Manish Malhotra did this booking. He had designed Karisma's outfit and wanted me to look at the design and do the mehendi accordingly. I was called by Karisma 45 days in advance. We went to her sets and she selected a pattern. She told me not to tell anyone about it. Her secretary called a day before the ceremony to give me the address.

I was called to her mother's home at Bandra. I was called at 10 am but, on our way there, she called and asked me to change the time as there had been a late party the previous night. We were almost there, so we ended up waiting for two hours. After Karisma came, however, she was very punctual. She switched off her mobile phone. She told me she was applying mehendi for the first time and asked what it meant if the colour came out dark. I told her it meant her mother-in-law and husband loved her a lot. She then asked me what she should do for the colour to be dark. I also applied mehendi to Kareena.

There is always a little mehendi that comes from the in-laws place, which family members apply. Then, we start our mehendi. For the ceremony, all songs from Karishma's movies were played, especially Zubeida. I attended the wedding. There was silence during the ceremony, but a big party later.