India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, has moved into his new home — a 27-storey mansion worth $1 billion.
The enormous Mumbai palace has three helipads, a dance studio, a ball room, a 50-seat theatre and an underground car park for 160 cars, according to media reports.
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The 37,000 square metre home is believed to be the world's most expensive and took seven years to build.
Mr Ambani, 53, is a major shareholder at Reliance Industries — an oil, retail and biotechnology conglomerate.
Forbes magazine has ranked Mr Ambani the fourth-richest man in the world and values his net worth at $29 billion.
The tycoon's mother, wife and three children will live with him inside the 173m tall monolith, alongside 600 staff members.
The building has been named Antila, after a mythical island, and has views over Mumbai and the Arabian Sea.
Shiny Varghese, an Indian design magazine editor, said Antilia was "obscenely lavish".
"But we are heading into the sort of culture where money is not a question when setting up a home," Mr Varghese told The Guardian.
But an associate of Mr Ambani told the newspaper there was nothing obscene about Antilia, and that the businessman had simply "built a house to his requirements".
"He can't just walk into a cinema and watch a film like you or me," the unnamed associate said.
"So he has built a house to his requirements like anyone else would. It's a question of convenience and requirements. It's only a family home, just a big one.
"It's just another home that someone is living in. It's no big event."
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