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Tomorrow begins the wedding party of two twenty-somethings in the Indian metropolis of Mumbai. It would be shouldn’t be world news, but those involved are doing everything they can to make it so. The groom is the son of India’s richest man and that means a four-day social event that brings traffic to a standstill in Mumbai.
The groom, Anant Ambani, is the son of Mukesh Ambani, who, according to Forbes business magazine, is the richest person in Asia and the eighth richest person in the world with a fortune of $116 billion. Father Ambani is the owner of the Reliance Industries Group, which has interests in petrochemicals, telecommunications and retail.
The Ambanis are also known for their home in Mumbai, a $1 billion 27-story private residential complex called Antilia. The building has three helipads, a 160-car garage, a private movie theater, a swimming pool and a fitness center. It overlooks one of Mumbai’s most densely populated slums, about 10 kilometers away.
In honor of Anant’s upcoming wedding, the building was decoratively lit already yesterday:
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29-year-old Anant is Mukesh’s youngest son. The wedding of Anant and his girlfriend of the same age, Radhika Merchant, is set to be the grand finale of a series of lavish parties over the past year. While little is said about who will be there, it is certain that many celebrities will be in attendance.
For this, all you have to do is look at the previous shows before the actual wedding reception. Last week, Justin Bieber performed in front of hundreds of guests at a private pre-wedding concert, and in March, Rihanna was flown in to perform her first full concert in years at a three-day pre-wedding bash in western Gujarat. . Among the 1,200 guests were technology billionaires Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.
Bieber reportedly received around $10 million for his efforts, while Rihanna received an amount that was said to be slightly less.
In May, before the wedding, the Ambanis organized a luxury cruise in Europe for 800 guests, including Bollywood stars and cricketers. Musical accompaniment was also considered, with appearances by David Guetta, The Backstreet Boys, Katy Perry, Andrea Bocelli and Pitbull, according to Vanity Fair.
The area is isolated
And then the real wedding is still to come. The wedding ceremony is tomorrow, followed by a grand reception on Sunday. Another “special reception” will be held on Monday for Ambani’s domestic staff, according to a document detailing the plans. The party will be split between Jio World Convention Center and Antilia Building.
The CEO of the aircraft rental company told Reuters that the Ambanis have leased three Falcon-2000 jets from his company to transport all the wedding guests and that there are more than 100 private jets in total. “Guests come from all over the world and each plane makes several flights across the country,” he says.
To ensure that everyone reaches their locations on time, the Ambanis – much to the anger of local residents – cordoned off the area. From tomorrow 15.7. until the roads in the area are open every day from 13:00 to 24:00 only for vehicles that must be there for the event.
Police involvement
Police are considering the event as a ‘public event’ due to the presence of international and Indian VIPs. There is a lot of criticism under the traffic police’s X publication.
“Since when is a personal event for industrialists invited to this, or a select few?” says one person.
Mumbai is famous for its busy and chaotic traffic. Especially this time of year, during the monsoon season. Earlier this week, Mumbai experienced heavy rains and floods, leading to major traffic jams.