 "Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma wedding: Yes, it finally happened and here are all the details")
The ‘wedding of the year’ finally took place on 11 December and the internet is having a meltdown. Yes, Indian cricket team skipper Virat Kohli and Bollywood biggie Anushka Sharma (FINALLY) got married (To each other. In Italy. With only their close friends and family. With that panditji we have all come to know and love. In a ’typical Punjabi wedding ceremony’. In a Tuscan resort that had ’tight security and access through invite only’). Yes, it was all true. This is not a drill. We repeat, this is not a drill. [caption id=“attachment_4254205” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]
Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma’s wedding functions in Tuscany. Images from Instagram.[/caption] So here are some real, non-speculative, factual details about the dreamy (and super private) affair which were shared with the media by spokespersons of the couple. We all know that the news was broken on the internet (and consequently spread like wildfire) like this —
Sharma and Kohli got married in a private ceremony in a Tuscan resort in Italy on Monday. The list of attendees were only close family and friends as the couple wanted the wedding to be a small, cozy affair. The shaadi was as per Hindu rituals. Here are some inside snippets from all the ceremonies that took place. The Delhi reception invite [caption id=“attachment_4254237” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]
Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli’s wedding invite.[/caption] The mehendi [caption id=“attachment_4254235” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]
Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma at their mehendi. Image from Instagram.[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_4254233” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]
Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma with a guest at their mehendi. Image from Twitter.[/caption] The haldi
The ring ceremony
The shaadi
A Sneak Peak into the Jaymala ceremony of #VirushkaWEDDING @imVkohli @AnushkaSharma 😍😍❤️❤️ they are so adorable 😍 pic.twitter.com/ufJHTTZxfH — kusum Bhutani (@kusumbhutani) December 11, 2017
The ensembles of the couple for each and every ceremony were designed by ace fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee. The mehendi outfits looked something like this
While these were the ring ceremony ensembles
The big day saw the couple stunning in this
There are going to be two wedding receptions for the newlyweds — one in Kohli’s hometown Delhi on 21 December, and the other in Mumbai on 26 December where Bollywood celebrities, cricketers, friends and colleagues of the couple will be in attendance. Sharma will then accompany Kohli to South Africa where the Indian skipper will be prepping for and eventually playing in the upcoming cricket series against the South African team. There, Sharma and Kohli will be spending New Year’s Eve together after which Kohli will be in South Africa for two more months playing three Tests, six One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. Sharma on the other hand, will return to Mumbai after New Years to complete the next schedule of her Aanand L Rai film in which she stars opposite Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif. Thereafter she will be busy shooting for Sui Dhaaga opposite Varun Dhawan in February 2018. Sharma will simultaneously be promoting and marketing has her home production Pari which is all set for a 9 February release. The couple is expected to move to their new residence in Worli, Mumbai in December after they return from their Delhi reception.