After Saifeena, it’s Lisa Ray- Jason Dehni

Mangalore Today/ Yahoo news

Indian Canadian actress Lisa Ray and her beau Jason Dehni are set to tie the knot on Oct 20. The couple will be leaving from Toronto on Thursday for Napa Valley for the wedding.

 

Lisa Ray has tweeted: "Wedding rehearsal. Saying #Ido to life. Conquering #MultipleMyeloma one step at a time." The actress will wear Wendell Rodricks designed gown for her wedding with banking executive Jason Dehni and will later change into a Satya Paul sari.

Lisa will wear a Satya Paul off-white georgette sari highlighted with beige and traditional ’gota patti’ work blending with shaded sequins on the border. The sari is teamed-up with a stylish blouse made of net, also embellished with brocade and ’gotta patti’ on the back and sleeves.

 

 

Jason proposed Lisa in the beginning of this year while spending vacation in California’s Napa Valley. Jason Dehni is a management consultant. The Canada-born part Indian origin actor-model has successfully fought off a 10-month battle against a rare form of cancer — multiple myeloma.

 

 

She refused to dwell on the pain and the suffering, talking instead of the long road to recovery. "I don’t want to think of the chemotherapy treatments and its aftermath. Let’s say I have experienced the pain and pitfalls of being diagnosed with cancer and have trounced my condition with flying colours, " she once said

Now, she declares with infectious enthusiasm, she wants to live life on her own terms. "My universe has certainly turned upside down. I feel more connected with myself now." "Through all this I would just wonder how I allowed it to happen to me from years of neglecting my body. Now I intend to have fun and be less hard on myself ," explains Ray, who has recently featured in a documentary about breast cancer awareness by Indian-American actor and director Namrata Singh Gujral’s In a Minute, which features other cancer survivors like actors Olivia Newton John, Barbara Mori and William Baldwin.

Raising awareness about cancer is pretty much what life is about for Ray these days. She has associated herself with many cancer charities, working on awareness programmes on stem cell therapy and has attached herself to a worldwide charity Life Cell which works in this field. Ever since her recovery, she has been participating in public gatherings in Toronto, lecturing on related topics.There are also plans to bring out a book on the topic. "I began blogging during the illness to record my experience. I intend to pursue it because it is a lovely way to channel one’s feelings. I have not thought of a title yet but it will be about my experiences as a cancer survivor," she says.

 

Ray, who is best remembered for her role in Deepa Mehta’s Water, last featured in an Indo-Canadian production, Cooking with Stella directed by Dilip Mehta, where she portrayed the role of a Canadian diplomat’s wife.