Mittals hire world's fastest henna artist!

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">Ash Kumar''s renowned work and sheer speed has gained him a place in the 2003 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records as the ''World''s Fastest Henna Artist. The 24 year old is in Paris for the Mittal wedding on June 21. Kumar was assigned the Mittal henna project two months ago. <br /><br />Henna Night on June 21 will see Ash Kumar and his team of henna artists presenting another astounding design for the bride, Vanisha Mittal. Kumar, the world''s fastest henna artist took 12 days to construct an exclusive henna design matching the embroidery to the bride''s outfit. "A design that''s not been seen before and which has taken the longest in my career to construct," he says. "I''m set to give the best to the Mittal family who requested for nothing but the best in their daughter''s wedding."<br /><br />His list of celebrity clients span the globe. Julia Roberts, Sophie Dahl, Calvin Klein, Austin Reed and our own Rani Mukherjee, Kareena Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan and Salman Khan are just a few of many that sampled Kumar''s unique approach to henna and henna design. Kumar''s work is regularly featured in many Bollywood blockbusters like <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Devdas</span> and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Ghum</span>. <br /><br />The wedding celebrations began on June 5. Vanisha, the 23-year-old daughter of the tycoon, the fifth richest man in Britain, is marrying Amit Bhatia, 25, a London-based financier on June 22 in Paris. Mittal, incidentally is said to be worth 3.5 billion pounds!<br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">bombaytimes@timesgroup.com</span></div> </div>