Inside Akash Ambani's truly lavish engagement party

The billionaire-hosted bash was outlandish, even by Bollywood A-lister standards

Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and daughter Aaradhya pose for a picture at the engagement party of India's richest man and Reliance Industries Limited Chairman, Mukesh Ambani’s eldest son Akash Ambani and fiancee Shloka Mehta, in Mumbai on Saturday June 30, 2018. AFP

Akash Ambani (R), the eldest son of India's richest man and Reliance Industries Limited Chairman, Mukesh Ambani, and fiancee Shloka Mehta pose at their pre-engagement party in Mumbai on Thursday night. AFP

Indian Cricketer Harbhajan Singh poses for a picture with his wife and actress Geeta Basra along with their daughter Hinaya as they attend the engagement party of India's richest man and Reliance Industries Limited Chairman, Mukesh Ambani’s eldest son Akash Ambani and fiancee Shloka Mehta, in Mumbai late on June 30, 2018. AFP

Indian Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan (R) with his wife Gauri Khan and son Aryan Khan on Saturday night. AFP

Arjun Kapoor arriving at Antilia for Saturday night's party. AFP

Aamir Khan poses for a picture with his wife Kiran Rao Khan as they attend the engagement party of India's richest man and Reliance Industries Limited Chairman, Mukesh Ambani’s eldest son Akash Ambani and fiancee Shloka Mehta, in Mumbai on June 30, 2018. AFP

Shraddha Kapoor poses on arrival to Saturday's party. AFP

Anil Kapoor poses at Saturday night's bash. AFP

Rahul Bose at the Antilia party. AFP

Shahid Kapoor with his wife Mira Rajput on the Saturday night. AFP

Jackie Shroff arrives at the engagement party in South Mumbai on Saturday June 30, 2018. AFP

Jeetendra with daughter Ekta Kapoor at the engagement party of India's richest man and Reliance Industries Limited Chairman, Mukesh Ambani’s eldest son Akash Ambani and fiancee Shloka Mehta, in Mumbai on June 30, 2018. AFP

Indian Bollywood actress Rekha as she arrived on Saturday night. AFP

Rani Mukharjee arriving at Antilia. AFP

Vidya Balan and her husband and film producer Siddharth Roy Kapur. AFP

Indian poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar and wife and actress Shabana Azmi at the Saturday night bash. AFP

Indian Bollywood film director, screenwriter and producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra (L) poses for a picture with wife Anupama Chopra and daughter Zuni. AFP

Indian Cricketer Zaheer Khan poses for a picture with his wife and actress Sagarika Ghatge on June 30, 2018. AFP

Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar poses for a picture with wife and actress Anjali at the Saturday night party. AFP

Indian Bollywood actress Kajol Devgn and director-producer Karan Johar arrive at the engagement party. AFP

Indian Bollywood film director and producer Madhur Bhandarka poses for a picture with his wife as they attend the engagement party of India's richest man and Reliance Industries Limited Chairman, Mukesh Ambani’s eldest son Akash Ambani and fiancee Shloka Mehta, in Mumbai late on June 30, 2018. AFP

Indian Bollywood film director Ashutosh Gowariker poses for a picture with wife Sunita as they attend the pre-engagement party of India's richest man and Reliance Industries Limited Chairman, Mukesh Ambani’s eldest son Akash Ambani and fiancee Shloka Mehta, in Mumbai late on June 30, 2018. AFP

Former Indian cricket captain Sachin Tendulkar (R) and his wife Anjali arrive for the pre-engagement party on the Thursday night. AFP

Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan (R) and his wife Gauri Khan arrive for the pre-engagement party (they were also at the Saturday night party). AFP

Indian Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra (L) accompanied by Nick Jonas arrive for the pre-engagement party on Thursday night (the couple are now en route to Brazil). AFP

Mukesh Ambani is the richest man in India, with a reported net worth that hovers around the US$40 billion mark (Dh147 billion). So it's to be expected that with the marriage of his eldest son comes many lavish occassions - Saturday night saw the engagement party of Akash Ambani, 27, and Shloka Mehta (whose father is a well-known diamond merchant).

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The star-studded party was held at Antilia - the extravagant, billion-dollar-value 27-storey tower in South Mumbai that is the home of the Ambani family (and famously needs a staff of 600 to maintain it), and it was definitely star studded.

Antilia is the tallest building in this picture:

The engagement party capped off a week of events and parties (with a pre-engagement party held on the Thursday night too). All of the events were a veritable who's who of Bollywood. Priyanka Chopra turned up with her new boyfriend Nick Jonas, Shah Rukh Khan was there with his wife Gauri and his lookalike son Aryan Khan, as was Sachin Tendulkar, Rekha, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukerji, Parineeti Chopra and Alia Bhatt - there were even A-list performances (and the floral arrangements alone clearly cost more than your average luxury car).

Here's all the action from inside the Ambani engagement party... 

Parineeti Chopra arriving:

Madhuri Dixit makes an entrance:

Nita Ambani performs a beautiful classical dance during the party:

Karan Johar with Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan: "years of love...years of movies...memories forever" was Johar's caption for this pic:

Scroll through these photos to see just how many flowers were displayed for the event. The first photo shows Nita Ambani with her soon-to-be daughter in law :

Shloka Mehta (second to the right) with the Ambani family:

Isha Ambani welcomes Shloka into the family:

Shahid Kapoor arriving:

Shah Rukh Khan and family (with the Kapoors in the background):

The Bachchan family was there:

The legendary Rekha:

Disha Patani with Tiger Shroff:

Aishwarya Rai with her daughter and Navya Nanda:

Ekta Kapoor with her father Ravi Kapoor:

Here's a moment from Harshdeep Kapur's performance:

And, finally, this is how large the performance was (spot the celebrities - they're everywhere!):