How Nita Ambani danced her way through an epic weight loss journey – and into Mukesh’s heart

May 11 , 2021

Nita Ambani has always danced and she credits this lifelong passion for leading her to God, to fitness and to her husband, Asia’s richest man, Mukesh. Photo: Pinterest

To help her youngest son Anant Ambani lose weight ahead of his 21st birthday, Nita joined him on his lifestyle overhaul and shed over 40kg herself

Nita danced at the weddings of daughter Isha to Anand Piramal, and of son Akash to Shloka Mehta, in front of Bollywood stars Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan

She may be a powerful businesswoman; have broken boundaries in the sports world with her Indian Premier League cricket team the Mumbai Indians; and run an A-list household with her husband Mukesh Ambani, one of the richest men in the world – but it is dance that remains Nita Ambani’s true love. Having let creativity and movement lead her through life since she was a child, now, as she runs multibillion-dollar projects, it is still her passion project – dance – that keeps her grounded and, of course, in shape too.

Here we track how dance led Nita to love, spiritual awareness, weight loss and purpose.

Dance united Mukesh and Nita

Billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani with wife Nita Ambani. Photo: @nitaambaniii/Instagram

In a now famous love story, Mukesh and Nita’s romance started through dance. In an interview on TV show Face to Face in 2003, the couple explained how Nita was doing a routine at a cultural dance show where Mukesh’s father, Dhirubhai became enthralled by her. He asked for her number, hoping to create a match between his son and Nita. Eventually she agreed to meet Mukesh, setting the scene for their long marriage.

She’s a trained dancer

Nita has often spoken about her love of dance. As a trained bharatanatyam (a traditional form of Indian classical dance) dancer, Nita said in the Face to Face interview that she had been dancing since she was a child. In an interview with Times of India, Nita said her day starts at 7am and she always kicks it off with dance practice.

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