Rihanna fans called her “iconic” when she tweeted at Janhvi Kapoor after her appearance at the wedding of the son of India's richest man, for which she will be paid £5 million ($6.33 million in the US). , as Web announced.
The 36-year-old singer showed off her hot dance moves in the clip shared on Janhvi's Instagram page.
Rihanna was having the time of her life as she moved her hips back and forth before making a funny face as she remembered where she was.
Fans are obsessed with the “iconic” moment, with one writing in the comments section: “What a moment!!!”
Another wrote: “Baddie started twerking on this banger,” and a third added: “This looks so iconic.”
Rihanna fans called her “iconic” when she tweeted at Janhvi Kapoor after her appearance at the wedding of the son of India's richest man, for which she will be paid £5 million ($6.33 million in the US). , as Web announced
The Fenty mogul held a private concert at Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's wedding. Anant's father Mukesh Ambani has a net worth of $114 billion.
This came shortly after Rihanna fans said she did the “bare minimum” for the wedding performance.
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In one of the clips, she was seen singing her mega-hit 2011 collaboration with Calvin Harris titled “We Found Love” and you could barely see her dancing.
The video was posted with the caption, “She just doesn’t give a shit.”
One Twitter user said: “Rihanna actually said she was doing the bare minimum, collecting her check and leaving.”
Regardless, the A-lister had an impressive 19-song setlist of some of her biggest hits, including “B*** Better Have My Money,” “Work,” “All Of The Lights” and finally “Diamonds.”
During the show, she said, “Thanks to the Ambani family, I am here tonight in honor of Anant and Radhika.” Thank you for having me here. God bless your union. I wish you all the best. Congratulations!'
Earlier this week it was reported that she had attended the pre-wedding bash for the son of India's richest man in Jamnagar – and was paid £5million to appear at the celebrations, Web was told.
Global tech CEOs, Bollywood stars, pop icons and politicians are expected to descend on the three-day event this weekend, hosted by billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani.
The 36-year-old singer showed off her hot dance moves in the clip shared on Janhvi's Instagram page
Rihanna was having the time of her life as she moved her hips back and forth before making a funny face as she remembered where she was
Fans are obsessed with the “iconic” moment, with one writing in the comments section: “What a moment!!!”
According to Web's sources, the celebrations will cost a staggering £120 million. The catering contract alone, awarded to one of India's leading five-star hotel groups, is rumored to be worth around £20 million.
Sources Web spoke to who are close to the Ambanis also claimed that the figure will “increase significantly” and millions more will be spent in July when Ambani's son Anant's wedding to Radhika Merchant takes place in Mumbai.
Rihanna and her partner A$AP Rocky were filmed on a night out in India on Thursday.
For his daughter's wedding in 2018, Ambani reportedly paid Beyonce $6 million to hold a private concert for guests.
The 66-year-old chief executive of oil and telecommunications giant Reliance Industries is Asia's richest person with a fortune of more than $114 billion, according to Forbes' real-time billionaires list.
On Wednesday evening, Ambani and his wife Nita, along with their son Anant and his fiancée Radhika Merchant, opened a three-day festival for more than 51,000 villagers in the Reliance township of his hometown of Jamnagar in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
Anant, 28, who also serves as a director on the boards of several Reliance-owned companies, is expected to marry Merchant, 29, the daughter of an industrialist, later this year.
Ambani hosted India's most expensive wedding for his daughter in 2018, which reportedly cost $100 million and featured US pop megastar Beyoncé.
This time, Rihanna, illusionist David Blaine and Bollywood's Diljit Dosanjh will perform for the guests, who are expected to include Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg and several current and former political leaders, according to a list released by Reliance.
Disney CEO Robert Iger is among those invited after Reliance Industries and Walt Disney reached an agreement to merge their Indian media businesses on Wednesday.
The future bride and groom Anant Ambani (right) with Radhika Merchant at the inauguration of the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Center in March 2023
Rihanna's setlist for Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's wedding reception
1. Consideration
2. Bitch Better Have My Money
3. Wild thoughts
4. Pour it on
5. Pose
6th birthday cake
7. Man on the ground
8. Rude boy
9. Work
10. Needed me
11. Where have you been?
12. We found love
13. Umbrella
14. Stay
15. All lights
16. Run this city
17. Desperado
18. Yay
19. Diamonds
Other invited guests include Ivanka Trump, the daughter of the former US president, as well as former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the King of Bhutan.
Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan, cricket icons Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni and industry titan Gautam Adani are also invited to a who's who of India's super-rich elite.
A source said: “No expense was spared on this three-day bash.” It's a staggering sum, but when the Ambanis do something, they do it in a big way.
“The whole of Jamnagar is celebrating because they are all being fed, pampered and treated like celebrities.”
Another source said: “This is not the first time they have spent so much money on the wedding of one of their children.”
“This will be an unforgettable three days with some of the most famous people in India and the world. “It will be as lavish as it gets.”
The Ambanis are building a Hindu temple complex in Jamnagar to “keep India's rich cultural and spiritual identity at the heart of wedding celebrations,” the Reliance Foundation said on social media.
The main celebrations, running March 1-3, will have different themes, events and dress codes – including a “jungle fever” day with a visit to an animal rescue center run by Ambani, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported.
The couple will host 1,000 VIPs who will be accommodated in specially designed five-star facilities just outside the town of Jamnagar in Gujrat state in western India.
Hundreds of staff will be on site to look after them and renovate a number of penthouses and villas for the occasion.
More than 100 chefs will also be flown in to host them and will prepare 500 dishes over the three days, from traditional Indian cuisine to Mexican, Chinese and European cuisine.
Bride-to-be Anant Ambani, 29, is the daughter of billionaire Shri Viren Merchant, who is CEO of private healthcare company Encore Healthcare.
The invitation to the pre-wedding celebrations – which was widely shared on social media – read: “It is with hearts full of joy and excitement that we invite you to the pre-wedding celebrations of Anant and Radhika at our home in Jamnagar.”
“We look forward to having you with us to share our joy, love and laughter and create memories that we will treasure forever.”
This comes as Rihanna fans have said that she did the “bare minimum” to perform a wedding performance for the son of India's richest man
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Fans quickly reacted to the video of the performance on social media with varying opinions
It also appears that there is a strict dress code that must be adhered to for guests attending the wedding's lavish warm-up.
On Friday evening, the happy couple's loved ones enjoy an “Evening in Everland” themed cocktail party on the premises.
The next day, they were told to wear “comfortable shoes” to take a “walk on the wild side” and visit the groom's Reliance animal rescue center, which spreads over 650 acres and is home to more than 2,000 animals.
That evening, the couple will host their “Mela Rogue” and guests were told to dress in “stunning desi romance” style.
On day three, guests were encouraged to pack something “casual, chic” for the Tusker Trails, where they are expected to explore the area.
The closing event will be a Hashtakshar, which translates to “signature,” and guests are expected to wear traditional clothing such as sherwanis and saris.
For Annant's sister's wedding in 2018, the family reportedly paid Beyoncé $6 million to fly in and perform a private concert for guests.
A nine-page dress code was reportedly shared with guests ahead of the festivities, covering the variety of events taking place that weekend.
Local media reports that guests will travel to the city of Jamnagar on charter flights and ferries – and it has been said that there will be a baggage limit of three suitcases per couple.
Indian publication National News reports that all 1,000 guests will have access to laundry services, which include express steaming, throughout the weekend.
The information brochure also states that hairdressers, make-up artists and sari dressers will also be on site to help.
The guide states: “We want you to enjoy every moment to the fullest and create beautiful memories that will last a lifetime.”
According to The Times of India, chefs employed at the luxurious Jardin Hotel have prepared more than 2,500 dishes – including Japanese, Mexican and Thai cuisine.
An insider told the publication that guests will have a choice of 75 options for breakfast and another 225 and 275 for lunch and dinner, respectively.
There are also 85 catering options available for the traditional midnight meal, which runs from noon to 4 a.m.
Additionally, the insider claimed that no menu item would be repeated across the three days.
The happy couple are said to have been friends since childhood and both attended university in the USA.
The pre-wedding ceremony for Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's wedding included nine pages of dress code stipulations
The first indication of the wedding's lavishness was the lavishly embroidered and gilded Dolce & Gabbana box that guests received as invitations. Guests pictured above include Bollywood stars Karishma Kapoor, Varun Dhawan and Kiara Aliaadvani
In November 2018, Anant's Yale graduate Isha married real estate mogul Anand Piramal, a childhood friend and son of another uber-wealthy businessman, in a wedding estimated to have cost $100 million (£74.9 million), according to Bloomberg.
The first indication of the wedding's lavishness was the lavishly embroidered and gilded Dolce & Gabbana box that guests received as invitations.
Each exquisite rose-printed package contained a series of luxurious cards that folded out to reveal details of the events that would take place during the five-day event.
According to Indian tradition, the party began with the sangeet, where brides, grooms and their families usually come together to sing and dance together in stage performances celebrating their marriage.
But Mr Ambani, whose business interests include oil, telecommunications, chemicals, textiles, technology and food, did not hold back when it came to entertaining his little girl.
Beyoncé was flown in for a 45-minute private concert during which she performed several costume changes and sang hits “Perfect” and “Crazy In Love.”
Bollywood superstars including Aishwarya Rai partied the night away as laser lights crisscrossed the sky.
Other notable VIP wedding guests included former Huffington Post editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington, 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch, BP Group CEO Bob Dudley and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.
Mr. Piramal and Yale graduate Miss Ambani picked the most beautiful spots in Udaipur, the “City of Lakes,” for the weekend, taking over the five-star Oberoi Udaivilas Hotel and the 18th-century City Palace for two evening events.