Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's wedding is set to be one of the most iconic wedding bashes of the year. After two luxurious pre-wedding events, the main wedding celebrations will finally happen this week from July 12th to July 14th at the Jio Convention Centre in BKC, Mumbai.<br /><br />The events start on Friday, July 12th, with the main wedding ceremony called Shubh Vivah. On Saturday, July 13th, there will be a ceremony called Shubh Aashirwad to seek blessings for the couple. The celebrations will end on Sunday, July 14th, with a big wedding reception known as the Mangal Utsav.<br /><br />Here’s everything you need to know about the Radhika merchant and Anant <keyword id="6508014" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ambani-wedding" source="Orion">Ambani wedding</keyword>:<br /><h2>Expected performances</h2>From Rihanna performing at the pre-wedding event in March to Justin Bieber at the Sangeet ceremony, everyone is curious about who will perform at the main wedding festivities.<br /><br />According to media reports, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/adele-drake-and-lana-line-up-to-perform-at-anant-ambani-and-radhika-merchants-wedding-in-mumbai/articleshow/111480856.cms">Adele, Drake, and Lana Del Rey will perform in Mumbai</a> from July 12th to 14th. Additionally, as per Hindustan Times, Indian singers like Sonu Nigam, Shankar Mahadevan, Hariharan, Shreya Ghoshal, and Kaushiki Chakraborty are also expected to perform live at the wedding. They will sing some devotional songs and shlokas as well, including "Shri Krishna Govind Hare Murari" by Sonu Nigam.<br /><br /><h2>Guests list</h2>Mukesh Ambani and family have reportedly invited hundreds of prominent personalities from national and international business, political, and entertainment spaces, including politicians like Mohan Bhagwat, Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Eknath Shinde, the Thackeray family, and Fadnavis; Bollywood stars such as Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Arjun Kapoor, Janhvi Kapoor, Sidharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani, Shahid Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal, among others.<br /><br /><h2>Food Menu</h2>At the pre-wedding celebrations in Jamnagar, many international dishes were also featured, and they are expected to be part of the wedding menu as well. The wedding menu has a special twist, as Nita Ambani personally chose delicacies from the famous Kaashi Chaat Bhandaar during a recent visit to Varanasi. Guests can look forward to street food favourites like tikki, tomato chaat, palak chaat, chana kachori, and kulfi for dessert. This is just one example of the delicious food.<br /><br /><h2>Traffic advisory issued by Mumbai Police ahead of Wedding</h2>The Mumbai Traffic Police has issued a traffic advisory for those travelling to BKC during the high-profile wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant.<br /><div type="twitter" handle="MTPHereToHelp" handlename="MTPHereToHelp" favoritecount="0" retweetcount="0" id="1809236631905247702"></div>“On July 5, 12th to 15th, a social program is being organised at the Jio World Convention Centre, BKC in the Bandra area of Mumbai. In order to avoid inconvenience to the people, vehicular traffic on the road leading towards the Jio Convention Centre needs to be diverted,” Mumbai Traffic Police said in a notification on social media.<br /><br />SEE ALSO:<br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/a-closer-look-at-mosalu-and-mameru-ceremonies-before-anant-and-radhikas-wedding/articleshow/111510666.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">A closer look at Mosalu and Mameru ceremonies before Anant and Radhika’s wedding</a><br />

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It’s time — <keyword id="20178842" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Anant-Ambani" source="keywords">Anant Ambani</keyword> and <keyword id="20178843" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Radhika-Merchant" source="keywords">Radhika Merchant</keyword> are finally getting married this weekend! The mega celebrations will kick off with the wedding ceremony on July 12. The blessing ritual will follow on July 13, finally capped by the wedding reception on July 14.<br /><br />According to media reports, the <keyword id="20212140" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="guest-list" source="keywords">guest list</keyword> will feature a host of famous people from the entertainment industry, along with business leaders and foreign delegates.<br /><br />Hollywood superstars Kim Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian, along with WWE wrestler John Cena, have already landed in Mumbai for Anant and Radhika's wedding.<br /><div type="twitter" handle="ani" handlename="ani" favoritecount="0" retweetcount="0" id="1811468974737228021"></div>Last night, former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson also arrived in Mumbai, closely followed by another ex-PM Tony Blair this morning. The global politicians have also been joined by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav.<br /><br />According to the Times of India, PM Modi is likely to grace the wedding with his presence, too. However, Rahul Gandhi, having previously criticised the Ambanis, is expected to skip it, despite Mukesh and Nita Ambani personally inviting both Rahul and Sonia Gandhi.<br /><br />According to an Economic Times report, former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, social media entrepreneur Jay Shetty, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino will also attend the wedding.<br /><br />Many businessmen and top CEOs are also expected to attend the wedding. This rich list features the likes of Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, Lockheed Martin CEO James Taiclet, Aramco CEO Amin Nasser, BP CEO Murray Auchincloss, Temasek CEO Dilhan Pillay, HSBC Group Chairman Mark Tucker, and Morgan Stanley MD Michael Grimes. Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Lee has already made it to the Maharashtrian capital as well.<br /><br />Celebs from the Indian film industry and cricketing fraternity are also expected to mark their presence at the wedding. This star-studded list includes Shahrukh Khan, Ram Charan, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Mahesh Babu, Priyanka Chopra, Alia Bhatt, Hardik Pandya and more.<br /><br /><strong>SEE ALSO:</strong><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/anant-ambani-radhika-merchant-wedding-key-details-on-performances-menu-guest-list-and-yes-the-traffic-advisory/articleshow/111655198.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">Anant Ambani - Radhika Merchant wedding: Key details on performances, menu, guest list, and yes, the traffic advisory</a><br />

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Star couturier <keyword id="19970644" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="tarun-tahiliani" source="keywords">Tarun Tahiliani</keyword> is in the eye of the proverbial storm over his <keyword id="21239939" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="designs" source="keywords">designs</keyword> for the <keyword id="20287873" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-contingent" source="keywords">Indian contingent</keyword> at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games with epithets such as "pathetic" and "mediocre" being used to describe his creations. As the <keyword id="21679717" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="uniforms" source="keywords">uniforms</keyword> became a talking point on social media platforms and elsewhere too, several people also criticised the designs for becoming a promotion for <keyword id="22604764" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tasva" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Tasva" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Tasva">Tasva</keyword>, the collaborative label of <keyword id="22604763" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tahiliani" source="keywords">Tahiliani</keyword> and the <keyword id="19907441" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Aditya-Birla-Group" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Aditya Birla Group" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Aditya Birla Group">Aditya Birla Group</keyword>. <br /><br />The men's attire, the classic kurta bundi silhouette, had panel detailing in the colours of the national flag, safari pockets, and rolled-up sleeves. The women's saris featured a pre-pleated design for convenience and ease of wear. Their borders featured the panelling in tricolour. They completed the look in gold brocade sneakers. <br /><br />What has not gone down well for some is the way brand logo has been incorporated prominently in the borders of the garments, the fabric used and the fits.<br /><br />Tahiliani's team said he was unavailable for comment when PTI reached out for a response. <br /><br />However, he defended himself in an interview with NDTV when he said he stood by his work and said the opening ceremony was not a couture show. <br /><br />"We wanted the team in the colours of the tricolour as most countries follow their flag and that was visible from afar. It would have been very easy for me to send them in zardozi vests. But it's not appropriate," Tahiliani said. <br /><br />He added that he and his team had only three weeks to prepare the costumes. "I can't weave handloom for 300 uniforms in that time. The shoes were brocade, brocade from Benares," he told NDTV. <br /><br />Tahiliani also slammed "armchair critics" who accused him of charging a heavy sum for crafting these designs. <br /><br />"This was paid for by Tasva. It was not done for a fee, it was done to support our athletes. Asking what I was paid for it just shows their mentality," he added. <br /><br />Among those criticising the designer, who made headlines of another sort entirely when he dressed American reality star Kim Kardashian for the Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant wedding, was former badminton star Jwala Gutta. <br /><br />"The garments which was made for the Indian contingent participating in <keyword id="19933819" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Olympics" source="keywords">Olympics</keyword> this time has been a huge disappointment!! (Especially when the designer was announced I had huge expectations) (sic)" she wrote, without mentioning Tahiliani's name. <br /><br />Gutta argued that not all women know how to wear a sari and that's why the designer should have crafted "pre draped" saris, which are a current trend. <br /><br />"The girls looked uncomfortable the blouse was of bad fit!! And second the colour and the print was so opposite of beautiful Indian!!! There was an opportunity for the designer to display the art of our culture through embroidery or hand paint!! <br /><br />"It was a work of absolute mediocrity and looked shabby!!! I really hope the sports family stops compromising on quality for our sportspersons looks on court and off court!!!! (sic)" Gutta wrote, posting photographs of herself from the 2016 Rio Olympics with fellow badminton players PV Sindhu, Ashwini Ponnappa and tennis star Rohan Bopanna. <br /><br />A user reshared her post and wrote: "Hello Tarun Tahiliani! I have seen better Sarees sold in Mumbai streets for Rs.200 than these ceremonial uniforms you've 'designed'. Cheap polyester like fabric, Ikat PRINT (!!!), tricolors thrown together with no imagination. Did you outsource it to an intern or come up with it in the last 3 minutes before the deadline? Such a disgrace to the rich weaving culture and history of India." <br /><br />There were others who were not too convinced either. <br /><br />Another user said designers for the Mongolia and Sri Lanka contingents did a better job dressing their teams. <br /><br />Others shared videos of the designs as reimagined by AI and wrote Tahiliani's design can be "easily replaced" by technology. <br /><br />One user said the kurtas were "creased", the blouse "poor fitting" and the sari was "not even white". <br /><br />"I don't know what Tarun Tahiliani was thinking while scribbling these pathetic uniforms, did our champions really bad. The women's saree look like 'before' shot in an Ujala Ad. While menswear, it's just looks a bit ..ringard if I may say in spirit of Paris! (sic)" commented another. <br /><br />According to Ashish Mukul, brand head, Tasva, the ceremonial attire for Team India is "crafted with a profound sense of national pride and an aim to balance tradition with modernity". <br /><br />In a statement, Mukul said the garments draw inspiration from the Indian flag, "symbolizing unity, and pride, which is one of the richest ways of representing India". <br /><br />He said the contemporary silhouettes, such as the Bundi jacket and pre-pleated sari, were carefully chosen to ensure "both comfort and functionality" for the athletes. <br /><br />"The fabrics, including cotton and viscose crepe, are selected for their practical and aesthetic qualities, as our athletes would be out in the open for almost 6 hours during the event. The use of Ikat-inspired prints and modern elements is a deliberate choice to reflect modern India. Our intention is to create an attire that represents India's rich heritage and ensure our athletes feel comfortable and confident," he added. <br /><br />Two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu, who was one of the flag bearers of the Indian contingent along with table tennis legend A Sharath Kamal, had posted a series of pictures on X ahead of Friday's ceremony. <br /><br />"Paris 2024, flag bearer-one of the greatest honors of my life to hold our country's flag in front of millions," she wrote.

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Money can't buy happiness, or ensure marital success, but it can certainly buy a very, very <keyword id="22383832" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="expensive-wedding" source="keywords">expensive wedding</keyword>.<br /><br /><keyword id="20178842" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Anant-Ambani" source="keywords">Anant Ambani</keyword> and <keyword id="20178843" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Radhika-Merchant" source="keywords">Radhika Merchant</keyword>’s upcoming wedding is often dubbed as the wedding of the year and is perhaps the most talked-about event in recent times. After kicking off celebrations earlier this year with their first pre-wedding festivities in Gujarat, the billionaire family followed it up with a star-studded luxury cruise to Italy for another pre-wedding affair — there are some things that only the Ambanis can conceive of, after all. Thankfully, the happy couple is <em>finally </em>getting hitched.<br /><br />In the interim, speculations are rife on just how much of his wealth the senior Mr Ambani has parted with for his son’s nuptials. Internet trolls even suggest that Jio’s potential IPO plans are in part to compensate for the extravagant spending on the wedding. Jokes aside, while we won’t know for sure just how much has been spent on this wedding until after it has culminated, it promises to win the title of the most expensive wedding in the world in recent times.<br /><br />In the meantime, we can take you through some of the most pricey <keyword id="22383831" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="big-fat-Indian-weddings" source="keywords">big fat Indian weddings</keyword>!<br /><br /><h2>Isha Ambani and <keyword id="20288912" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Anand-Piramal" source="keywords">Anand Piramal</keyword>’s 700-crore wedding<br /></h2>Daughter of billionaire <keyword id="19916798" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mukesh-Ambani" source="keywords">Mukesh Ambani</keyword>, Isha had a week-long extravaganza costing Rs 700 crores, or roughly $100 million. The celebration spanned across Udaipur (India), Lake Como (Italy), and Mumbai (India), with celebrities performing and the ceremony on a private island.<br /><br /><h2>Double Wedding of Roy Brothers cost 554 crores</h2>In 2004, the sons of business tycoon Subrata Roy, the former chairman of the Sahara Group, <keyword id="22383834" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sushant-Roy" source="keywords">Sushant Roy</keyword> and Seemanto Roy's wedding cost Rs 554 crore $75 million. Held at a Lucknow stadium, it was a week-long party with over 11,000 guests flown in by private jets, including Bollywood stars and sports personalities.<br /><br /><h2>Brahmani Reddy's 500-crore wedding</h2>The 2016 wedding of Brahmani Reddy, daughter of mining magnate and former politician Gali Janardhana Reddy, to Rajiv Reddy was a $74 million affair (Rs 500 crore). The five-day celebration at Bangalore Palace hosted 50,000 guests, including celebrities and politicians.<br /><h2> <br />Shristi Mittal and Gulraj Behl’s wedding costed 500 crores</h2>Steel tycoon Promod Mittal’s daughter, Shristi Mittal, married Gulraj Behl spent the same amount of money as the Reddys during their three-day celebration in Barcelona, Spain in 2013. It had 500 guests, a menu by a celebrity chef, and a giant six-tier cake. Helicopters even captured the event from above!<br /><br /><h2>Another Mittal wedding worth 240 crores<br /></h2>Lakshmi Mittal from the same steel tycoon family had his daughter <keyword id="22383833" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="vanisha-mittal" source="keywords">Vanisha Mittal</keyword> married to Amit Bhatia in a grand Parisian wedding that cost Rs 240 crores ($55 million) back in 2004! The six-day celebration featured performances by celebrities like Kylie Minogue and Bollywood stars. A play was written for the pre-wedding events, and the main ceremony was held at a 17th-century chateau. We think it’s fair to say that this couple sort of set the precedent for the other expensive weddings that followed.<br /><br /><h2>Sonam Vaswani's 210-crore wedding  <br /></h2>In 2017, Sonam Vaswani's wedding to Navin Fabiani cost Rs 210 crores ($30 million) and was held at a royal venue in Vienna (Austria). Sonam is the daughter of Stallion Group founder Sunil Vaswani while Navin is a UAE- and Mumbai-based businessman. The festivities took place across multiple palaces.<br /><br /><h2>Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma's 100-crore wedding<br /></h2>Celebrity couple Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma reportedly spent Rs 100 crores ($15 million) on their wedding in Italy in 2017. Virushka’s nuptials were attended by just 40 guests but they got married in Lake Como, which would explain the expenditure! The couple also held a reception later in Mumbai.<br /><br /><h2>Looking ahead: a billion-dollar <keyword id="20727512" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ambani-wedding" source="keywords">Ambani wedding</keyword>?</h2>With pre-wedding festivities already costing a reported US$100 million, the upcoming wedding of Anant Ambani is poised to break records. Whether it surpasses past extravagance remains to be seen, but one thing's for sure: it will be a spectacle to remember.<br /><br /><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/anant-ambani-radhika-merchant-wedding-key-details-on-performances-menu-guest-list-and-yes-the-traffic-advisory/articleshow/111655198.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Key details on the Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant wedding</a></strong><br />

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