NEW DELHI (Reuters) – World celebrities including film stars, corporate bosses, politicians and sports personalities descended on Mumbai on Saturday to attend the wedding celebrations of the son of India’s richest man and head of Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani.
Among the guests were Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, film stars Rajinikanth and Priyanka Chopra, and cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Hardik Pandya.
Indian stars Shah Rukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor were spotted dancing with their groom Akash Ambani and numerous Indians shared photos on social media, with #AkashAmbani and #AkashShlokaWedding being among the most trending hashtags in India.
The bride, Shloka Mehta, is the daughter of Russell Mehta, a wealthy diamond merchant and CEO of the family business Rosy Blue.
In Mumbai, the wedding celebrations of the two 28-year-olds began with a banquet, singing and dancing, as well as other pre-wedding rituals.
Photos on Twitter showed elaborate floral decorations and celebrities posing on a lawn before the wedding. Mukesh Ambani, his wife Nita and the groom wore various shades of pink.
Ambani, whose business empire spans oil and gas, telecommunications and retail, is the richest man in Asia and 13th in the world, according to Forbes magazine, with a net worth estimated at $50 billion.
(Reporting by Sudarshan Varadhan; Editing by Ros Russell)
