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#SonamKiShaadi: The mehendi ceremony

Last updated on: May 07, 2018 11:40 IST

Sonam Kapoor is getting married, and the celebrations have begun!

Sonam Kapoor had a fun mehendi ceremony two days before her May 8 wedding, and her family and friends joined in.

The bride and her groom Anand Ahuja wore colour coordinated clothes, perfectly accentuated with a lovely blush.

Sonam's sister Rhea and their guests posted pix on Instagram.

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Mohit Marwah/Instagram

The couple of the hour, Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja.

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Rhea Kapoor/Instagram

Sonam gets her mehendi done, and sister Rhea Kapoor makes sure to document it on Instagram.

That's mehendi artiste Veena Nagda in the picture (left).

Veenaji has been part of many Bollywood shaadis -- including Akshay Kumar-Twinkle Khanna, Hrithik Roshan-Sussanne Khan and Farah Khan-Shirish Kunder.

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Rhea Kapoor/Instagram

Rhea shows off her mehendi.

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Pernia Qureshi/Instagram

A closer look.

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Karan Johar/Instagram

Karan Johar captures the Kapoors on Instagram: Shanaya Kapoor and her mum Maheep Kapoor, Boney Kapoor's daughters Janhvi, Anshula, Khushi Kapoor Jahaan Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor's son, with his dad.

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Mohit Marwah/Instagram

The swag team: Nakul Mehta, Mohit Marwah, Karan Boolani, Arjun Kapoor, Akshay Marwah.

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Maheep Kapoor/Instagram

Shanaya Kapoor and Khushi Kapoor.

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Sanjay Kapoor/Instagram

Sanjay Kapoor -- Sonam's chachu -- shared a throwback picture from his wedding, noting, '20 years back when we danced at my wedding sonam now I will be dancing at yours #timeflies.'

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Sandeep Khosla/Instagram

Sandeep Khosla with Rhea.

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Karan Johar/Instagram

Karan, Rani Mukerji and Anil Kapoor's selfie moment.

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Arjun Kapoor/Instagram

Arjun captures hotelier Samyukta Nair -- one of Sonam's closest friends -- and Arpita Mehta dancing.

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Tanya Ghavri/Instagram

The handsome hunks: Arjun, Kunal Rawal and Mohit.

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Harshvardhan Kapoor/Instagram

Harshvardhan Kapoor, Sonam's kid bro.

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Maheep Kapoor/Instagram

Maheep's mehendi.

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Pernia Qureshi/Instagram

Pernia Qureshi with Samyukta Nair.

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Akshay Marwah/Instagram

Anil with nephew Akshay Marwah and Aashita Relan Marwah.

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Anand Ahuja/Instagram

Whose footwear is better?

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Mohit Marwah/Instagram

Anil does a little boomerang with nephew Mohit's wife Antara Motiwala, left.

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Siddhant Kapoor/Instagram

Siddhant Kapoor, who recently posted adorable childhood pictures of today's Bollywood stars, with Sonam.

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy Anshula Kapoor/Instagram.

Anshula Kapoor posts a picture of her girl gang: cousin Shanaya and sisters Janhvi and Khushi Kapoor.

Photograph: Kind courtesy Pernia Qureshi/Instagram

The bride changes into pyjamas after her mehendi ceremony.

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