Located in the Bandra Kurla Complex, the city’s central business district, the Jio World Convention Center spans 1,108,812 square feet and features five modular halls, 25 meeting rooms, and a ballroom, offering spaces for hosting events big and small. Indian news outlet Hindustan Times reports that the Mumbai Traffic Police announced specific road closures near the venue from 1 PM until midnight from July 12 to 15, in order to ensure smooth traffic flow for the wedding. The restrictions have sparked outrage online, amongst those who are frustrated by public infrastructural interference for a private event.
Who is planning Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s wedding?
Since the beginning of Anant and Radhika’s wedding season in March this year, Bollywood fashion designer-turned-wedding-planner Manish Malhotra has been closely involved in bringing mother of the groom Nita Ambani’s lavish visions to life.
For the wedding, expect Malhotra to team up with other creatives including Bollywood set designer Omung Kumar, who recently transformed the Jio World Centre into a mirror-clad palace for Anant and Radhika’s sangeet ceremony that saw the entire Ambani family on stage, dancing to a Bollywood number.
Who is performing at Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s wedding?
The couple’s pre-wedding celebrations have already featured private concerts by Rihanna and Katy Perry. The recent sangeet ceremony on July 5 was capped by a show by Justin Bieber who was reportedly paid $10 million.
For the wedding performance itself, rumors are swirling around Adele or Drake or Lana del Rey—or given that this is the last big Ambani wedding for while, maybe all three?
Celebrities at Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s wedding
Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, a close friend of the Ambani family, is expected to attend, as is actress Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan—both were missing from the sangeet. Janhvi Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, and the young Bollywood brigade were spotted as well. Veteran actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Aamir Khan are also expected to attend, as are international industrialists, politicians and Hollywood celebs, from Bill Gates and Hillary Clinton, to Ivanka Trump, Karlie Kloss, and Mark Zuckerberg.
So, how much did Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s wedding cost?
After adding up the pre-wedding celebration costs (Rihanna reportedly went home with $5 million for her performance in Gujarat), invitations that cost upwards of $7,000 each and operational logistics—security, private jets, luxury liners—put together, Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s wedding is estimated to cost approximately $320 million in US currency, according to calculations done by the Daily Mail.