Meet the rich and famous people in Mumbai for the Ambani wedding
Shubhangi Goel,Meghan Morris,Jyoti Mann
- Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani's wedding begins on Friday.
- The three-day gathering will feature a traditional Hindu ceremony, followed by other events.
A four-day cruise, a performance by Rihanna, and a mass wedding for 50 couples were all just the lead-up to the glitziest wedding of the year.
Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Asia's richest man, are getting married in Mumbai on Friday, with events following on Saturday and Sunday.
The Ambanis will be surrounded by family, friends, and a who's who of business, entertainment, politics, and sport.
The star-studded affair will kick off with a "Shubh Vivaah," a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony held around a fire, according to a leaked wedding invitation seen by news agency Asian News International.
This will be followed by a "Shubh Aashirwad" or "divine blessing" ceremony on Saturday, and the wedding concludes with a reception party or "Mangal Utsav" on Sunday.
It's expected to be held at the Jio World Convention Centre and the Ambani family home in Mumbai called Antilia.
Here are some of the stars attending and invited to the wedding.
John Cena
Hollywood actor John Cena arrived for the wedding wearing a light blue Indian outfit called a "Salwar Kameez."
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas
The couple was pictured after arriving in Mumbai on Thursday and is rumored to be attending the wedding.
Kim Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian
Kim Kardashian and sister Khloe Kardashian shared photographs and clips on their Instagram Stories after arriving in Mumbai on Thursday and are rumored to be attending.
Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson is expected to attend the wedding, insiders told Bloomberg. The 58-year-old is regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino is also expected to join the celebration, according to the outlet. He's headed the football association since 2016 and has been a member of the International Olympic Committee since 2020.
Tony Blair
Former UK prime ministers Tony Blair and Boris Johnson are also expected to be in attendance at the festivities, per Bloomberg.
Global business leaders
According to Bloomberg, some business leaders invited to the wedding include Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser, BP chief Murray Auchincloss, and Emma Walmsley, the CEO of drug giant GSK.
Shahid Kapoor and Meera Rajput
Bollywood celebrities have been prominent on the guest lists of all the pre-wedding and wedding events.
Actors including Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor, Jhanvi Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Alia Bhat, Ranbir Kapoor, have been featured in official photos of the pre-wedding events.
Bollywood's Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Meera Rajput arrived in Mumbai on Friday for the wedding weekend, according to the Indian outlet Mint.
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