Mukesh Ambani's younger son, Anant Ambani and his ladylove, Radhika Merchant's love story. From childhood friendship to engagement in Rajasthan and wedding, here's everything about the lovely couple.
The Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited, Mukesh Ambani’s younger son, Anant Ambani, is the head of the conglomerate’s energy division. After being appointed as the director of Jio Platforms for almost two years, he was appointed as the director of Reliance Retail Ventures Limited in August 2022. Undoubtedly, on the professional front, the entrepreneur hit new heights at Reliance Industries, but the year 2022 was dominated by the headlines about his personal life.
Fast forward to 2024, Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's wedding invitation made its way on social media in January 2024. As per the invite, Anant and Radhika's pre-wedding festivities will be held at the former's Jamnagar residence from March 1, 2024 to March 3, 2024. According to early reports, renowned celebrities like Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Arijit Singh, Pritam, and Hariharan are expected to perform at the wedding.
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The young businessman, Anant Ambani got engaged to his ladylove, Radhika Merchant, on December 29, 2022. The cute glimpses from the couple’s roka ceremony at the darbar of Lord Shrinathji at Nathdwara broke the internet in no time.
Soon after the pictures made their way on social media, the Ambanis released an official statement in the media. As per their statement, Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant took blessings from the priests and participated in Raj-bhog-shringaar at the Shrinathji temple.
For the unversed, people were aware of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's fondness for each other, but everyone was waiting for the big news. Thus, when Anant and Radhika's traditional engagement ceremony was held in December 2022, it confirmed their dating reports once and for all. Ahead of the couple's wedding, a lot of people want to know the origin of their love story and everything about the future bahu of Ambani parivaar. So without further ado, let’s head straight into all the details about Anant and Radhika’s love story and the latter’s background!
The young entrepreneur, Radhika Merchant was born on December 18, 1994, to Indian billionaire, Viren Merchant and Shaila Merchant. For the unversed, Viren is the CEO of Encore Healthcare Private Limited, which is one of the world's biggest pharmaceutical groups.
Radhika Merchant was born and brought up in Mumbai. The dynamic entrepreneur completed her schooling at Ecole Mondiale World School and BD Somani International School.
For graduation, Radhika went to New York University in the United States of America in Politics and Economics. After completing her studies, she returned to India and worked in the companies, Desai and Dewanji and India First.
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If the reports are to be believed, Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani are childhood friends and have been in close contact with each other for some years. While the exact time when Anant and Radhika started dating but it was in 2018 when for the first time, a picture of the couple surfaced on the internet.
The picture was from Anant Ambani’s elder sister, Isha Ambani’s wedding with Anand Piramal. Soon, a video of Radhika’s dance performance from Isha and Anand’s wedding ceremony made its way on social media, which provided much-needed fuel to Anant and Radhika’s reports.
However, in the beginning, the Reliance spokesperson had denied Anant and Radhika’s dating rumours. But after some time, it was clear that the two were in love after Radhika kept on appearing at Ambanis family functions and events.
Not only this, even Shah Rukh Khan teased Anant Ambani with Radhika Merchant’s name during the former's brother, Akash Ambani's engagement ceremony with Shloka Mehta, which was taken by everyone almost as a confirmation.
In October 2022, Radhika Merchant was featured in the Ambanis' family portrait featuring Mukesh Ambani, Nita Ambani, Akash Ambani, Shloka Mehta Ambani, and her boyfriend, Anant Ambani. The picture had gone viral in no time as Anant and Radhika could be seen twinning with each other and giving everyone pure couple goals.
However, more than their mesmerising chemistry, it was how Radhika cutely held her future saasu-maa, Nita Ambani’s hand. The beautiful moment between Radhika and Nita proved the mettle of their camaraderie to the world.
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Indian billionaire, Mukesh Ambani’s youngest son, Anant Ambani is not just a dynamic entrepreneur but also quite romantic in real life. A glimpse of the same we had witnessed in April 2022, when Anant had kissed his girlfriend, Radhika Merchant’s hand in public.
Shutterbugs captured the cutesy moment, and in no time, the picture became the talk of the town for some months. In the priceless picture, while Anant looked handsome in a black outfit, his ladylove, Radhika could be seen donning a sky-blue-hued ensemble.
The lovely couple, Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant look like a pair made in heaven. In the era of broken promises and temporary commitments, they made us believe in true love once again.
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