Former President Ram Nath Kovind, Family Among Guests At Anant-Radhika’s ‘Shubh Aashirwad’ In Mumbai

Former President of India Ram Nath Kovind and his family attended the Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant Shubh Aashirwad function in Mumbai on Saturday, day two of the wedding festivities.

Reliance Industries Limited Chairman and MD Mukesh Ambani’s son Anant got married to pharmaceutical heiress and childhood sweetheart Radhika Merchant, 29, daughter of Viren and Shaila Merchant, at a star-studded event attended by celebrities, politicians, film stars and cricketers on Friday. The ceremony was held at Mumbai’s Jio World Drive — a convention centre built and owned by the Ambani family.

The Kardashians and Bachchans are among those already at the venue for the Day 2 celebrations.

Videos of moments from the wedding and guests walking the red carpet have gone viral on social media. In one such video, Mukesh Ambani is seen invoking the blessings of all elders of the Ambani and Merchant families. “Today, I pray that Anant and Radhika are blessed with a life together filled with happiness, good health, prosperity and success."

In attendance at the wedding were reality TV star Kim Kardashian and her sister Khloe, Nigerian rapper Rema, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, and global business tycoons ranging from oil giant Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser to Samsung Electronics chairman Jay Lee and drug major GSK plc chief executive Emma Walmsley, among others.

Bollywood actors — from Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan to Ajay Devgn, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Tiger Shroff and Varun Dhawan — were present, most with their families, while superstars Rajinikanth, Ram Charan and Mahesh Babu led the entourage from down south.

The wedding saw the entire gamut of Indian cricketers descend — from icons like Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni to yesteryear great Krish Srikkanth and latest sensations Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav.