27 May,2024 09:32 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Bollywood celebrities at Kalina airport (Pics/Yogen Shah)
It's time for yet another lavish pre-wedding festivity for Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant. The couple belonging to the richest families in India had heads turning in March this year with their extravagant three-day pre-wedding festivities that had Bollywood celebrities, global businessmen and many other dignitaries in attendance. While one may think that the next ceremony for the couple will be their wedding, that's not the case. In the wee hours on Monday, several Bollywood celebrities were spotted at Kalina airport in Mumbai as they made their way to Italy.
Yes, that's right! After a lavish pre-wedding festivity in Gujarat's Jamnagar, the couple will be hosting round 2 of pre-wedding on a cruise. They will be travelling along with their guests from Italy to France.
On Monday morning, a sea of Bollywood celebrities were seen at the Kalina airport as they made their way to Italy. Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor were seen arriving with their toddler, Raha Kapoor. Ranveer Singh, MS Dhoni, Salman Khan, Anil Ambani, Orry, Nirvaan Khan and many more celebs were seen arriving at the airport.
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The scheduled of their three-day cruise has also made its way to social media. The cruise will commence from an Italian coast on Wednesday, May 29 with a welcome lunch for the guests. On Thursday, the guests will turn tourists in the city of Rome as the cruise halts briefly. On day 3, the cruise will take the guests to Cannes. The cruise will come to an end on June 1 in Portofino, Italy.
Nita Ambani on the grand wedding of her youngest son:
Before the first pre-wedding festivity earlier this year, founder and chairperson of Reliance Foundation Nita Ambani spoke on function of her son Anant Ambani with Radhika Merchant. She shared the relevance of art and culture and how she is "passionate" about them, saying, "Throughout my life, I have been inspired by arts and culture. It has deeply moved me and I am very passionate about it."
While talking about her son's wedding, she mentioned, "When it came to my youngest son Anant's wedding with Radhika, I had two important wishes - first, I wanted to celebrate our roots. Jamnagar holds a special place in our hearts and has profound significance. Gujarat is where we come from, it's where Mukesh and his father built the refinery, and I started my career by converting this arid and desert-like area into a lush green township and a vibrant community."
"Second, I wanted the celebration to be a tribute to our arts and culture and a reflection of our heritage and culture created by the hands, hearts and hard work of our talented creative minds. Sanskriti aur parampara ye neev hai Bhartiye sabhyata ki aur is prachin aur pavitra Bharat bhumi ko main dil se naman karti hu."
