Ambani's grand wedding ceremony: Mumbai

After the grand pre-wedding

festivities in Udaipur over the weekend, Isha Ambani and Anand

Piramal will tie the knot at the latter's family home, the

Antilla, which is one of the world's most expensive

residences, here Wednesday.

Sources pegged the cost of the entire affair at USD 10

million or Rs 70 crore, which is only a tenth of the USD 100-

million being reported in the media, though.

Unlike the Udaipur affair, which saw a wide-ranging

guest lists, including former US first-lady Hillary Clinton,

global bankers and Bollywood stars, the nuptials are expected

to be a smaller affair with a limited number of guests.

A few senior politicians, including Pranab Mukherjee,

Prakash Javadekar, Mamta Banerjee, Vijay Rupani, Chandrababu

Naidu and Devendra Fadnavis, among others, have confirmed them

presence, sources said.

However, there was no confirmation on whether Prime

Minister Narendra Modi will be attending or not, police said.

The wedding, which is billed as the India Inc's most

expensive yet, will be held in Ambanis' private residence

located in a tony locality off the Peddar Road. The security

arrangements are understandably very high across the locality.

Guests started trickling into the 27-storey tower-

house and specially booked hotels nearby starting Tuesday.

The traffic police said the guest movements during the

morning peak hours resulted in a bit of snarl.

The guest-list is limited to around 600 and is

restricted to close relatives of the families and friends,

sources said, adding up to half of the guest list can be

immediate family members of the bride and the groom.

An open-air wedding reception is scheduled to be held

at a garden in the centre of the swanky BKC business district

on Friday evening.

The police said there is already a high presence of

their personnel in the area, which will be increased a notch

further for the wedding because of the presence of VVIPs.

The 27-storey Antilla has a huge wall on the perimeter

and is guarded by multiple private guards.

At the Udaipur do, there were choreographed song and

dance sequences featuring the Ambani family members, including

the bride's mother Nita and Isha herself. American pop icon

Beyonce also performed at the Udaipur event.