Five other big fat Indian weddings, as Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal tie the knot in US$100 million celebration
- Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, Elizabeth Hurley and Arun Nayar, the US$60 million nuptials of Vanisha Mittal, daughter of steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal
- Some are simply high-profile, others extremely high spending, but either way, there’s nothing quite like a lavish Indian wedding
Isha Ambani, the daughter of India’s richest man, is marrying Anand Piramal, son of another Indian billionaire, on Wednesday, a ceremony that will unite two of India’s most influential families.
Their wedding celebrations are the talk of India, not just because of their huge price tag (US$100 million according to Bloomberg) but because of the impressive guest list, which includes former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, media giant Arianna Huffington, former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal. And let’s not forget a performance by singer Beyoncé at a pre-wedding celebration on Sunday night.
Lavish Indian weddings are nothing new among the country’s rich and famous. Here are five other crazy big ones that made headlines.
1. Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas
The Ambani-Piramal wedding comes hot on the heels of the star-studded union last week of Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra and US singer Nick Jonas, which cost more than US$800,000.