According to insiders, the ISL's founding chairperson Nita will be accompanied by Mumbai co-owner Bimal Parekh and will do a final recce of Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan, the kick-off venue and may also see the dress rehearsal of the opening ceremony.
"There is also a possibility that (Mumbai co-owner) Ranbir Kapoor too will come tomorrow ahead of the rest of the celebrities who would come only on Sunday afternoon," an insider said.
Reliance heir Akash Ambani would come next around 1.30pm along with the Bollywood gang of Arjun Kapoor, Aditya Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Nargis Fakhri, Sonakshi Sinha and Ayan Mukherjee.
"If Ranbir does not come tomorrow, then then he would come in the same chartered flight on Sunday," he added.
The Chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Limited Mukesh Ambani would come along with Amitabh Bachchan and Isha Ambani and Dattaraj Salgaocar of the Goan franchise around 2pm.
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