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Photos: Celebs at Dubai-based billionaire Sahil Rizwan's son Adel's wedding!

UAE

GDN Online Desk ( Photos: Viral Bhayani)Sun, 09 Apr 2017Sun, 09 Apr 2017

UAE-based construction magnate Rizwan Sajan is left no stone unturned at his son Adel's wedding.

Founder and Chairman Rizwan Sajan Danube Group, Number 7 on the Forbes list of Top 100 Indian leaders in the UAE.

An entire cruise ship was booked to celebrate a fairy-tale wedding in the style of the movie 'Dil Dhadakne Do'. For the first time ever, a ship from the Costa Cruises fleet has been reserved exclusively for the celebration of a sumptuous wedding. From the 6th to the 9th April 2017, Costa Fascinosa (114,500 gross tonnage and maximum guest capacity of 3,800) set sail on the Mediterranean.

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Adel Sajan and Sana Khan's love story began a long time ago as the two first met at a fashion walk when they were in High school. Little did they know they would fall in love the next time they meet, after six years. While the meeting and proposal was a fantasy, the wedding is sure to be a fairytale with top Bollywood stars!

Gauhar Khan was oneof the emcees at the event.

Four days of festivities brought together over 1,000 guests, including show business stars and personalities primarily from India and the Arab Emirates. Costa Fascinosa set sail from Genoa on the 5th of April with the bridal couple, their families and a staff specially selected for the occasion on board; on the 6th of April it was docked in Barcelona where on the 6th April guests kick-started the celebration. Teh ship then moved on to Marseilles on the 7th of April, where guests enjoyed a day of excursions around town before bringing in the evening events. The day after that, the cruise set course towards Cannes, where, on board the ship anchored in the bay, the marriage was celebrated. The cruise will end today, 9th of April, at Savona.

The cruise programme included themed parties in many of the different venues on Costa Fascinosa, gala dinners, parties and shows by special guests. The wedding itself followed the traditional Indian rites in an updated style on board the ship. The Sangeet, on 7th April, was the traditional party the day before the wedding itself. It was held in the Costa Fascinosa theatre, which was be specially adapted to host the event. On Saturday 8th April, the actual wedding day, the Baraat: the groom, accompanied by family and friends, paraded across the outer decks of the ship to reach his promised bride, who was waiting for him on the upper deck in.

Among the stars who were on-board for the occasion are some of the most popular show business personalities in India, such as the actresses Gauhar Khan, Bollywood star and winner of the latest Bigg Boss’ reality show edition, Shilpa and Shamita Shetty, Dia Mirza, the rapper Badshah, the Meet Bros and Vishal-Shekhar, authors of songs that have also been used as famous Bollywood film soundtracks.

Before the wedding, Rizwan Sajan, Founder and Chairman of Danube Group, had said, “The wedding of my only son Adel is by far the most awaited event of my life and words cannot express the joy I feel. My wife Sameera and I are eager to welcome the lovely Sana in our family and look forward to extending a long and joyful relationship with the entire Khan family. We have planned a unique celebration for all our guested and have gauged every little detail of the wedding to make it special for the couple. As the date draws closer, we are excited to host all our distinguished guests and await the merriments that the union of Sana and Adel will bring. ”

Originally from Mumbai, the Sajan family has been operating in Dubai since the ’90s in the building materials industry. The entrepreneurial capacity of its founder and president, Rizwan Sajan, has developed and expanded the Danube Group, making it now a benchmark for the building industry in the Arab Emirates. For the third consecutive year, Rizwan Sajan appears in the Forbes Middle East ranking as one of the most powerful Indians in the Emirates and held the twelfth place, in 2016.