The most highly anticipated, lavish, and costly wedding in history concluded with a spectacular Mangal Utsav reception on Monday, July 15, 2024. The wedding, held on July 12, 2024, featured a star-studded guest list including global icons like John Cena and Kim Kardashian. While Kim Kardashian’s Instagram posts from the event garnered significant attention, they also sparked controversy among some netizens.
Kim’s choice of attire at the wedding drew criticism as she wore two red outfits out of three. Traditionally, red is a color reserved for brides in Indian weddings, with other colors like peach or gold being alternatives. This choice, combined with past comments by Kim about Indian cuisine—described by her as “the worst food”—led to a wave of negative responses online.
Comments included: “You don’t even know them personally,” “It looks very cheap and not Indian! Only the bride wears red,” and “Says someone who disrespected INDIAN food by calling it disgusting.”
In another notable moment, Kim Kardashian posted a photograph with actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan from the Ambani wedding. In the Instagram story, Aishwarya was dressed in a dusty peach zari brocade lehenga, and Kim referred to her as “Queen.”
For those unfamiliar, the Kardashians, including Kim and Khloe Kardashian, were welcomed to Mumbai on July 11, 2024, with a traditional Aarti ceremony. The sisters were later seen traveling in an auto-rickshaw, as shown in their Instagram stories.
The wedding has set a new record as the world’s most expensive wedding celebration, with an estimated cost of $600 million, which included performances by Rihanna and Justin Bieber. The bridegroom’s father, Mukesh Ambani, has an estimated net worth of $123 billion as of 2024.