Re: Nikkahs in Pakistan
No its all about ‘making a show that you haven’t seen each other’, even in your typical love marriages some people opt for seperate mehndi as it generally includes only your side of friends and family thus the event is lot more intimate (informal too perhaps) than the actual wedding day, where everybody naturally comes together and everything is collaborated. Unless the bride and groom are related, I think its okay to have mehndi as a one way affair.
I remember going to a very ‘girli’ menhdi event, and it was a massive fun may because everybody was so relaxed and casual as there was no signs of inlaws or the groom.