One of the biggest and richest weddings of India- Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal kick started on 7th December in the city of lakes- Udaipur. They employed several chartered planes to transport the celebrities to the city, who had luxury sedans waiting for them upon their arrival, quite a royal welcome eh?
After the maha Aarti on the banks of Lake Pichola, the Ambanis-Piramals kicked off the wedding with Sangeet function at the Oberoi Udaivilas hotel. While the bride was spotted twinning with her father Mukesh Ambani in pink, the groom opted for a beige sherwani.
The Ambanis have a close relationship with many Bollywood celebrities, thus the night dazzled with many stars which included, Amir Khan and Kiran Rao, Jacqueline Fernandez, Disha Patani, Abhishek, Aishwarya and Aaradhya Bachchan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Janhvi and Boney Kapoor, Javed Akhtar, Shah Rukh Khan And Gauri Khan, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh, Jaya Bachchan, Rekha, Ranbir Kapoor, Anil and Sunita Kapoor, David and Karuna Dhawan, John Abraham and Priya Runchal, Katrina Kaif, Karishma Kapoor, Priyanka and Nick Jonas, Karan Johar, Parineeti Chopra, Rhea Kapoor, Raveena Tandon, Salman Khan, Sachin and Anjali Tendulkar, Vidya Balan and Sidharth Kapur, Varun Dhawan, Sakshi and Ziva Dhoni and many more.
Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Former head of advertising giant WPP, Martin Sorrell, BP Group CEO Bob Dudley, Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington, 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Khalid Al-falih And not just the Indian celebs the guest list included the former US secretary of State Hillary Clinton too graced the occasion for her friends.
Not just the family members but some of the Bollywood biggies too took the stage for some eccentric and sizzling performances. The mother of the bride, Nita Ambani, dedicated a dance performance to the couple while Shah Rukh and Gauri Khan, Deepika Padukone, Karan Johar, Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan performed for the star-studded sangeet night. The actors grooved to their hit numbers while Hillary too shook a leg with the likes of Shah Rukh and Amir Khan.
But the biggest and power packed performance came to the limelight when queen B sang the night away, yes you hear us right Beyonce, in a red and gold slit gown, dedicated several romantic tracks to the couple. The bride and groom’s family closed the night with a special performance on Kal Ho Na Ho’s track ‘Gujju’, being the true Gujaratis that they are.
The 27-year-old Reliance heiress and 33-year-old Piramal scion will tie the knot at Antilia the Ambani residence this Wednesday. We can’t wait to witness another big-fat Indian wedding!