A look inside Anant Ambani’s lavish pre-wedding festivities

It is not often when you see some of the richest people, Hollywood and Lollywood stars, business tycoons, head of states and others under the one roof. It is happening in India as Ambani family kicked off a three-day pre-wedding in their family hometown.

Anant, son of Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani with a reported net worth of $114 billion, is set to marry his longtime girlfriend, Radhika, in July this year.

The three-day events are taking place in Jam Nagar, the Ambani’s hometown in Gujarat. The pre-wedding will continue from March 1 to March 3.

Over 1000 guests are expected to attend the pre-wedding festivities. A special mandir is being built for the wedding, while 100 chefs will prepare 500 dishes for guests arriving from all over the world.

Some of the noticeable guests are: billionaires Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Gautam Adani and Kumar Mangalam Birla. Bollywood stars including Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan and Amitabh Bachan and cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Kieron Pollard and MS Dhoni.

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American singer Rihanna and magician David Blaine will perform at the wedding, along with Indian superstar Diljit Dosanjh.

All three days have been themed differently with its own name. The first night will feature a cocktail party under the theme ‘An evening in Everland’. One of the days will be ‘Jungle Fever’ where all guests are requested to wear animal costumes or Hawaiian shirts.

HUGE number of sports superstars, celebrities, and government dignitaries arrive at Ambani pre-wedding event in India ! Haven’t seen that number of celebrities in one event.

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Visitors attending the Jungle Fever celebration will be taken to an animal rescue centre that is home to over 2,000 animals as well as what is claimed to be the largest elephant hospital in the world.

#WATCH | Gujarat: Pop star Rihanna leaves from Jamnagar after attending the pre-wedding celebrations of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant. pic.twitter.com/sz4SFZz0Kg

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To get guests to the wedding, the Ambanis have offered a chartered flight service. However, visitors have been asked to limit their luggage ‘two luggage items or three suitcases per couple’.

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Once they arrive, the guests will have access to Indian clothes, hair stylists and make-up artists. However, the service will be available on first-come first-serve basis.

Guests have also been promised laundry services, but they will have to wait at least three hours for their clothes to be prepared.

This is not first time Ambani family is spending a hefty amount on a wedding. In 2018 he spent around $100million for his daughter Isha’s wedding. The wedding featured a performance from Beyonce.