It's celebration time for India's richest business family - the Ambanis. Over the weekend, business tycoon Ajay Piramal's son Anand Piramal proposed to billionaire Mukesh Ambani's daughter Isha Ambani. Isha and Anand celebrated the event with their family members. A day after, Ambanis threw an engagement bash in Mumbai inviting high-profile guests including Bollywood celebs. Among the celebrities who were present at the party included Shah Rukh Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, Karan Johar, Aamir Khan, Ranbir Kapoor and Anil Ambani.
Anand proposed to Isha at a temple in Mahabaleshwar on Sunday. The couples' parents Nita, Mukesh, Swati and Ajay, Isha's grandparents, Kokilaben Ambani and Purnimaben Dalal, Isha's twin brother Akash, younger brother Anant, Anand's sister Nandini, Peter, Anya, Dev and others were present in the family celebration.
#Maharashtra: Earlier visuals of filmmaker Karan Johar, industrialist Anil Ambani with wife Tina Ambani, actor Ranbir Kapoor & director Ayan Mukerji at Isha Ambani's engagement party in Mumbai. Isha Ambani will tie the knot with Anand Piramal later this year. pic.twitter.com/Y3rEFQ8KXg
- ANI (@ANI) May 7, 2018
This is the second engagement party in Ambani family. Earlier in March, Mukesh Ambani's son Akash Ambani also got engaged to Shloka Mehta, daughter of diamond merchant Russell Mehta. The two families and close friends gathered at a plush five-star resort for a 'get-to-know-each-other' before the formal engagement. Following the party in Goa, the couple visited Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai to seek blessings.
Continuing their celebrations, Akash and Shloka threw a party for their friends and family. Many Bollywood stars including Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Karan Johar, Katrina Kaif, John Abraham and Kiran Rao attended the party.
Isha will marry Anand this year in December. Anand Piramal is a Harvard graduate and currently holds the position of executive director at Piramal Enterprises. Soon after completing his education at Harvard, Anand started two different ventures - Piramal Realty and Piramal eSwasthya - under the Piramal Enterprises. Anand also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from University of Pennsylvania. At Harvard Business School, he did Masters in Business Administration.
Isha is a board member In Reliance Jio and Reliance Retail. She is a graduate from Yale University where she studied Psychology and South Asian Studies. She will complete her Master in Business Administration later this year from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford.
The Amabanis and the Piramal family go a long way. The two families have known each other for 40-odd years. In fact, according to sources, Ajay Piramal and his wife Swati were partly instrumental in the marriage of Mukesh Ambani with Nita. They had apparently recommended Nita to Mukesh Ambani's parents Dhirubhai and Kokilaben.