[Watch] Desi & Global Celebrities Attend ‘Shaadi Of The Year’; COVID-Struck Akshay Misses Ambani Wedding

Mumbai: After months of pre-wedding festivities in Jamnagar and Europe, the big day arrived for Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant on Friday, as the long-time sweethearts became man and wife.

Intermittent rains in Mumbai were no dampner as the biggest names in Bollywood, Indian sports, global celebrities from different fields like politics, tech, reality shows descended at the Jio World Centre in Bandra-Kurla Complex here to witness the ‘shaadi of the year’.

Akshay Kumar, one of Bollywood’s superstars, skipped the wedding after contracting COVID-19 while travelling for the promotions of his latest release ‘Sarfira’.

Anant Ambani, the groom is the younger son of Reliance Industries chairperson Mukesh and Nita Ambani, while Radhika is the daughter of businessman Viren and Shaila Merchant.

The ‘baaratis’ left the gorgeously decorated and lit up Antilia just before 5 pm to the dancing and singing of guests and family members.

Papparazzis had to work overtime as dozens of celebrity guests started reaching the venue from just before 5 pm.

Here are glimpses of some of the VIP guests, courtesy videos posted on X by ANI:

Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas

Shah Rukh & Gauri Khan

Baaratis arrive

John Cena

Sidharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani

Vicky Kaushal, Katrina Kaif

Deepika Padukone

Amitabh Bachchan & family

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan & Aaradhya

Madhuri Dixit & family

Varun Dhawan, Kriti Sannon

Anant prepares for wedding

Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan

KL Rahul, Athiya, Suneil Shetty

Suryakumar Yadav & wife Devisha

Yuzvendra Chahal & wife Dhanashree

Salman Khan & sister Arpita

Rekha

Mahesh Babu, Namrata Shirodkar

Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt

Sara Ali Khan, Ibrahim Ali Khan

Shanaya Kapoor

Rajkummar Rao & Patralekha

Ananya Pandey

Ajay Devgan and son

Hardik & Ananya dance

Smriti Irani & husband

Boris Johnson