My Compelling Story

Usha Shah is a professional mehendi artist based out of Mumbai, Maharashtra. Usha realized her potential, when people who knew her, encouraged her to participate in a mehendi competition, organized by the Walkeshwar Mahila Mandal (Woman's Club of Walkeshwar), she won the first prize. Thereafter, she started her mehendi classes and there has been no looking back from that point on. One of her designs featured in a cover story in the in-flight magazine of Air India, Namaskar.  Impressed with the intricacy of Usha's design, movie star Kumar Gaurav's wife Namarata Dutt invited her to paint her hands with mehendi. Usha's clientele ranges from Demi Moore to Indian movie stars like Ashwaria Rai, Kajol, and famous personalities like Neeta Ambani. Usha has traveled to Europe, USA, Australia, Africa and Middle East. In 1994, she got the Professional Excellence Award by the Rotary Club of Downtown Mumbai.