Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta threw a huge bash after getting engaged in Goa for friends in Mumbai on 26 March. Mukesh and Nita Ambani hosted a party for the couple at their residence Antilla, and the event was attended by some top Bollywood celebrities and cricketers in Mumbai.
Shah Rukh Khan and wife, Gauri Khan were among those who attended the bash. Katrina Kaif, Karan Johar, Kiran Rao, Rajkumar Hirani and other stars were also spotted. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan came in with daughter, Aaradhya who smiled and waved at the paparazzi. John Abraham was also spotted at the ceremony.
Akash Ambani is Mukesh and Nita Ambani's elder son and twin of sister Isha, and older brother of Anant. Shloka is the youngest daughter of Russell Mehta, Managing Director, Rosy Blue India, one of the country's leading diamond companies. The couple got engaged in a private ceremony in Goa.
Akash and Shloka are alumni of the famed Dhirubhai Ambani International School (DAIS), in the Bandra Kurla Complex here. After schooling at DAIS, Akash studied at Brown University, a private Ivy League institution based in Rhode Island, and among the most prestigious in the US. On her part, post-schooling at DAIS in 2009, Shloka left for the US to study anthropology at Princeton University and later completed her Masters in Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science. While Akash is on the board of Reliance Jio, Shloka is a Director with Rosy Blue Foundation and is a co-founder of ConnectFor, an organisation that helps NGOs get volunteers for various causes.
The wedding is expected to be held in early December, reveal sources.
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