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AR Rahman during the performance at Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant wedding celebrations.
Saturday saw singers such as Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam, Hariharan, Kaushiki Chakraborty perform to musician Ajay-Atul’s beats
Veteran music composer AR Rahman performed his hit song, ‘Muqabla’, at the wedding reception for Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant in Mumbai on Sunday.
Hum Se Hai Muqabla was among the 1990s hit albums that catapulted Rahman’s career. Saturday saw singers such as Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam, Hariharan, Kaushiki Chakraborty perform to musician Ajay-Atul’s beats.
Anant, the younger son of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and philanthropist Nita Ambani, on July 12 got married to pharmaceutical heiress and childhood sweetheart Radhika Merchant at a star-studded event attended by celebrities from across the globe.
Saturday (July 13) was the Shubh Aashirwad ceremony for the couple. Political bigwigs namely Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former President Ram Nath Kovind, Andhra Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, Union Minister Chirag Paswan, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath, and Congress leader Sachin Pilot attended the event. Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, and deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, too, attended the ceremony.
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and her sister Khloe, Nigerian rapper Rema, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, and global business tycoons ranging from oil giant Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser to Samsung Electronics chairman Jay Lee were in attendance at the event that has been dubbed as the ‘wedding of the year’.
The three-day wedding extravaganza is the final stop in a string of lavish parties the family has hosted since March. The Ambanis have hosted three lavish pre-wedding parties.
