Anant-Radhika’s pre-wedding ceremony begins: After the welcome lunch in Palermo, guests arrived on the cruise, many celebs including Ranbir-Alia arrived
Mukesh Ambani’s son Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s second pre-wedding ceremony has started from Wednesday. This four-day long ceremony started with a welcome lunch in Italy. The lunch was held in the Italian city of Palermo from 12 noon to 4 pm (3:30 pm to 7:30 pm Indian time). After lunch, all the guests have boarded the cruise and a starry night will be celebrated on the cruise from 6:30 pm (10 pm Indian time). In this party, all the guests will party under the open sky and stars on the roof of the cruise. They will also do stargazing. ‘Celebrity Ascent’ reached Palermo Port. The cruise on which this second pre-wedding ceremony is taking place is named ‘Celebrity Ascent’. This ship is built in France and registered in Malta. The flag of Malta is flying on the ship. It will depart from Palermo Port in Italy on 29 May and will reach Civitavecchia city in Rome tomorrow. From here it will go to Portofino and from there it will depart for Southern France. Some more celebs departed from Mumbai on Wednesday Meanwhile, on Wednesday, many celebs including Ananya Pandey, Sara Ali Khan, Karan Johar, Ibrahim Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Disha Patani, Manish Malhotra and Sachin Tendulkar have left from Mumbai to attend this pre-wedding. All of them left Mumbai for Palermo at 11:30 am in Ambani’s Jet A340. After reaching Palermo Airport, everyone reached the cruise from there via limousine. Guests are reaching Palermo in different ways. Many flights are running between Mumbai and European countries for this pre-wedding. Many flights carrying guests from Mumbai have reached Palermo, from where the cruise ‘Celebrity Ascent’ will start its journey on 29 May. Earlier, many guests reached Palermo airport via Atlas Air’s Boeing 747 flight. Apart from this, Airbus A340 carrying many guests from Mumbai left for Palermo at 11:30 am. Guests are being taken to the destination via two routes. Some flights have reached via Dubai and some flights have reached via Baku. Aircraft chartered for 10 days Ambani family has also chartered Airbus A340-31 for about 7 to 10 days through Air X Charter. This Airbus will fly from Mumbai to Palermo and then from there to the Italian city of Genoa. After the pre-wedding is over, all the guests will return to Mumbai by this plane. Ambani family has chartered the aircraft since May 25. Earlier on May 27, 8 jets reached Barcelona, Spain from Mumbai. Many guests have also boarded the cruise from here, which reached Palermo port this morning. Guests shared some photos Some celebs who came to attend this second pre-wedding ceremony have shared photos from Italy. Ambani family’s family friend Ahalya Mehta has shared photos of the city tour in Italy. Social media sensation Ori shared some photos from the cruise and beach. Apart from this, actor-comedian Javed Jaffrey’s daughter Alaavia Jaffrey has also shared a photo from the cruise. She is seen having a pool party with friends on the cruise. Now see some photos of the interiors of the cruise ‘Celebrity Ascent’… The ceremony will go on for 4 days, 300 VIP guests will attend Many family members, family friends and celebrities of Ambani and Merchant family from India and abroad have reached Italy to attend this ceremony which will go on for four days. If reports are to be believed, about 300 VIP guests will attend this second pre-wedding ceremony. This is the schedule for the remaining days On the second day, everyone will tour Rome city, along with dinner and toga party will be held on the cruise. On the third day, everyone will reach Cannes and there will be a party on the cruise here too. On the fourth i.e. the last day, they will tour Portofino in Italy. Special preparations have been made for the dinner party on June 1. Special preparations have been made for the dinner of the guests to be held in the Italian city of Portofino on June 1, the last day of this pre-wedding ceremony. Here all the guests will reach by ‘Celebrity Ascent’ cruise. The guests will be taken from the port to the dinner venue. After the event, all will leave for their respective destinations via flights. Only Ambani’s guests will be able to roam in the city. Portofino’s mayor Matteo Viacava told Bhaskar that on June 1, only the guests who came for the pre-wedding will be allowed to roam in the city after 5 pm. For this, special passes have been issued for all the guests. During this time, the local people will stay in their homes and the markets will remain closed. The population of Portofino city remains around 12 to 15 hundred during the tourist season. Why is Portofino special? This second pre-wedding of Anant-Radhika will conclude with this grand dinner party in Portofino. This city is special because it is considered the richest city of Italy. The average per capita income here is about 82 lakh rupees. This Portofino city with colorful painted buildings is famous among the rich people. The port here is also special. Many celebs had left on Monday also Many Bollywood celebs from India left for Italy on Monday to attend this event. The list includes names of actors like Salman Khan, Ranveer Singh, Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. Shakira can also perform. If a report is to be believed, global pop-singer Shakira will perform in this second pre-wedding ceremony. It is heard that she will charge 10 to 15 crore rupees to perform in this private event. Earlier, international pop star Rihanna performed in the first pre-wedding ceremony held in Jamnagar. ‘Celebrity Ascent’ is a cruise with a capacity of 3279 passengers. This cruise is a floating resort with 5-star facilities. It has been launched in Malta on 1 December 2023. The passenger capacity of this cruise is 3279, but there will be 800 guests in the pre-wedding ceremony. 300 of them will be VVIPs. There will be 600 hospitality staff to take care of these guests. European tour operator company Aloschi Brothers will handle its arrangements. Also read this news related to this news… Cruise changed for Anant-Radhika’s pre-wedding function: Cruise brought from Malta, not Miami due to parking problem; 800 guests will reach Italy in 12 planes Mukesh Ambani’s son Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant are to get married in July. Before this, the second pre-wedding ceremony will be held from 28 May to 30 May. Read the full news here…