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Anant Ambani with his fiancée Radhika Merchant in Mumbai. Photo: Reuters

Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani’s son to throw another grand pre-wedding party on luxury cruise ship

  • Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant will be joined by about 800 guests, including Bollywood stars, on a cruise from Italy to France
  • The couple hosted a weekend-long pre-wedding celebrations in March
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The Ambanis are continuing their glitzy pre-wedding celebrations with another set of festivities.

Anant Ambani, the son of India’s richest person, Mukesh Ambani, and his fiancée, Radhika Merchant, threw a weekend-long affair in March to commemorate their upcoming wedding.

They are now said to be embarking on a luxury cruise next week, which will set sail from Italy to the south of France with about 800 guests and 600 staff, according to the Deccan Chronicle.

Bollywood stars including Shah Rukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt are expected to join them on the cruise, per the report.

The couple held lavish star-studded parties in March as part of the festivities, where Rihanna performed. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Ivanka Trump also turned up for the events.

Zuckerberg and Chan wore Alexander McQueen ensembles that cost US$22,000 in total for the festivities.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan with Mukesh Ambani (right) at the March pre-wedding party in Gujarat, India. Photo: Reuters

The couple also hosted a communal dinner for thousands of local residents in Gujarat before the weekend parties, The Hindu reported. The wedding is said to be taking place in July although the venue remains unclear.

Mukesh Ambani is chair of the Fortune 500 company Reliance Industries and worth US$114 billion, per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He is in 12th place and US$5 billion ahead of the next Indian on the list, Gautam Adani.

Representatives for the Ambanis at Reliance Industries did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

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