Goan activist Shreha Dhargalkar suggests Mukesh Ambani should pay off pending famers’ loans instead of spending Rs 250-300 crore on son’s pre-wedding bash

PANAJI: Reacting to a news report that pop queen Rihanna could be charging Rs 35 crore (to Rs 60 core) to perform at the Ambani pre-wedding event in Jamnagar from 1st March to 3rd March, Goan social activist Shreha Dhargalkar suggested that  Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani could have possibly paid up most of the loans of Indian farmers, instead of spending about Rs 300 crore (or more) on his son’s wedding. (Cost of Anant Ambani’s wedding)

Meanwhile, pop queen Rihanna arrived on Thursday in Jamnagar, Gujarat to attend the pre-wedding festivities of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant. She is also expected to perform at the event tomorrow (Read Here). Her truckloads of luggage sparked off a meme war on social media, while Shreha suggested Ambani would be ‘more blessed’ if he paid off the loans instead of feeding 51,000 people in the villages around Jamnagar.

In fact, Shreha has decided to send out a personalized video message to the Ambani family along with greetings to the youngest son who will tie the knot in July. (This is just a pre-wedding party, guys, the real wedding reception will be after six months)

According to a GQ report, the three-day gala function from 1st to 3rd March at the lavish Ambani Estates in Gujarat’s Jamnagar, is actually a pre-wedding bash of Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani’s youngest son Anant, with the official wedding (reception, etc.,) taking place in July. The youngest Ambani is marrying Radhika Merchant, daughter of pharma baron Vivian Merchant.

GQ claims the guest list features billionaire tech founders Bill Gates (Microsoft) and Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), Disney CEO Bob Iger, Ivanka Trump, Qatar Premier’s Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, the King and Queen of Bhutan and hundreds more.

More than 100 Indian and international singers and performers – the who’s who of the international stage will perform during the three-day function in Jamnagar. While Rihanna is expected to charge Rs 35-40 crore, according to industry estimates, Rihanna charges anywhere between $1.5 million (Rs 12 crore) to $8 million (Rs 66 crore) for a private event like the Ambani pre-wedding bash claims GQ. This does not include air transportation for her entourage, hotel and food, security and ground transportation.

According to GQ, Queen Bey flew down to Udaipur in 2018, to set the stage on fire at Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal’s sangeet ceremony. For her super-high-voltage performance, the star donned two signature outfits by Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla and Falguni and Shane Peacock. According to a report in Forbes and the Hindustan Times, Beyoncé reportedly charged around $4 million (Rs 33 Crore) for the same function.

Watch Shreha Dhargalkar’s message for Mukesh Ambani here