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Leading up to the ceremony on 2 July 2024 the Ambani family organized a mass wedding for more then 50 underprivileged couples,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://apnews.com/video/weddings-marriage-india-anand-piramal-isha-ambani-9e289a373d7948a18cd15188fad74acb |title=Indian billionaire organises mass wedding for over 50 underprivileged couples |language=en |access-date=2024-07-14 |via=apnews.com}}</ref> and the week after held a pre wedding concert with performances by [[Justin Bieber]], and [[Hindi cinema|Bollywood]] stars [[Alia Bhatt]], [[Ranveer Singh]] and [[Salman Khan]].<ref name=":4" />
Leading up to the ceremony on 2 July 2024 the Ambani family organized a mass wedding for more then 50 underprivileged couples,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://apnews.com/video/weddings-marriage-india-anand-piramal-isha-ambani-9e289a373d7948a18cd15188fad74acb |title=Indian billionaire organises mass wedding for over 50 underprivileged couples |language=en |access-date=2024-07-14 |via=apnews.com}}</ref> and the week after held a pre wedding concert with performances by [[Justin Bieber]], and [[Hindi cinema|Bollywood]] stars [[Alia Bhatt]], [[Ranveer Singh]] and [[Salman Khan]].<ref name=":4" />

== Venue ==
The wedding festivities will be split between [[Antilia (building)|Antilia]], the home of the Ambanis, and the [[Jio World Convention Centre]] ([[Jio Platforms|Jio]] is a subsidiary of Reliance).


==Bride's Attire==
==Bride's Attire==
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== Wedding ==
== Wedding ==
The four day wedding rituals began on 12 July 2024 with a traditional [[Hindu wedding]] ceremony followed by a reception that was planned to run through the weekend.<ref name=":4" /> The guest list is estimated in the "few thousands" with police preemptively rerouting traffic around the Mumbai venue.<ref name=":5" />
The four day wedding rituals began on 12 July 2024 with a traditional [[Hindu wedding]] ceremony followed by a reception that was planned to run through the weekend.<ref name=":4" /> The wedding festivities were be split between [[Antilia (building)|Antilia]], the home of the Ambanis, and the [[Jio World Convention Centre]] ([[Jio Platforms|Jio]] is a subsidiary of Reliance). The guest list is estimated in the "few thousands" with police preemptively rerouting traffic around the Mumbai venue.<ref name=":5" />


The guest list, although not confirmed by the Ambani family, included Bollywood celebrities [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Ranbir Kapoor]], and Indian cricketers [[Sachin Tendulkar]], [[Jasprit Bumrah]], and [[Suryakumar Yadav]]. Along with former British Prime Ministers [[Tony Blair]] and [[Boris Johnson]], Saudi Aramco CEO [[Amin H. Nasser|Amin H Nasser]], US politician [[John Kerry]], and celebrities like [[Adele]], [[David Beckham]], [[John Cena]] and the [[Kardashian family|Kardashians]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Maqbool |first=Rafiq |last2=Kakade |first2=Rajanish |date=2024-07-12 |title=The son of Asia’s richest man is set to marry in the year's most extravagant wedding |url=https://apnews.com/article/india-ambani-merchant-wedding-mumbai-3de332eb8963492a99e946a1ed4f94f2 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
The guest list, although not confirmed by the Ambani family, included Bollywood celebrities [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Ranbir Kapoor]], and Indian cricketers [[Sachin Tendulkar]], [[Jasprit Bumrah]], and [[Suryakumar Yadav]]. Along with former British Prime Ministers [[Tony Blair]] and [[Boris Johnson]], Saudi Aramco CEO [[Amin H. Nasser|Amin H Nasser]], US politician [[John Kerry]], and celebrities like [[Adele]], [[David Beckham]], [[John Cena]] and the [[Kardashian family|Kardashians]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Maqbool |first=Rafiq |last2=Kakade |first2=Rajanish |date=2024-07-12 |title=The son of Asia’s richest man is set to marry in the year's most extravagant wedding |url=https://apnews.com/article/india-ambani-merchant-wedding-mumbai-3de332eb8963492a99e946a1ed4f94f2 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

Revision as of 20:00, 14 July 2024

Wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant
Date12 July 2024; 2 months ago (12 July 2024)
VenueAntilia
Jio Convention Center
LocationMumbai, India
ParticipantsAkash Ambani
Radhika Merchant

The wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant is a 3-day event that took place from the 12th of July 2024 until the 14th of July 2024 in the city of Mumbai at the Antilia building and Jio Convention Center.[1][2] The groom is the son of Indian businessman Mukesh Ambani, the richest man in Asia. He is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, while the bride is the daughter of Viren Merchant, the CEO of a healthcare company.[1][3]

The wedding has been described as India's "wedding of the year"[1][4] and "India’s own royal wedding".[5] The New York Times described it as introducing "the world to [India]'s Gilded Age".[6] Estimates for the wedding's cost range from $300 million[7] to $600 million[8], leading to criticism regarding wealth inequality in India.[9]

Background

Anant Ambani is the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, who has estimated net worth of $123.3 billion, making him the richest man in Asia and ninth in the world.[1][7] Mukesh Ambani is the head of Reliance Industries and Anant is in charge of Reliance's energy business and is the director of other boards of Reliance subsidaries.[3][7] He also runs an animal rescue center in Jamnagar.[1] He graduated with a bachelor's in business management from Brown University in 2017.[7]

Radhika Merchant is the daughter of Viren Merchant, who is the CEO of Encore Healthcare and has been described as a pharmaceutical tycoon.[1] Radhika serves as the marketing director for her father's company after graduating from New York University.[1][3]

The two said they met in 2017 during a drive after being introduced by mutual friends.[1][3] On December 29, 2023, Ambani proposed at the Shrinathji Temple in Rajasthan.[3][10]

Pre-wedding festivities

The first pre-wedding celebration was held in Jamnagar, with around 1,200 invited guests at the beginning of March 2024.[11] A number of entertainers performed, such as Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone, as well as Rihanna, who gave her first full-length concert in eight years.[11] Guests were told to wear "jungle fever" outfits when visiting the animal rescue shelter run by Anant Ambani.[12]

The second celebration was a four-day cruise through the Mediterranean in late May 2024.[11] Guests saw surprise performances from the Backstreet Boys, Katy Perry and Pitbull.[11]

Leading up to the ceremony on 2 July 2024 the Ambani family organized a mass wedding for more then 50 underprivileged couples,[13] and the week after held a pre wedding concert with performances by Justin Bieber, and Bollywood stars Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh and Salman Khan.[14]

Bride's Attire

File:Radhika Merchant in her wedding Lehenga.jpg
Radhika Merchant wearing her wedding lehenga

The lehenga

The wedding dress was designed by Sandeep Khosla, Radhika's bridal lehenga featured Zardozi cut-work with Gujarati cultural significance, a trailing ghagra with a second detachable trail, a 5-meter head veil, a blouse, and a tissue shoulder dupatta.[15] The ghagra, adorned with three borders of red, showcased the finest amalgamation of naqshi, saadi, and zardozi, with intricate floral booties decorated with stones, sequins, tamba tikkis, and red resham.[16] The head veil featured delicate jaali and cut-work, while the detachable trail boasted an 80-inch zardozi marvel. The fully embroidered red shoulder dupatta added maximal drama to the silhouette.[17][18]

Her lehenga also featured a personalised "AR" brooch which represents the initials of her name and her husband Anant's name.[19]

Critical appraisal

India Today described the lehenga as "fairytale to life".[20] Another newspaper company described he lehenga as "Radhika's bridal ensemble was a vision of elegance and tradition, featuring a beautifully embroidered lehenga that showcased the designers' signature craftsmanship."[21][22]

Pinkvilla stated that the "Bride looks like a royal queen in her FIRST LOOK".[23]

Wedding

The four day wedding rituals began on 12 July 2024 with a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony followed by a reception that was planned to run through the weekend.[14] The wedding festivities were be split between Antilia, the home of the Ambanis, and the Jio World Convention Centre (Jio is a subsidiary of Reliance). The guest list is estimated in the "few thousands" with police preemptively rerouting traffic around the Mumbai venue.[9]

The guest list, although not confirmed by the Ambani family, included Bollywood celebrities Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, and Indian cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Jasprit Bumrah, and Suryakumar Yadav. Along with former British Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Boris Johnson, Saudi Aramco CEO Amin H Nasser, US politician John Kerry, and celebrities like Adele, David Beckham, John Cena and the Kardashians.[14]

Response

Some Indian former politicians criticized the amount of money spent on the wedding, with Shahid Siddiqui a former member of the upper house of Parliament calling it the "most vulgar and ostentatious marriage ever seen" and Thomas Issac a former finance minister for Kerala and member of the Communist Party of India, stating that "...such ostentatious expenditure is a sin."[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani is set to throw a grand wedding for his son. Here's what to know". AP News. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant: Bieber performs at India's mega wedding". BBC News. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e Hasan, Sadiba (4 June 2024). "What We Know About the Ambani Wedding". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  4. ^ Mogul, Rhea (3 July 2024). "The son of Asia's richest man is getting married in one of India's most anticipated — and lavish — weddings of the year". CNN. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. ^ Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (12 July 2024). "Ambani wedding: after months of celebrations, the 'Windsors of India' finally set to marry". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  6. ^ Das, Anupreeta (12 July 2024). "A Wedding Puts India's Gilded Age on Lavish Display". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d Mudambi, Veer. "Brown University alum to have wedding of the year. It's estimated to cost $320 million". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  8. ^ Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (12 July 2024). "Ambani wedding: after months of celebrations, the 'Windsors of India' finally set to marry". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  9. ^ a b c Aggarwal, Mithil; Chhetri, Aishwarya Thapa (12 July 2024). "'The crazy richest wedding ever': Son of Asia's richest man marries after months of lavish events". NBC News. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  10. ^ Dolan, Leah (11 July 2024). "A timeline of the 7-month-long Ambani mega-wedding". CNN. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  11. ^ a b c d Wickman, Kase (5 July 2024). "Everything to Know About the Ambani Wedding". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  12. ^ Mehta, Tanvi; Pandya, Dhwani; Shah, Aditi (1 March 2024). "Ambani son's pre-wedding bash to feature Rihanna, tycoons and Bollywood stars". Reuters. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  13. ^ Indian billionaire organises mass wedding for over 50 underprivileged couples. Retrieved 14 July 2024 – via apnews.com.
  14. ^ a b c Maqbool, Rafiq; Kakade, Rajanish (12 July 2024). "The son of Asia's richest man is set to marry in the year's most extravagant wedding". AP News. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  15. ^ "How Radhika Merchant's Panetar lehenga symbolises Gujarati connect". indianexpress.com. 13 July 2024.
  16. ^ "'Dulhan' Radhika Merchant Wore A 'Panetar' Lehenga With A 5-Meter-Long Trail For Wedding Day". www.bollywoodshaadis.com. 13 July 2024.
  17. ^ "Radhika Merchant's wedding lehenga decoded: From designer to stylist, know all about her bridal look". economictimes.indiatimes.com. 13 July 2024.
  18. ^ "Inside the Ambani wedding: Radhika Merchant makes for a stunning bride". www.lifestyleasia.com. 13 July 2024.
  19. ^ "Radhika Merchant wore a personalised 'AR brooch' on her 'Panetar' wedding lehenga and a stunning AR ring too!". Times Of India. 13 July 2024.
  20. ^ "Radhika Merchant brings a fairytale to life in dreamy lehenga for wedding with Anant Ambani". India Today. 13 July 2024.
  21. ^ "Radhika Merchant looks nothing short of a dream in her wedding attire". www.deccanherald.com. 13 July 2024.
  22. ^ "First glimpse of Radhika Merchant's dreamy bridal look goes viral". www.dnaindia.com. 13 July 2024.
  23. ^ "Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant Wedding: Bride looks like a royal queen in her FIRST LOOK; see pics". Pinkvilla. 13 July 2024.
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