After Beyonce featured at Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal’s pre-wedding celebrations, the Ambanis are bringing another international artist to India. If reports are to be believed, American pop band Maroon 5, fronted by vocalist Adam Levine, will perform at the Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta’s sangeet on 8 March. The band will allegedly play a 40-minute set that will include hits such as ‘She Will be Loved’, ‘Makes Me Wonder’ and ‘One More Night’.
Mid-day has quoted a source as saying, “Since Shloka and Akash are both fans of Maroon 5, the family thought it fitting to have them perform for the couple at the sangeet that will be held on March 8. While Akash's favourite track is Sugar in which the band is seen gatecrashing weddings, Shloka loves Move Like Jagger. Naturally, these two chartbusters have found a place in the set that the band is putting together for their gig. They are expected to perform for almost 40 minutes with other hits like ‘She Will be Loved’, ‘Makes Me Wonder’ and ‘One More Night’ on the playlist. The team of sound designers that frequently works with Maroon 5 is coming down from Canada to check on the arrangements."
According to the source, the performance could set the Ambanis back anywhere between $1-1.5 million dollars (approximately between Rs 7 crore and Rs 10 crore).
Shloka is the daughter of Russell Mehta, MD of diamond company Rosy Blue Diamonds. Akash and Shloka are childhood friends and got engaged in June 2018.
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