decades — a filmmaker who treats his sets like a household and his actors like relatives .
When and Where to Watch the Episode
The Yeh Prem Mol Liya episode of The Great Indian Kapil Show Season 5 will stream on Netflix on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at 8 PM IST .
Netflix India shared the teaser on Instagram with a caption that played on the film’s title: “Itni pyaari comedy ka toh mol lagana mushkil hone wala hai! Catch the cast of Yeh Prem Mol Liya on The Great Indian Kapil Show on 14th November 2026 at 8 PM, streaming only on Netflix” .
For viewers outside India, the episode will be available on Netflix at the same moment globally, which translates to:
- USA (Eastern Time): Saturday, November 14, 2026, at 9:30 AM ET
- USA (Pacific Time): Saturday, November 14, 2026, at 6:30 AM PT
- UK: Saturday, November 14, 2026, at 2:30 PM GMT
- Canada (Toronto): Saturday, November 14, 2026, at 9:30 AM ET
- Australia (Sydney): Sunday, November 15, 2026, at 1:30 AM AEDT
- India: Saturday, November 14, 2026, at 8:00 PM IST
Netflix typically releases new episodes of The Great Indian Kapil Show on Saturdays at 8 PM IST, and the Yeh Prem Mol Liya episode follows that pattern .
About Yeh Prem Mol Liya
Yeh Prem Mol Liya marks the first on-screen pairing of Ayushmann Khurrana and Sharvari. The film is directed by Sooraj Barjatya and produced by Rajshri Productions in association with Mahaveer Jain Films .
The cast includes Anupam Kher, Seema Pahwa, Supriya Pathak, Saumya Tandon, Swanand Kirkire, Geeta Agrawal Sharma, and Surbhi Tiwari .
Himesh Reshammiya has composed the music. The film brings Barjatya and Reshammiya back together after Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015) . It is also Barjatya’s return to direction after Uunchai (2022), which won the National Award for Best Feature Film on Environment Conservation .
Yeh Prem Mol Liya will release in theatres on Friday, November 27, 2026 . The date places it after Diwali and positions it as a family entertainer heading into the year-end holiday window — the kind of slot Barjatya’s films have historically used well .
Sharvari, who has spent the last few years in action-heavy projects like Munjya and Alpha, was asked on the show whether working with Barjatya felt like a detox. The teaser shows the question getting a laugh from the cast, though the full answer will only be available in the episode .
A Wedding Joke That Fits the Film
The horse and sehra story works as more than a funny anecdote. It is a small window into how Barjatya builds his films — taking rituals that are ordinary in Indian households and placing them at the centre of the story. A groom on a horse is not a plot point in a Barjatya film. It is the plot .
Ayushmann, who has built a career on playing men who do not fit the traditional Bollywood hero mould, found himself doing exactly what the traditional hero does — because the director asked. The actor’s real wedding was his own. The film wedding belonged to Sooraj Barjatya.
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The episode will show whether the full conversation adds more layers to that trade-off. For now, the teaser has done its job: it has made a film about a wedding feel like a wedding, and it has made a story about skipping rituals into the most relatable thing a Bollywood star has said this week.
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