The world can now finally take a chill pill now that the wedding of the century has concluded! The media, netizens, and every single social butterfly was waiting with bated breaths for the much talked about and highly anticipated Ambani Wedding, which was in all true sense a spectacle to behold, a wedding unlike anything social media had ever witnessed!
The youngest of the three children of Asia’s richest man got married on 12th July 2024 with the who’s who of pop culture in attendance. Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Mukesh & Nita Ambani got hitched to his longtime sweetheart Radhika Merchant this past Friday with all the pomp & show and glamour that is beyond your imagination!
From Bollywood biggies to international business magnates to globally renowned singers and performers, to eminent sports personalities and all the famous celebs you can think of were right there! The Ambanis had opened their doors to welcome the world in Mumbai at the Jio World Convention Centre, the venue for the most eventful wedding that will go far down in the books of history.
While netizens are still soaking in and trying to get over the Ambani wedding fever, we take a look at the big fat Ambani weddings through the years and how the bar was raised higher each time, with the family beating their own records and giving luxury and grandeur a whole new definition with each of the weddings!
ISHA AMBANI & ANAND PIRAMAL , 2018
Mukesh & Nita Ambani’s darling daughter Isha got married to businessman Anand Piramal on 12th December 2018, marking the first of the three larger than life weddings. This was among the grandest wedding spectacle the world had witnessed that got social media blazing. It was reported that the family spent approximately INR 830 crores (~ USD 99 million) for the wedding that took place at the very famous Ambani residence Antilia. The celebrations kick-started with an engagement ceremony in Lake Como, Italy followed by the pre-wedding functions in Udaipur, finally leading up to the main wedding in Mumbai. Needless to say the wedding was indeed a starry affair, with a performance by Beyoncé, making it the first ever Indian wedding where the global icon performed!
AKASH AMBANI & SHLOKA MEHTA, 2019
The elder of the two sons of Mukesh & Nita Ambani, Akash Ambani got married to the love of his life, Shloka Mehta in yet another lavish ceremony. The exotic pre-wedding events took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland with the biggest names in attendance you can think of. The Chainsmokers and Coldplay’s Chris Martin performed for the couple and their guests, and Maroon5 too made an appearance and gave a fantastic performance at the couple’s wedding ceremony in Mumbai.
ANANT AMBANI & RADHIKA MERCHANT, 2024
There is a reason the Anant Ambani & Radhika Merchant wedding is being tagged as the wedding of the century! The Ambanis have redefined the meaning of the word “opulence” and have set an example with this wedding. This wedding was a true celeb fest, it was a gala! The Ambanis have leveled up their wedding game and how! We don’t think any wedding can come close to the scale, grandeur, luxe factor and the money spent for a long, long time. From a 3 day pre-wedding event in their hometown Jamnagar, followed by another pre-wedding cruise along Italy and France, to finally leading up to the main event in Mumbai – we have no words! You’d probably go crazy even taking a wild guess at what the budget for the entire event would have been.
From getting global icons such as Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry to perform for their guests, to having the biggest names in Bollywood to attend the wedding such as Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Ranveer Singh – Deepika Padukone, the Bachchan family, Ranbir Kapoor – Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal – Katrina Kaif, Kiara Advani – Sidharth Malhotra, Priyanka Chopra – Nick Jonas, Karan Johar and many more, to Kim & Khloe Kardashian & John Cena, to even having the Prime Minister of the country in attendance – this wedding was par excellence! And not just that, reportedly Anant Ambani has also been said to have gifted 25 of his closest friends limited edition Audemars Piguet watches, costing approx INR 2 crore (~USD 240,000) each!
Tell us about a wedding this grand, this expensive, this luxurious, this lavish and this opulent…we’ll wait! Because neither the world had witnessed such a wedding craze before, nor will they do…at least for the next few years to come! But in this competitive world, you really don’t what would come next!
What are your thoughts on the much hyped (and finally concluded) Ambani wedding, do let us know in the comments below!
