Nita Ambani to arrive tomorrow ahead of Sunday's inauguration

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Oct 10 2014 | 8:35 PM IST
The stars will start flocking to the city beginning with Nita Ambani and her mother-in-law Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani tomorrow ahead of the Sunday's grand inauguration of the Indian Super League.
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.
On Sunday, the airport would be the busiest place with landing of the celebrities on hourly basis beginning with the Tendulkars at 1pm along with Abhishek Bachchan and Vita Dani of the Chenniyan FC.
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.
John Abraham (Guwahati) and AIFF president Praful Patel are likely to come next and all the high profile team owners and guests are likely to meet over a high tea at 3.30pm before heading to the opening ceremony that would kick off around 5.10pm.
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First Published: Oct 10 2014 | 8:35 PM IST

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