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 Do you ever believe that only one event
could be necessarily enough for a human being to be widely familiar? Yes, it
happened in real life. The person is none but a woman - Vanisha Mittal. Just
one event made her to be known globally. And the event is her wedding ceremony,
an exceptional marriage indeed. The wedding function holds a history in terms
of spending money that has never been seen still today like Vanisha Mittal. It will
probably achieve the title of «the most extravagant wedding in modern time» in
the «Guinness Book of World Records».
Best ever event
The gala wedding of Vanisha Mittal and Amit
Bhatia was held at a very expensive five star hotel in France in 2004. Their wedding
was enrolled in the ‘billionaire weddings' of Forbes Magazine list where we see
the names of world's richest people like Bernard Arnault, Donald Trump, Andrei
Melnichenko and so forth. The magazine called it the «grandest wedding affair
of the century».
Moreover, Vanisha's name was also enlisted
in the record book being a bride at the costly nuptials ever.
Who is she?
Who is Vanisha Mittal that we are talking
about? She is the daughter of Lakshmi Mittal, one of the world's billionaires. Vanisha's
father is an established industrialist who is also the owner of the world's
biggest steel company. In 2008, her father became the fourth richest person
around the world.
Vanisha (Vanisha Mittal Bhatia) completed
graduation degree in Business Administration from the European Business School.
She secured masters degree in South Asian studies from the London's School of
Oriental and in African Studies at the University of London.
In 2004, Vanisha Mittal was appointed as a
member of board of director in her father's company titled Mittal Steel Co N.V.
She holds slim figure with black color eyes
and hair. Having a trendy appeal in
appearance, Vanisha worked many days in television media. Besides, she bears
some special interests in social life, business, arts, economy and the issues
related on international affairs.
Money does not matter at all
What does it prove - spending more than 78
million US dollars (£30 million) in a nuptial? The answer is easy - money is
not a factor at all to the Indian born business tycoon - Lakshmi Mittal. To
bring attraction in the wedding of his 23 years old daughter, - Lakshmi Mittal hired
the Vaux le Vicomte. It is very famous in France that described the finest
chateau and garden.
There were a lot of attractive features to
make the wedding program more and more gorgeous. The French chateau as well as
Bollywood's stars added an extra flavor to it.
Married with a Banker
Vanisha got married with Amit Bhatia. He is
an investment banker that is based in London. Amit was born in Delhi and 25 years
old at the year of his marriage ceremony (2004).
Riding on a jeweled chariot, familiar as ceremonial
carriage, Amit arrived at the marriage ceremony.
A lavish wedding
Vanisha's wedding was in a word most
expensive, gorgeous and lavish. It was continuing more than six days at a
stretch. At least 1000 guests were invited to that occasion where a number of
richest people, pop stars, singers, world's celebrities, business tycoons,
industrialists were present.
The attendance of some Bollywood stars - Aishwarya
Rai, Akshay Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee and pop star
Kylie Minogue brought some special features in it.
Meanwhile the marriage ceremony featured
various programs such as Engagement party, (20th June) Mehendi ceremony,
wedding sangeet, Indian marriage song etc.
The engagement program was held at the well
known palace- Grand Versailles (once it was used for Louis XIV) and the glory
entertained program was arranged at the Jardin des Tuileries.
The bridal outfits were designed by Indian
top designers like Tarun Tahiliani and Suneet Verma.
Vanisha's parents - Mittal and Usha -
promised their daughter to give a surprise. And they really kept their words
arranging such a function. Gold and diamond jewelry, fashionable bridal
apparel, luxurious hotel, transportation and heavy dinner were some of the
features that made wedding exclusive, attractive and really spectacular.
More surprises remain
The invitation letter of Vanisha's wedding could
give you another surprise. Each of the cards distributed among close friends
and the relatives contained 20 pages. It was put in a silver box with romantic
poems written by Mittal's family member.
To join the Vanisha Mittal's wedding from
India to France, 12 Boeing jets were hired for the guests. As part of making
the ceremony memorable, the hotel was decorated with full of enjoyment.
There was a special arrangement for female
guests. They were asked to paint their hands with henna (known as mehendi in
India) and received luxurious bags.
More than 10,000 flowers, 45 professional
cooks and a grand wedding cake were some other features in that occasion.
The wedding reached in another landmark
applying strict restriction on journalists to enter into the function.
Md. Asraful Alam
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