Indians weddings are one of the most grand and expensive ones in the world. We love to show off our wealth on our wedding ceremonies. Here is the top 5 most expensive Indian weddings!
JANARTHAN REDDY WEDDING: 550 Crore
The Janarthan Reddy’s daughter’s wedding invitation arrived in a blue box with an LCD screen inside, playing a nearly three-minute video of Reddy, his family and prospective groom inviting everyone to the wedding. Art director Shashidhar Adapa from Kannada films, had made replicas of the Vijayanagar kingdom over many acres, and Reddy has roped in an impressive lineup of top Bollywood, Tollywood and Kannada artistes, along with scores of musicians and dancers, to perform at the venue.
RAVI PILLAI DAUGHTER’S WEDDING: 55 Crore
NRI businessman Ravi Pillai spent Rs 55 crore on his daughter Dr Arathi Ravi Pillai’s wedding to Adithya Vishnu, a Kochi-based doctor at the Asramam grounds in Kollam. Over 30,000 guests, performances by celebrities and a wedding pandal created by the production designer of Bollywood’s record breaker movie ‘Bahubali’ were some of the highlights of the wedding.
THE SAHARA TWIN WEDDING: 552 Crore
The weddings of Subrata Roy’s sons, Sushanto with Richa and Seemanto with Chandini took place at the Sahara Auditorium in Lucknow in 2004. The wedding dresses were from famous designers like Rohit Bal and Sabyasachi Mukherjee. The venue was luxuriously decorated with wax lights and prism glasses. There were 110 types of dishes from across the world. Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Kapil Dev, Anil Ambani, along with several other famous celebrities were present at the event.
THE LAKSHMI MITTAL WEDDING: 350 Crore
Lakshmi Mittal’s daughter, Vanisha got married to Amit Bhatia in 2004 in Versailles. The wedding was held at the Palace of Versailles and it is the only private function ever to have been held there. Shah Rukh Khan, Kylie Minogue, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Juhi Chawla, Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukherjee performed at the wedding and the dance sequences were choreographed by Farah Khan.
GVK GROUP’s WEDDING: 100 Crore
The wedding of G V Krishna Reddy’s grand daughter Mallika’s with Indu group Sidharth in Hyderabad was one of its kind. Then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also attended the wedding. Real jasmines were used to make chandeliers for the wedding of GVK Group’s GV Krishna Reddy’s granddaughter Mallika Reddy . Amitabh Bachchan attended the wedding and it is said that it had the most exquisite designer wear under one roof.
