Chartered Planes for Tycoons and Celebrities, Rihanna's Performance, and Tips for Dressing in 'Jungle Fever' Clothes When Visiting an Animal Rescue Center – This Is What a Billionaire Does Mukesh Ambani It is the start Big fat indian wedding Celebrations for his son.
Chairman of the Indian Reliance Group and the richest man in Asia with a net worth of $114 billion According to ForbesAmbani is known to have never thrown a halves party.
Suitable for the moment India Go Awesome is a three-day pre-wedding celebration for his youngest son Anant Ambani, 28, who is set to tie the knot with his longtime girlfriend Radhika Merchant, 29. It begins on Friday, will host 1,200 guests and will be held in a town in Jamnagar. Close to Reliance's main oil refinery in the western state of Gujarat.
The wedding will not take place until July, and the celebrations actually began on Wednesday when Anant and his bride hosted a communal dinner for local villagers attended by 51,000 people.
In addition to pop star and R&B star Rihanna, American magician David Blaine will perform and there will also be traditional ceremonies at the temple complex.
Anant's wedding is likely to be attended by Bill Gates, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, fellow Indian billionaires Gautam Adani and Kumar Mangalam Birla, in addition to several cricketers and Bollywood movie stars such as Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the plans, who declined to reveal their identities.
Disney CEO Bob Iger, who announced A $8.5 billion merger of its Indian media assets with Reliance on Wednesday.
Anant is Reliance's new energy business director and one of Ambani's three children who are heirs to his empire. Merchant is Director of Encore Healthcare in India.
Ambani also made headlines with his daughter Isha Wedding In 2018, which some described as a mini-Davos summit. Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry were among those who made it to the dance floor with the Bollywood stars of the time.
Guests of Anant Ambani's celebrations are set to enjoy tasting 500 dishes prepared by around 100 chefs.
They will be pampered – with hair artists, make-up artists and Indian wear designers available but only on a “first come first served” basis, according to a planning document provided to invitees and seen by Reuters.
They will visit the rescue center, which Reliance says is home to more than 2,000 animals and has one of the largest elephant hospitals in the world. The dress code is “jungle fever” where guests are encouraged to wear animal print clothing or Hawaiian shirts.
Round-trip charter flights are available from New Delhi and Mumbai, but guests have been asked to limit themselves to just two or three bags of luggage per couple. “If you bring more,” the document warns, there is no guarantee it will arrive on the same flight.
Guests were also asked to be reasonable in their expectations regarding laundry services.
She added: “Any garment that is printed by steam (press) will be returned within 3 hours… Expecting or ordering anything faster than that may not be possible.”
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