The Big Ambani Wedding Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant
Here is a peek at Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s wedding plans and functions
Anant Ambani is the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman of Reliance Industries one of India’s largest companies. Anant’s mother Nita Ambani is the Chairman of the Reliance Foundation which is the CSR arm of Reliance Industries. Anant has two siblings Akash and Isha.
The youngest scion of Mukesh Ambani is set to marry Radhika Merchant is the younger daughter of Viren and Shaila Merchant. The star studded wedding is slated to commence on 1st of March till the 3rd of March at Jamnagar, which is largest refinery in the world.
Radhika Merchant is the younger daughter of Viren and Shaila Merchant, who are the founders and owners of Encore Healthcare, a leading pharmaceutical company in India. Her father Viren Merchant is also a member of the board of APL Apollo Tubes. Her sister Anjali is married to Akash Mehta, a partner at EY.
They say weddings are made in heaven, Anant and Radhika have known each other since childhood and used to have the same friend circle. The rumors of their relationship got confirmed when they were spotted together and attended Isha Ambani-Anand Piramal’s wedding in 2018. Radhika was spotted doing family rituals and posing for photos. She walked in wearing a red gown with Anant at their engagement in Loke Como. Radhika also attended Akash’s wedding and was seen at Akash’s sons first birthday where she was spotted holding Nita Ambani’s hand. All said and done, it is a fairytale marriage coming true.
Anant and Radhika's wedding card
The wedding is going to be attended by over 1000 celebrities from across the world. The guest list includes :
Qatar Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani
The former Prime Minister of Sweden, Carl Bildt Bill Gates and Paula Hurd
His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Her Majesty Queen Jetsun Pema
Former prime minister of Canada Stephen Harper
Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg,
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner,
Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen and Reni Narayen,
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai,
Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink
Blackstone chairman Stephen Schwarzman
Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick T
Bank of America chairman Brian Thomas Moynihan
Adnoc CEO Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber
EL Rothschild chair Lynn Forester de Rothschild
Rishad Premji,Wipro Chairman
Nikhil Kamath,Zerodha Co-founder
Adar Poonawalla, CEO Of Serum Institute of India
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani,Qatar Premier
James Murdoch,Lupa Systems CEO
Zhang Lei,Hillhouse Capital's Founder
Murray Auchincloss,BP CEO
John Elkann,Exor CEO
John Chambers,Former Cisco Chairman
Bruce Flatt,Brookfield Asset Management CEO
Carlos Slim,Mexican Business Magnate
Ray Dalio,Bridgewater Associates Founder
Ajit Jain, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
Godrej Family
Nandan Nilekani, Former Infosys CEO
Sanjiv Goenka, Chairperson Of RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group
Uday Kotak, Founder Of Kotak Mahindra Bank
Pawan Munjal, CEO Of Hero MotoCorp
Roshni Nadar, Chairperson Of HCL Technologies
Ronnie Screwvala,Co-founder Of UpGrad
Dilip Shanghvi, Co-founder Of Sun Pharmaceuticals
Tech investor Yuri Milner are some of the international names that we are aware of.
The event will be graced by a whole lot of Indian celebrities, like Shah Rukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, Aamir Khan, Ranveer and Deepika Padukone, Salman Khan, Amitabh Bachan. The event will also be graced by the Piramal family, N Chandrasekaran, Aditya Birla Group’s KM Birla, Adani Group’s Gautam Adani, and Bharti Airtel’s Sunil Bharti Mittal, Rajiv Singh of DLF. Some of the notable sports stars include Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and Abhinav Bindra are expected too.
Itinerary for the next few days:
March 1: Cocktail party hosted by Ambani, dubbed ‘An Evening in Everland’. The dress code for the cocktail party is elegant cocktail outfits.
March 2: The guest will be taken for ‘A Walk on the Wildside’, the guests have advised to wear comfortable clothing and shoes to walk around. In the evening , the guests will participate in the ‘Mela Rouge’ in traditional Indian attire.
March 3: The third day, the guest will celebrate the cultural heritage of India with ‘Hastakshar’ as the theme.
‘Hastakshar’ (signing) ceremony that will be carried out in the Jamnagar Township Temple complex.
Food for the guests
The guests are also in for a gastronomical delight, the cuisines include Parsi food, Thai, Mexican and Japanese, and pan-Asian dishes. Over the next three days, 65 chefs will make 2500 dishes and none of the dishes will be repeated.
Just to give you all an idea, Breakfast will include 75 options, there are 225 dishes for lunch, 275 dishes for dinner and more than 85 items for midnight meals, which we believe will be served from 12 midnight to 4 am.
