Four months after the celebrations of the nuptials of Reliance group scion Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant kicked off in Jamnagar in March, the wedding will finally come to a close in Mumbai on Sunday evening.
From a pre-wedding event in Jamnagar to a Europe cruise and celebrity concerts by Rihannna, Justin Beiber and Katie Perry, the wedding has provided thickets of fodder for netizens to turn into memes, cartoons and parodies.
As political leaders from all quarters joined the Bollywood celebrities on the reception night on Friday at the Jio Convention Centre in the Bandra-Kurla Complex, employees of many companies located in the commerical hub were advised to work from home. The traffic restrictions would make it inconvenient to get to the office.
Even though Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in a campaign speech in May claimed that the Congress had received “tempos” full of cash from the Amabanis and also the Adani group, he also attended the celebrations.
This prompted Congress leader Jairam Ramesh to make a crack about Modi’s presence, as also the long-drawn-out nature of the Ambani wedding.
The self-proclaimed Divinity is now at THE wedding. The wedding has gone through so many phases that it makes you wonder whether the Election Commission planned it out.
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) July 13, 2024
The tempos have been forgotten.
Another post took a dig at Modi’s failure to visit Manipur, where a deadly ethnic conflict has been raging between the Kuki and Meitei communities since May last year.
Finally Modi ji In 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐏𝐮𝐫😐 pic.twitter.com/3TifTJYeXk
— Zubaan kesari (@Zubaankesari_) July 14, 2024
One user took a dig at Modi’s penchant for being photographed.
Modi Ji reached in Ambani wedding.
— Narundar (@NarundarM) July 13, 2024
Cameramen - pic.twitter.com/AdgaUZ86N2
The enormous, ecletic guest list was the subject of some commentary.
Celebrities at Ambani wedding: pic.twitter.com/KvQ6gPxOiV
— PuNsTeR™ (@Pun_Starr) July 12, 2024
Our CM (Mamata Didi ) And World Kim (Kim Kardashian) one Frame.... 💬 🤯 pic.twitter.com/hWKh1Q2rQ8
— Ꭺҡᴀຮʜ (@imxaks) July 14, 2024
— Cartoonist Alok (@caricatured) July 12, 2024
Ramdev, whose company sells a juice that mixes aloe vera with amla was also in attendence.
Me after one peg of Aloe Vera - Amla juice pic.twitter.com/hngacDBqCm
— Lok 🥦🥝🥑 (@wtfflok) July 13, 2024
The nexus of money and politics also came into focus.
Who’s really in charge? #AmbaniWedding pic.twitter.com/4i2eY4drah
— Sanitary Panels (@sanitarypanels) July 13, 2024
Ringmaster pic.twitter.com/YKlCWGMbrE
— Mali's (@Malicartoonist) July 14, 2024
What does it mean to have such a lavish wedding in a country in which 80 crore people depend on free government foodgrain?
capitalism. pic.twitter.com/6LfBszoLuB
— smoke weed and cry (@meaowism) July 13, 2024
RK Laxman seems to have predicted the reaction decades ago.
Still relevant! pic.twitter.com/f3otU0zHpR
— Deepa Buty (दीपा बुटी) (@deepabuty) July 14, 2024