A host of celebrities, politicians and business leaders from around the world are flocking to India’s monetary capital for the wedding of the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, a testament to the wealth and equipment of the country’s elite. Is.
Anant Ambani’s wedding with Radhika Trader, the daughter of a healthcare billionaire, is being celebrated this weekend at the Ambani-owned Jio Global Conference Center in the Bandra Kurla Complex, an upscale hotel built by the Republic of India’s corporate family. District, which boasts of dazzling. Buying grocery stores and an important art venue.
The birthday celebration is the culmination of months of wedding celebrations that have showcased the Indian republic’s growing clout on the world stage due to the wealth, power and influence of stalwarts such as Reliance Chairman Ambani. Industries, an oil refining, telecommunications and retail giant.
Michael Kugelman, director of the South Asia Institute, said, “Ambani is playing the game of the super-rich in India, trying to outwit and one-up the top eunuchs of other super-elites.” Wilson Middle. He said the extraordinary display was also “a sobering reminder of India’s growing economic inequalities”.
The festivities began in March with a three-day pre-wedding birthday party at Reliance’s Jamnagar Petrochemical Complex in Gujarat, where attendees including Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Ivanka Trump and Larry Fink were treated to a live performance by Rihanna.
Before this date, Justin Bieber had reached Mumbai to meet the couple musicOr the Music Festival, the place where visitors met Indian film and cricket stars.
Antilia, the upscale Mumbai home of the Ambani family, is buzzing with the process. Indian musicians performed outside the house, while the adjacent boulevard was decorated with golden lights. Videos shown in the media show the Ambani family acting out Bollywood numbers, with Mukesh pretending to drive an open-top vintage car, lip-syncing with his wife Neeta to a song from the 1968 Hindi film And they’re hugging their grandchildren.
Local media have speculated about the star-studded guest list, which suggests the lavish event will include former UK Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Sir Tony Blair, HSBC Chairman Sir Mark Tucker, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, boxer Mike Many celebrities may attend. Tyson and the Kardashians. Ambani family has not shown visitor records.
Abadi has also organized more than one charitable event this month, including personally serving food to villagers, much as the usual celebrations in Mumbai have disappointed citizens of the crowded megacity. Police have diverted traffic around the Jio Center from Friday to Monday to accommodate the huge influx of VIPs for an unnamed “public event”.
“It’s going to be madness for the next three or four days,” said one person interested in wedding planning.
“They have taken over the whole place. , , The venue is owned by them, the area is largely owned by them, so nothing can go on at that place,” said a businessman frustrated with the celebrations lasting months, who preferred to remain anonymous. “This is ridiculous.”
In May, a lawsuit was filed by locals in Italy over the noise of the pre-wedding Mediterranean “La Dolce Vita” cruise organized by the Ambani family and the closure of coastal areas in Portofino. The cruise included performances by Andrea Bocelli, Katy Perry and the Backstreet Boys.
Canadian DJ Deadmau5, known for performing in a giant rat helmet, was also forced to ban a Friday concert in Mumbai ahead of the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose wedding he was scheduled to attend. Hopefully and inaugurate infrastructure initiatives.
Modi’s presence, which has created a standoff in Mumbai for some time now, means that “the planned venue is no longer available for use as per the instructions issued by the concerned authorities”, organizers of the event said in a comment. Representatives for Deadmau5 did not respond to requests for comment.
The Prime Minister’s expected presence is also a reminder of the long-established political ties Reliance enjoys since it was founded by Mukesh’s father Dhirubhai Ambani. This population comes from around the home of Gujarat’s top minister, as does millionaire Gautam Adani.
Reliance did not respond to a request for comment.
The birthday celebration also comes as the group prepares for third-generation management succession, following a bitter feud between Mukesh Ambani and his younger brother Anil after their father died intestate.
Reliance’s three major industrial units were divided among Mukesh’s children and all three were eventually included on the group’s board.
Kugelman noted that the wedding “helps give Anant some extra publicity, to show he’s ready for primetime”.