Ash's Mehndi Ceremony

Just as the dhamakedaar sangeet ceremony of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai brought down the roofs of Prateeksha on Wednesday night, yesterday afternoon was more of a chilled out affair at the Bachchan’s bungalow for the mehendi ceremony. All the guests who partook in the revellery previous night in the sangeet kicked off the henna ceremony with the same enthusiasm. Rinkie Khanna, Shweta Bachchan Nanda and Nima (Romesh Sharma’s daughter) were seen enjoying themselves after they coloured their hands with henna.

On the sangeet night also, the trio sparkled with a scintillating dance performance. The sangeet night with loads of naach gaana, emotions and drama thrown in, was surely memorable for everyone.

On Wednesday evening, the bride and her friends got ready at Bachchan’s other bungalow Jalsa before they came to Prateeksha for the merry making night.

The function started with a performance from Ash’s family side. According to a source, her sister in law Srima, brother Aditya, mother Brinda and father, took to the dance floor amidst applause.

But when the Bachchan parivaar and their friends hit the floor, sangeet took a new meaning altogether. Jaya’s mother and two sisters too danced at the joyous occasion.

Rajendra Singh Masterji was the official choreographer for the Abhiash sangeet, and Karan Johar choreographed the grand finale with the popular title track of Salaam-E-Ishq.

Guests started pouring in before the scheduled time, to avoid the mad traffic jam outside Prateeksha. Kajol and Ajay Devgan, Sonali Bendre and Goldie Behl, Abhishek’s childhood friends Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan from Delhi, Rishi and Neetu Kapoor, Neeta Lulla, Dimple Kapadia and daughter Rinkie, Suniel and Mana Shetty, Preity Zinta, Amar Singh and family, Anil and Tina Ambani, Subroto Roy and wife Sapna made up the illustrious guest list.

There were food stalls spread across the venue, with different cuisines. The party continued till the wee hours of morning, and nobody was willing to take off their dancing shoes!

Dress Circle Both Abhishek and Ash were dressed up in Abu-Sandeep creations for the sangeet. Ash wore an aqua blue lehenga and Abhishek a matching aqua blue sherwani. Jaya and Amitabh also wore Abu-Sandeep outfits for the sangeet. While Amitabh wore a mehendi green sherwani, Jaya was dressed in a mango and off-white lehenga with green work, matching again! Shweta Bachchan’s pretty pink lehenga got her a lot of praise. For the mehndi , both Abhi and Ash wore Abu Sandeep’s chikan work outfits — she wore an off-white chikan lehenga while he wore an off-white chikan sherwani.