Apple Store launch in Mumbai: Tim Cook eats Vada pav, celebs pose with the CEO
Apple CEO, Tim Cook currently arrived in India for the launch event of the iPhone maker’s first retail retailer in Mumbai. Apple Inc is able to open its first retail retailer in India, located on the Jio World Drive mall in Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Complex. The maiden retail retailer of the iPhone-maker will seemingly be opened proper this second (18 April). Meanwhile, CEO Cook met various renowned dignitaries from all through the nation all through his go to in India.
Several Bollywood celebs like Raveena Tandon, AR Rahman, Mouni Roy, Madhuri Dixit, Suraj Nambiar, singer Armaan Malik, and Farah Khan Ali, amongst others, arrived on the private retailer launch event on Monday.
Celebrities took to their social media handles and shared some pics with the Apple CEO.
Padma Shri Raveena Tandon took to her Instagram account and shared a string of photos from the event which she captioned, “An night out at @apple .. #timcook.”
Singer Armaan Malik shared a selfie with Tim on his Instagram and captioned it, “Met two legends and saw my song Sun Maahi at the launch of India’s first Apple store! What a lovely evening.”
AR Rahman shared a picture and captioned it, “What are we talking about? Any guesses? @apple #timcook #applestoremumbai.”
Neha Dhupia wrote, “What a store … what a story #timcook.”
The Apple CEO, sooner than the opening of the retail retailer, rambled all through Mumbai. Cook visited Mukesh Ambani’s dwelling Antilla for a enterprise meeting and is claimed to have met totally different excessive industrialists, along with Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran.
He moreover managed time to have Wada pav, the much-celebrated native snack, with actor Madhuri Dixit at an eatery that is the Ambani family’s favourite.
Cook thanked Dixit for introducing him to the Wada pav on the multi-cuisine joint, terming the meals merchandise as “delicious”. This was the second meeting between the actor and Cook all through his various visits to India.
Cook, who has visited India various events before now, may also be inclined to fulfill Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Apple has been upping its handset and components sourcing from India presently as a result of it seeks to broaden its present chain, which is at present carefully reliant on China and had been severely impacted in the middle of the Covid pandemic because of the longer lockdowns throughout the neighbouring nation.
Catch the entire Technology News and Updates on Live Mint.
Download The Mint News App to get Daily Market Updates & Live Business News.
More
Less
Topics
