They have been celebrating for more than 130 days: The Indian entrepreneur’s son Anant Ambani is marrying his girlfriend Radhika Merchant. It is a luxury wedding that exceeds all expectations – and also attracts numerous celebrities.
Anant Ambani, the son of Asia’s richest man, is marrying his long-time girlfriend Radhika Merchant this weekend. The wedding celebrations are thus entering their glamorous and expensive finale, the dimensions of which have already reached unprecedented proportions. According to the British, the bride and groom have invested over 600 million US dollars to keep themselves and their wedding guests happy since March. According to “, 1,200 guests will not miss the most expensive vows in history. And countless celebrities from business, politics and society have confirmed their attendance.
Menu or buffet? Solo entertainer or music from a tape? Such mundane questions from other prospective brides are irrelevant to groom Anant Ambani and his future wife. After all, Anant is the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of the Indian multinational Reliance Industries. Ambani senior is said to have a fortune of 113 billion US dollars. Anant’s future wife also comes from a wealthy family: Radhika Merchant is the daughter of the pharmaceutical magnate Viren Merchant and, like Anant, works in her father’s company.
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The guest list for the multi-day celebration in the company’s own “Jio World Centre” in Mumbai is long and high-profile. Political greats such as former Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Tony Blair and former First Lady Hillary Clinton have announced their attendance. FIFA President Gianni Infantino and society sisters Kim and Khloé Kardashian are also celebrating, as are sports legends Mike Tyson and David Beckham and singer Adele. The dress code for the wedding on Friday was “Indian traditional.” The physical well-being of the 1200 guests is well taken care of: the Ambanis are serving 2500 different dishes over the weekend. They were also generous towards a competitor: Asia’s second richest man, Gautam Adani, received an invitation along with gifts worth 6500 euros.
The celebration weekend began on Friday evening with the wedding ceremony, the “Shubh Vivaah”. This continues with the celebration of the divine blessing on Saturday, before the wedding reception on Sunday. The wedding weekend, however, only represents a fraction of the entire wedding marathon. Back in March, the bride and groom invited Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Ivanka Trump and leading politicians from all over the world to Jamnagar, the hometown of entrepreneur Mukesh Ambani. The Ambanis had a glass palace specially built for the event, in which world star Rihanna subsequently performed.
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The Ambanis celebrated pre-party number two with a four-day sea voyage with 800 guests on a cruise ship between Italy and France. The Backstreet Boys, Katy Perry and Andrea Bocelli provided the varied and loud on-board program – much to the annoyance of other tourists in the bay of Portofino. Part three of the party trilogy began last weekend. The bride and groom’s family and friends got in the mood for the wedding with the traditional sangeet ceremony. Justin Bieber flew in for a private gig for a reported ten million US dollars. There he sang his hit “Love Yourself,” among other songs.
Now the lavish climax of what is probably the most lavish and expensive wedding in history has begun. Numerous private jets are available for the 1200 guests to arrive and depart. Top Indian designer Manish Malhotra is responsible for the look of the entire event as the wedding designer. The celebration locations are designed in such a way “that the guests are immersed in an atmosphere of joy, love and celebration.” We hope that the bride and groom will find some time for themselves amidst all the hustle and bustle and that their mutual love will be the focus.
Source: Stern
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