India, Dec. 1 -- There's a new star of the wedding season! It's not a lehenga, not a traditional six-yard saree, and definitely not a sharara. It's the saree gown; a sleek, draped-yet-not-really draped outfit taking over wedding wardrobes everywhere. And if there was any lingering doubt about whether this hybrid silhouette deserves the hype, Ananya Panday just settled it.

In a season overflowing with pastels, candy brights, sequins, and metallic maximalism, Ananya showed up wearing a black Gaurav Gupta saree gown during her latest promotional appearance boldly proving that black can be just as festive, statement-making, and wedding-appropriate as any rani pink or sindoori red outfit.

With a sculpted bodice, fluid draping and that signat...