Here's
what
went
down
at
Vivek
Oberoi's
mehndi
and
sangeet
yesterday
WHAT:
Vivek
Oberoi's
mehndi
ceremony
was
held
yesterday.
WHERE:
At
his
fiancee,
Priyanka
Alva's
palatial
bungalow
in
Bangalore.
HIGHLIGHT:
The
couple
wrote
their
names
on
each
other's
palms.
Vivek
had
mehndi
specialist
Usha
Shah,
a
fixture
at
all
his
family
functions
(including
his
sister's
wedding
earlier
this
year)
specially
flown
in
from
Mumbai.
The
couple
danced
to
various
B-Town
songs.
Says
Usha,
"Priyanka
was
very
confident
about
what
she
wanted.
She
is
very
traditional
and
had
already
thought
up
a
design
with
peacocks
and
leaves.
It's
a
pattern
that
adorns
her
hands
and
feet.
It
took
over
four
hours
to
apply.
Both
families
(VO's
and
PA's)
got
their
mehndi
done
by
me.
While
Priyanka
has
Vivek's
name
on
her
right
hand,
I
have
designed
her
name
on
his
left
palm."
The
couple's
outfits
for
the
sangeet
have
been
designed
by
Shantanu-Nikhil.
WHAT
SHE
WORE:
Says
Nikhil,
"For
Priyanka,
we
designed
a
light
salmon-orange
lehnga
with
very
light
delicate
prints
on
gold.
There
is
a
jacket
made
out
of
organza
with
similar
gold
block
print.
Both
the
lehnga
and
jacket
are
in
very
sheer
organza
and
a
choli
designed
in
the
Rajasthani
style.
There
is
no
dupatta.
Priyanka
wanted
to
wear
a
jacket.
The
idea
was
to
have
a
light,
floaty,
not-too-blingy
outfit.
The
only
bling
used
are
Swarovski
crystals
on
a
motif
at
the
bottom
of
her
lehnga
strewn
very
delicately.
The
salmon
orange
colour
goes
with
her
skin
tone
and
she
looks
gorgeous.
There
are
beautiful
can-cans
at
the
bottom
of
the
lehnga
which
create
fullness."
Priyanka
wore
antique
jewellery
that's
been
in
her
family
and
has
been
handed
down
through
generations.
It's
an
uncut
diamond
navratna
set
with
meenakari
work
and
is
set
in
antique
gold.
WHAT
HE
WORE:
Vivek
wore
a
magenta,
orange
and
red
colored
double-organza
kurta
and
copper
churidar
with
kantha
work
on
it.
Shantanu
says,
"The
kantha
work
was
specially
ordered
and
done
in
Sanganer
village
in
Rajasthan
with
natural
yarns,
silks
and
dyes
in
vegetable
colours."
Nikhil
and
Shantanu
have
also
designed
for
Priyanka's
brother
Aditya
and
Vivek's
sister's
husband.
While
Aditya
chose
from
four
short
kurtas,
VO's
brother-in-law
wore
a
black
and
red
sherwani
made
of
four
different
fabrics
and
five
different
textures
and
treatment."
Buzz
is,
Saif
Ali
Khan
and
Kareena
Kapoor
attended
the
sangeet.
The
only
other
industry
person
present
was
Apoorva
Lakhia.
Incidentally,
all
of
B-Town
has
been
invited
to
the
grand
reception
in
Mumbai
on
Sunday.
Story first published: Thursday, July 21, 2011, 10:16 [IST]