The Clintons head to India’s Udaipur for Ambani wedding

Udaipur: US former First Lady Hillary Clinton and a slew of Bollywood celebrities including newly-wed Priyanka Chopra and her husband, American singer Nick Jonas, arrived here on Saturday for the pre-wedding celebrations of Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal.

The Maharana Pratap Airport buzzed with activity as the guests such as cricket star Sachin Tendulkar with wife Anjali, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis with wife, Aamir Khan with wife Kiran Rao, Abhishek Bachchan with mother Jaya, wife Aishwarya and daughter Aaradhya, Karan Johar, Salman Khan, Parineeti Chopra, Anil Kapoor and wife Sunita, Boney Kapoor with daughters Janhvi and Khushi, Siddharth Roy Kapur with wife Vidya Balan, John Abraham with wife Priya Runchal, Ronnie Screwvala with wife Zarine, Karisma Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Karan Tacker and designer Tamara Ralph from Ralph and Russo, arrived.

Isha and Anand, scions of the Ambani and Piramal business families respectively, will wed as per Indian traditions, customs and culture at the Mumbai residence of the Ambani family on December 12. But before that a slew of events will be held in the city of lakes amid high security.

International singer Beyonce Knowles will reportedly add her star power to a gala evening as part of the celebrations.

On Friday, the families started the pre-wedding functions with a special four-day 'Anna Seva' to feed 5,100 people, a majority with special abilities, here.

These people shall be served food three times daily until December 10 as part of the other wedding related ceremonies. A specially curated exhibition called 'Swadesh Bazaar' has also been set up to showcase 108 traditional Indian crafts and arts from all parts of India.