Akash Ambani and his fiancée Shloka Mehta are all set to tie the knot today in Mumbai. The couple got engaged last year, which had who’s who of Bollywood including Shah Rukh Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Karan Johar, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in attendance. The big fat Indian wedding is being said to be the biggest wedding we’ve seen so far. For the Sangeet and Mehendi ceremony, that took place last night, popular American pop rock band Maroon 5 was invited to play the couple’s favourite songs. Before this, Coldplay’s lead vocalist Chris Martin played the pre-wedding bash which had Shah Rukh Khan and wife Gauri Khan shaking legs to his tunes.
According to the reports, Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta’s wedding is going to see some of the most important personalities in attendance. Apart from Isha Ambani and her husband Anand Piramal, there will be other celebrities who will bless the couple.
The VIP guest list includes UN Secretary General Ban-Ki-Moon and his wife, former British PM Tony Blair and his wife, Google CEO Sundar Pichari and his wife, and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar with family.
There will be corporate leaders including Samsung vice chairman JY Lee, International Olympic Committee executive board member Christophe De Kepper, Saudi oil minister Khalid Al Falih, Belgian politician and Member of European Parliament Veronique De Kepper, Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings, head of Saudi Public Investment Fund Yasir Al-Rumaiyan and his wife, Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran and his wife Lalitha, Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey, former US Congressman Eric Cantor and his wife, Morgan Stanley banker Michael Grimes and his wife, Dow Chemical chairman Andrew Liveris and his wife Paula, Chairman of Global Corporate & Investment Banking, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Purna Saggurti and senior MD of Saudi Aramco Ahmed Al-Subaey.
Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta’s wedding will also have many politicians including Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, railway minister Piyush Goyal, commerce minister Suresh Prabhu and former commerce minister Anand Sharma in attendance.
The big fat Indian wedding will take place at Jio World Centre in Bandra, Mumbai on March 9. The Ambani residence Antilia has already been decked up to welcome the couple. Check out the pictures.
Decorations at Antilia
Decorations at Antilia
