There are weddings, and then there’s the Ambani wedding, the lavish series of events that has unspooled party by unbelievable pre-wedding party over the last several months and culminated this weekend with the union of Anant Ambani, the youngest son of super-billionaire Mukesh Ambani, and his new wife, pharmaceutical heir Radhika Merchant in Mumbai.
The celebrations from July 12 to 14 included a red carpet for attendees to walk, spotlighting the Hollywood, Bollywood, political, business, and tech luminaries invited to the wedding. Guests at the wedding, which cost a reported $600 million, included Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, John Cena, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas, Nicky Hilton Rothschild and James Rothschild, former U.K. prime ministers Boris Johnson and Tony Blair, stylist Law Roach, designer Prabal Gurung, Kim Kardashian and Khloé Kardashian, former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and many more, with a reported crowd of some 2,000 guests. It was an A-list cast worthy of a Hollywood production, evidenced by the fact that the Kardashians brought their own camera crew to document their trip for their eponymous show, as Kim revealed in her Instagram Stories.
From Reuters/Redux.
At pre-wedding events throughout 2024, stars such as Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Akon, Katy Perry, Pitbull, Andrea Bocelli, and the Backstreet Boys performed for guests. The weekend of the wedding itself, headliners such as Adele, Drake, and Lana Del Rey were rumored, but guests danced to a more internationally-focused lineup of entertainment: Luis Fonsi performed “Despacito,” K’Naan offered up his hit song “Waving Flag,” Afrobeats star Rema got the crowd going, and Bhangra musician Sukhbir also took the stage.
The details and grandeur of the wedding are expected to set trends for celebrations “for decades to come,” insiders told Vanity Fair. Bride Radhika told Vogue that her new mother-in-law, Nita Ambani, was “the CEO of the wedding, as I like to say. “It was Nita’s commitment and vision that brought our entire celebration to life.” Nita was assisted by daughter Isha Ambani and daughter-in-law Shloka Ambani.
Priyanka Chopra and Nick JonasProdip Guha/Getty Images.
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