While catching up with friends at Bombay Gymkhana, gemologist Varaz Printer heard the name Sanaya Irani come up in conversation. Curious, he looked up the Mumbai-based creative producer on Instagram. “We exchanged a few messages,” Irani recalls, “and before we knew it, we were on our first date.” What surprised them both was how instantly familiar it felt. “It honestly felt like we’d known each other our whole lives,” she says. From there, everything else fell into place.
Printer proposed on a road trip across the island of Sardinia, Italy. He had planned a boat day exploring the Gulf of Orosei. “My first shock was realising we had our own boat,” Irani laughs. “No skipper and no captain, it was just us.” When the current got too strong for the couple to swim to nearby beaches, they stayed on board, soaking it all in. That’s when Printer reached into his bag, dropped to one knee, and asked her to marry him. “It was surreal,” she says. “Completely overwhelming in the best way.”
When it came to the wedding, there was never any real debate about the location. “For both of us, a wedding in Mumbai was the only option,” Irani explains. Social to her core, she wanted everyone there, her friends, family and elders. “I didn’t want distance or guest limits to decide who could celebrate with us.” Printer agreed, “For our families and us, it’s always been the more, the merrier.”
The celebrations began with an engagement party at The Bombay Club, where a Zoroastrian ceremony was led by Irani’s mother and Printer’s aunt. Speeches followed, then music—Indian rock band KAPOW set the tone before DJ Choksi took over. “We danced till 3 am,” Irani says, “and ended the night with kheema pavs and baida rotis.” The mood was classic and fun: black-and-white décor, disco balls and a green canopy overhead. For the evening, Irani wore a Swarovski-embellished Berta Bridal mermaid gown, while Printer opted for beige trousers, a white shirt and a navy jacket by Roy Bespoke.
Their legal marriage signing was a very intimate affair. At home, with their golden retriever Joon in attendance, the couple signed papers, ate patiyo, cut a cake and celebrated with their closest family. The night before the wedding in Mumbai brought things full circle with a welcome dinner at Bombay Gymkhana. “From the day he first heard my name here to hosting everyone the night before the wedding, it felt poetic,” Irani reflects. The decor was kept simple, letting the gymkhana’s 150-year-old architecture shine.
