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Shah Rukh, Ranbir and other stars dance at Ambani wedding

Mukesh Ambani’s son Akash Ambani wed Shloka Mehta in a lavish Mumbai celebration

Musical fountain, dance show key highlight of Akash, Shloka wedding festivities
Image Credit: IANS

Bollywood celebrities Shah Rukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor and Karan Johar danced to singer Mika Singh’s tunes as industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s son Akash Ambani made his way to wed Shloka Mehta in Mumbai on Saturday.

The stars, including Priyanka Chopra and director Ayan Mukerji, joined the lively and colourful ‘baraat’ (groom’s wedding procession), which also saw the groom’s parents Mukesh and Nita and sister Isha groove.

While Isha sported a pastel pink lehenga, Nita was dressed in a heavily-embroidered lehenga.

The groom looked dapper in a soft pink, intricately embroidered and sequinned sherwani.

The wedding venue — the Jio World Centre, Bandra-Kurla Complex — was decked up with elaborate floral arrangements set according to a garden theme complete with a faux waterfall, floral figurines, a fountain and a grand stage with a huge Krishna idol done up in flowers.

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Live music added to the festivities at the wedding gala, which was attended by who’s who of cinema, politics, business and sports.

Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie Blair were in attendance.

From the business sector, Anil Ambani, Ratan Tata, Lakshmi Niwas Mittal and Usha Mittal, Anand Mahindra and Gautam Singhania were part of the festivities.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Microsoft head honcho Satya Nadella also attended the celebrations, as did politicians Praful Patel and HD Deve Gowda.

As for the film world, Rajinikanth, Gauri Khan, Aamir Khan and wife Kiran Rao, Farah Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and husband Abhishek Bachchan, Sidharth Malhotra, Shabana Azmi, Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor Khan were present.

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Among sportspersons, there were Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Zaheer Khan, Ajinkya Rahane, and Sri Lankan cricket legend Mahela Jayawardene.

After the wedding, a celebration night will be held on Sunday, followed by a reception on Monday.

The marriage was preceded by days of celebrations, which began with a ‘dandiya’ night last month, and moved into a three-day gala in St Moritz in Switzerland.

Musical fountain, dance show key highlight of Akash, Shloka wedding festivities

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra poses for photographs as she arrives to attend the wedding ceremony of Akash Ambani, son of Indian businessman Mukesh Ambani, in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. / AFP / SUJIT JAISWAL

Akash Ambani (C), son of Indian businessman Mukesh Ambani (R) and businesswoman Nita Ambani (3rd L), their daughter Isha Ambani (3rd R) and her husband Anand Piramal (2nd R), son of Indian billionaire industrialist Ajay Piramal (not pictured), pose during the wedding ceremony of Akash Ambani in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. / AFP / SUJIT JAISWAL

Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar (R) poses for photographs with his wife and pediatrician Anjali Tendulkar as they arrive to attend the wedding ceremony of Akash Ambani, son of Indian businessman Mukesh Ambani, in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. / AFP / SUJIT JAISWAL

Mumbai: A view of the venue of wedding festivities of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Mumbai: A view of the venue of wedding festivities of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan (L) poses for photographs along with his wife and actress and model Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (R), and their daughter (C), as they arrive to attend the wedding ceremony of Akash Ambani, son of Indian businessman Mukesh Ambani, in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. / AFP / SUJIT JAISWAL

Mumbai: Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra at the wedding festivities of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Mumbai: A view of the venue of wedding festivities of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Mumbai: Actor Aamir Khan with his wife, filmmaker Kiran Rao at the wedding festivities of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Mumbai: Reliance ADAG chairman Anil Ambani and Tina Ambani at the wedding festivities of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Neeta Ambani and Maharani of Jaipur Diya Kumari arrived for Akash's wedding in Mumbai, India, Saturday, March. 9, 2019.(AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Mumbai: Fashion Designer Manish Malhotra at the wedding festivities of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Mumbai: Industrialist Mukesh Ambani with wife Neeta Ambani and daughter Isha Ambani at the wedding ceremony of Akash Ambani with Shloka Mehta at Jio World Centre, in Mumbai, Saturday, March 9, 2019. (PTI Photo/Mitesh Bhuvad) (PTI3_9_2019_000105B)

Mumbai: Music director Anu Malik at the wedding festivities of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Mumbai: Industrialist Mukesh Ambani, Nita Ambani, Esha Ambani, Akash Ambani, during wedding festivities of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Mumbai: New Zealand cricketer Mitchell McClenaghan with his girlfriend Renee Brown at the wedding festivities of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Mumbai: Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra at the wedding festivities of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Mumbai: Industrialist Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita during the wedding festivities of their son Akash Ambani who is getting married to Shloka Mehta in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (C) and his wife Cherie Blair (L) are welcomed by Indian businessman Anil Ambani (R), brother of Mukesh Ambani, to attend the wedding ceremony of Akash Ambani, son of Indian Businessman Mukesh Ambani in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. / AFP / SUJIT JAISWAL

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan (L) poses for photographs along with his wife and film producer Gauri Khan as they arrive to attend the wedding ceremony of Akash Ambani, son of Indian businessman Mukesh Ambani, in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. / AFP / SUJIT JAISWAL

Mumbai: ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani, wife Tina Ambani, sons Jai Anshul Ambani and Jai Anmol Ambani pose for photos as they arrive for the wedding ceremony of Akash Ambani with Shloka Mehta, in Mumbai, Saturday, March 9, 2019. (PTI Photo/Mitesh Bhuvad) (PTI3_9_2019_000107B)

Former British prime minister Tony Blair (R) and his wife Cherie Blair (L) pose for photographs as they arrive to attend the wedding ceremony of Akash Ambani, son of Indian Businessman Mukesh Ambani, in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. / AFP / SUJIT JAISWAL

Teena Ambani and Anil Ambani arrived for Akash's wedding in Mumbai, India, Saturday, March. 9, 2019.(AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

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