July 12 marks the highly-anticipated wedding day of Anant Ambani, son of Indian billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani, and Radhika Merchant—and various celebrities will be in attendance. The festivities for the loved-up couple are currently underway at their Mumbai residence. After a month of luxury celebrations, the ceremony is set to take place at the Jio World Convention Centre in the Bandra Kurla Complex.
Approximately 1,200 guests are expected to attend the wedding ceremony, including prominent members of Silicon Valley business circles, Bollywood celebrities, and even former world leaders, such as and Tony Blair. Here is a list of celebrities who will be attending, including those who performed at various pre-wedding celebrations. A video of arriving in India before the wedding has gone viral after it was , formerly , by Asian News International.
In the clip, Kardashian can be seen being swarmed by paparazzi as she leaves Mumbai airport. Not only is she being filmed as she leaves the airport, but people can be seen swarming her car and filming her while she's sitting inside. The reality star also uploaded a video to her story of what it was like being in the car while she was being hounded.
Photographers can be seen sitting on the hood of the car while they film and snap her. A different video uploaded to her story shows Kardashian being gifted flowers upon her arrival in India; another shows her, sister Khloe Kardashian and hairstylist Chris Appleton being photographed by paparazzi. | US TV personality Kim Kardashian arrives in Mumbai for the wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant.
Khloé Kardashian will be in attendance alongside her sister, with the pair already being photographed upon their arrival in Mumbai. She also featured alongside Kim Kardashian in the viral video uploaded to X. Khloe Kardashian has shared videos of their arrival in Mumbai to her Instagram story, with the sisters being presented with flowers and wearing a traditional red bindi.
She also uploaded a video of the two of them riding in a rickshaw. There is speculation that Adele, Drake and Lana Del Rey will be performing at the wedding. However, the family and those close to them have remained tight-lipped.
Prominent Indian musicians like Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal are also expected to perform. According to , renowned former soccer player David Beckham and his wife Victoria Beckham have been invited to the event. Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita have a connection to David Beckham, as they hosted the sports icon at their residence, Antilia in Mumbai, during his visit to India in 2023.
He was visiting the country for a three-day tour as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. According to , former boxer Mike Tyson, actor and former wrestler John Cena and social media entrepreneur Jay Shetty will all be present at the special day. Entrepreneur Peter Diamandis and artist Jeff Koons are also expected to be in attendance.
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas have already flown into Mumbai for the event. The first pre-wedding event, which reportedly cost $150 million, was held in March in Mukesh Ambani's hometown of Jamnagar. Among the 1,200 guests attending the celebration were Bill Gates, , , and a who's who of Bollywood.
There was also a performance by Rihanna, who reportedly was paid approximately $6.3 million. Justin Bieber performed at a traditional pre-wedding party for guests known as a , which is a welcome party for close friends and family.
According to various reports, the Canadian singer was paid $10 million for his performance. At the event, the singer performed his 2015 hit song "Love Yourself" as well as his 2017 collaboration with DJ Khaled "I'm The One." Hundreds of guests attended a second pre-wedding celebration, which was a four-day luxury cruise that began on May 29 and saw Katy Perry, the Backstreet Boys and DJ David Guetta perform.
According to reports made by Indian media, the luxury cruise liner sailed from Palermo, Italy, to the south of France and back, and involved a variety of lavish events. Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground. Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground.
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