Lalu Prasad, Son Tejashwi In Mumbai For Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant Wedding

Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad, along with his family, including wife Raabdi Devi and son and former deputy CM of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav, arrived in Mumbai on Monday to attend the wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant.

The wedding is set to take place at the Jio World Convention Centre today.

Among the early arrivals, American reality TV icons Kim and Khloe Kardashian were seen at a private airport in Mumbai late Thursday night. Samsung CEO Han Jong Hee also touched down in the city, to partake in the three-day celebrations.

Boris Johnson waved at the photographers before heading off in his car, dressed in a printed shirt and trousers. Han Jong Hee was similarly spotted.

Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant got engaged in a traditional ‘Roka’ ceremony at the Shrinathji Temple in Nathdwara town of Rajasthan’s Rajsamand in the presence of family members and friends in 2022.

Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding celebrations were held in Jamnagar city from March 1 to 3. The pre-wedding festivities saw the entire family — Reliance Industries Chairman and MD Mukesh Ambani, his wife and Reliance Foundation Chairperson Nita Ambani, Anant’s siblings Reliance Jio Infocomm chairman Akash Ambani with his wife Shloka Mehta and kids Veda and Prithvi, and Isha Ambani, who heads Reliance Retail, with her husband Anand Piramal and her kids, Aadiya Shakti and Krishna – in attendance.

Almost all A-listers from the film industry were seen at the Jamnagar event. Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek, Rajinikanth, the four Khans – Shah Rukh, Salman, Aamir and Saif – as well as Anil Kapoor, Jeetendra, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Rani Mukerji, Shahid Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit and Sanjay Dutt were in attendance. Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor, with baby Raha and Neetu Kapoor; Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, who recently announced their pregnancy; Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani; Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif; Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Kareena Kapoor Khan, with two kids in tow; Arjun Kapoor, Ram Charan, Riteish and Genelia Deshmukh, and Karishma Kapoor, too, headed to Jamnagar for the gala.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates; Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Anand Mahindra, chairperson of Mahindra and Mahindra; Serum Institute of India’s Adar Poonawala and his wife Natasha, Adani Group’s Gautam Adani; KP Singh, Chairman DLF; Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran and Lakshmi Mittal, Executive chairman of ArcelorMittal, were among the business honchos present. Isha Foundation’s Sadhguru; the King of Bhutan, His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck; and former US president David Trump’s daughter Ivanka were among those in attendance. The Ambanis got artiste Rihanna to make her debut in India, with a scintillating performance, after-party moves to ‘Zingaat’ and memorable exchanges with the paparazzi and Indian policewomen. American singer Akon, DJ Chetas, Arijit Singh, Shreya Ghoshal and Mohit Chauhan, too, made an entry on Day 3. Apart from the drone show, American magician and illusionist David Blaine kept the audience enthralled.