At a destination wedding, there is always that moment. The décor is ready. The bride is somewhere being photographed for the 47th time. The groom's friends have suddenly discovered choreography. The grandparents are seated comfortably. And somewhere backstage, an event manager is looking at the clock.
Then the anchor walks in.
At The Raffles Udaipur, a bride once asked Anchor Gaurav aka Ungli Baba a rather important question:
“Gaurav, can you make our Sangeet feel like an awards show?”
His response was characteristically quick:
“Of course. After the amount you've spent on the outfits, everyone deserves an award.”
That pretty much captures his approach to destination weddings.
Rather than treating a Sangeet as a sequence of performances, Gaurav often builds it like a live entertainment show. There are entries, introductions, games, audience interactions, unexpected moments and enough improvisation to keep even the people who have seen every family rehearsal interested.
And then there are the characters.
Gaurav's ability to switch from an emcee into comedy characters such as Kejriwal, his Sony Max channel character Ungli Baba and other acts gives his shows a slightly unpredictable flavour. One minute he is hosting the family; the next, the audience is wondering where that character came from.
Among destination wedding anchors such as Anchor JK, Bol BB Bol and The Wedding Anchor Junaid, every name brings a distinct style and personality to the stage. Gaurav's particular differentiator is this combination of conventional hosting, comedy performance and audience interaction.
At ITC Grand Bharat, a groom once asked:
“Half our guests are flying in from different countries. Will they actually participate?”
Gaurav's answer:
“They will. But let's first make them comfortable. We don't want the first Indian wedding memory to be an uncle forcing them into a dance circle.”
That philosophy becomes especially useful at international and multicultural weddings. Gaurav actively brings foreign guests, key family members and important guests into the proceedings without making participation feel like an assignment.
Over the years, this has taken him well beyond Indian wedding venues. He has hosted 20+ international shows across 7+ destinations, including Sri Lanka, Thailand, Dubai, Malaysia, Nepal and others.
His wedding games follow a similar philosophy. Haldi and Sangeet aren't treated as compulsory fillers. The best ones become little stories within the larger celebration: couples competing, families teasing each other, friends getting unexpectedly competitive and guests laughing at things that definitely weren't in the rehearsal script.
Perhaps that explains why couples often remember not just what happened on stage, but how hard their anchor worked to make the entire room feel involved.
For an aspirational bride planning a destination wedding, the question isn't necessarily, “Who is the biggest name?”
Sometimes it's simply:
“Who can take everything we've imagined and make the room feel alive?”
That is where Anchor Gaurav aka Ungli Baba has carved out his own rather colourful space in India's destination wedding circuit.
Your Wedding Emcee
Anchor Gaurav aka Ungli Baba
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Website: https://www.anchorgaurav.com
