Priyanka Chopra's mother Madhu Chopra misses her daughter at Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's pre-wedding celebrations

The three-day pre-wedding festivities of Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani's youngest son Anant Ambani and industrialist Viren Merchant's daughter Radhika Merchant began on March 1. The extravagant ceremony saw prominent Bollywood celebrities like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Ranbir Kapoor among several others in attendance. However, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas were missing from the bash. Her mother Madhu Chopra, who became a part of the festivities, has opened up about her daughter's absence from the Ambani-Merchant wedding celebrations.

When Madhu was asked if she is missing Priyanka in Jamnagar, she agreed that she is indeed missing her at the celebrations. However, she said that Priyanka will make up for her absence at the bash. She also told the media that she had been wanting to come to Jamnagar and spoken to Anant many years ago. She added that Anant and Radhika's wedding has been a perfect reason to visit.




On Day 1, Bollywood celebrities like Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan along with his wife Kareena Kapoor Khan and their sons Taimur and Jehangir including Saif's two kids Sara Ali Khan and Ibrahim Ali Khan from his first wife Amrita Singh, Janhvi Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and many more were seen enjoying the festivities.



The guests were also treated to Rihanna's first ever performance in India. The pop star set the stage on fire at the day one of the lavish pre-wedding event. The 38-year-old singer-songwriter thanked the Ambanis for making her a part of the family affair. "Thanks to the Ambani family I'm here tonight in honour of Anant and Radhika. Thank you for having me here. God bless your union. I wish you the best. Congratulations," she said.

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg with philanthropist-wife Priscilla Chan, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, former US president Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka, corporate leaders Gautam Adani, Nandan Nilekani, and Adar Poonawala, cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev are also part of the pre-wedding festivities.

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