Apple CEO Tim Cook landed in Mumbai for the inauguration of Apple’s first ever store in India. A day before the opening of store at Mumbai’s Jio World Drive mall, Cook met Reliance Industries Ltd chairman Mukesh Ambani and his top executives in the city, as per a person aware of the matter. The CEO was snapped leaving the Antilla after meeting Mukesh Ambani, his son and Reliance Jio chairman Akash Ambani, and his daughter and Reliance Retail chairperson Isha Ambani. Post the inauguration of Mumbai’s store, Delhi’s store is set to open on Thursday.
Many celebrities from the film fraternity attended the opening event of Apple in Mumbai, on April 17th. Among the various celebs was Mouni Roy with her husband Suraj Nambiar. The actress shared various pictures on her Instagram handle featuring other invitees. In one of the pictures, she shared frame with her husband and Apple CEO. While Mouni donned black gown with plunging neckline and thigh-high slit, Suraj was seen in white t-shirt and black pants. The actress also sported a matching Christian Dior hand-bag.
In another picture, the actress can be seen posing alongside music composer AR Rahman, who looks sharp in dark blue sherwani. Bollywood actresses Shilpa Shetty, Madhuri Dixit, and Sonali Bendre were also seen at the event and pictures from the same has emerged on social media. Shilpa and Sonali are snapped twinning in white, while Madhuri wore a printed blue coloured outfit.
Another attendees included singer Shirley Setia, who graced the event in bodycon outfit, YouTuber/actor Bhuvan Bam, Prajakta Koli, Yashraj Mukhate, Mithila Palkar, others. Actor couple Riteish Deshmukh with wife Genelia, Guneet Monga were also snapped at the grand opening. Raveena Tandon was accompanied by her son at the inauguration. She shared pictures on her Instagram wherein she shares frame with Cook, Shahid Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Masaba Gupta and others.
Earlier, pictures of Cook went viral wherein he can be seen relishing on Mumbai’s famous fast-food item, vada pav. The CEO was accompanied by actress Madhuri Dixit to a restaurant. The pictures from their outing has been making rounds on social media. In an interview with Business Today, Cook said that he is betting big on India and would choose Mumbai’s ‘vada pav’ over New York’s ‘hot dog’ any given day. Further ahead in the interview, the CEO also stated the Indian culture excites him and he gets a feeling being in the country which, according to him, is hard to describe.
In another exciting turn of events, the CEO reaction of being astonished was captured on camera when a resident of Mumbai’s Goregaon, showed up with 33-year-old Macintosh Classic machine to the store. The fan got Cook’s autograph on the machine. Check out his reaction here.
Meanwhile, apart from the Bollywood fraternity and Ambanis, the CEO is also expected to have an audience with top policymakers, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister of star for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Wednesday. For those who are unaware, Cook earlier visited India in 2016. It was months after the company had started manufacturing the iPhones in the country.
