Ambani Wedding Photographer Opens Up: Shooting ‘Regular Weddings’ After Star-Studded Spectacle

Ambani Wedding Photographer Opens Up: Joseph Radhik, one of India’s top wedding photographers, says Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s wedding was the most “star-struck” he’s ever been. With a career that has seen high-profile weddings of Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma, Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif, Aditi Rao Hydari and Siddharth, Radhik is used to grandeur.

But he confesses he was most star-struck at the Ambani wedding. The celebrity photographer also reveals how he felt at “normal weddings” after shooting the celebrity-studded Ambani wedding.

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Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s wedding last July was a multi-day affair with a galaxy of stars in attendance. The wedding festivities began with a three-day party at the Ambani family’s Jamnagar estate, followed by a European cruise and private celebrations in London. The wedding itself was in Mumbai and was preceded by a series of pre-wedding functions like the sangeet night, mehendi, haldi and more.

All the big Bollywood celebrities attended the wedding, including Shah Rukh Khan, The Bachchan family, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra and more. International business tycoons like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg flew down to India, while several politicians were also part of the celebrations.

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In a podcast with Ranveer Allahbadia, Radhik spoke about his most star-struck moment during the festivities. He chose the varmala moment, where the couple was surrounded by Kim Kardashian, Smriti Irani, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, Salman Khan among other celebrities.

The photographer said it was difficult for him to focus on the couple while blocking out everything else around them.

Radhik also said that the Ambani wedding was one of his more challenging assignments. "Once you return to a regular wedding after that, it's like playing a video game on easy mode after nightmare difficulty," he said.

When Ranveer Allahbadia asked if he no longer has fun playing on easy mode, Joseph Radhik replied, “Yeah, it took a while. It took at least six to eight months for me to get back to shooting weddings.”

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