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Devotional Songs at Anant-Radhika's Wedding

Besides Shreya Ghoshal and Sonu Nigam, Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan and Kaushiki Chakrabort­y will also entertain the guests with their soulful performanc­es.

- Sachin T

After internatio­nal pop sensation Justin Bieber, several Indian singers, including Shreya Ghoshal and Sonu Nigam, are expected to perform at Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's wedding festivitie­s. The couple is all set to tie the knot in Mumbai this week. The main ceremonies will commence on July 12, with the auspicious Shubh Vivah or wedding function. The celebratio­ns will continue on July 13, with Shubh Aashirwad and the final event, Mangal Utsav, or the wedding reception, is scheduled for July 14.

According to a report in a newspaper, Sonu Nigam, Shankar Mahadevan, Hariharan, Shreya Ghoshal and Kaushiki Chakrabort­y will entertain the guests with their live performanc­es.

Reportedly, they will sing some devotional songs and shlokas, including Shri Krishna Govind Hare Murari by Sonu. The shlokas are in Sanskrit and the singers are currently busy with the rehearsals. Also, all the songs are composed by music director duo Ajay and Atul.

Earlier, it was also reported that internatio­nal singers like Adele, Drake and Lana Del Rey will also entertain the guests .

On Friday (July 5), Justin set the stage on fire with his electrifyi­ng performanc­e at the sangeet ceremony of Anant and Radhika. Hours after performing at the event, Bieber was spotted at Mumbai's Kalina airport as he headed back to the US. Reportedly, the singer charged Rs 83 crore for his performanc­e at the event.

The sangeet ceremony was a starstudde­d affair. Bollywood celebritie­s like Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Vicky Kaushal, Salman Khan, Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor, Sidharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani, Janhvi Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Vidya Balan, Shehnaaz Gill, and others graced the event.

In March 2024, the Ambanis and the Merchants hosted a series of pre-wedding festivitie­s in Jamnagar, which was attended

by politician­s,

Bollywood celebritie­s, businessme­n and other eminent personalit­ies. The highlight of the event was an electrifyi­ng performanc­e by pop sensation Rihanna.

In June 2024, the couple hosted a fun-filled three-day cruise party for their family members and friends.

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