The who’s who of the world is likely to descend at Antilia, the residence of India’s richest person, Mukesh Ambani, on Wednesday, for the ‘home wedding’ of Ambani’s daughter Isha and Piramal Group scion Anand Piramal.

Compared with the pre-wedding extravaganza, the ceremony is expected to be a quiet affair, graced only by family members and close friends numbering 700-800.

Star-studded affair

Apart from the family — Ambani matriarch Kokilaben, Mukesh’s younger brother Anil and family, his sisters and family — a number of politicians, industrialists and film stars will attend the wedding.

The wedding is scheduled in the evening, with the baraat slated to start from Kemps Corner. Following the wedding, there will be celebrations and dinner, sources in the know told BusinessLine .

A number of top industrialists, including Ratan Tata and Kumar Mangalam Birla; actors Amitabh Bachchan and family, Shah Rukh Khan and wife Gauri Khan, and Salman Khan; political leaders like Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray; and sportsstars like Sachin Tendulkar are expected to attend.

The wedding of Mukesh and Nita Ambani’s daughter Isha and Ajay and Swati Piramal’s son Anand follows a weekend of pre-wedding festivities in Udaipur.

Weekend celebrations

The couple had an elaborate engagement at Lake Como in Italy in September.

The pre-wedding celebrations kicked off with a concert by singer Beyoncé, followed by Maha Aarti and Sangeet . The high-profile guest-list included Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao, as also the newly-wed Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas.

Sachin Tendulkar, former US First Lady Hillary Clinton, steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal and Vedanta Group Chairman Anil Agarwal, Devendra Fadnavis and Uddhav Thackeray also attended the ceremonies.

Two wedding receptions have been scheduled. On Friday for the two families’ guests, and other on Saturday for the employees of Reliance Industries’ and Piramal Group, at Reliance Jio Garden in Bandra-Kurla Complex.

Post the wedding, Isha and Anand will move into Gulita, a sea-facing buglow in Worli bought by Piramal Realty for ₹452.5 crore in 2012.

What remains a secret about this big-fat wedding is the total expense.

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