Anushka-Virat's wedding was chaotic? The Wedding Filmer shares inside story
What's the story
Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli's wedding in 2017 was a gorgeous, intimate affair. However, it wasn't all smooth sailing for the couple. Vishal Punjabi, popularly known as The Wedding Filmer, recently revealed that heavy rain forced them to change the wedding venue at the last moment! In an interview with Adhunika Singh on her YouTube channel, he shared how this sudden change caused chaos among the planning team.
Wedding chaos
The wedding was rained out!
Punjabi revealed that Devika Narain, the wedding planner, had to stay up all night to shift the mandap due to the rain. He said, "Virat and Anushka's wedding was rained out. They shifted the location at the last minute. Devika Narain didn't sleep all night." Despite these challenges, Sharma and Kohli trusted Narain's judgment and taste in planning their special day.
Wedding details
Punjabi wasn't informed about the wedding until he arrived
Punjabi also disclosed that he wasn't informed about whose wedding he was filming until he arrived at the venue. He said, "It was all kept under wraps. But you kind of figure out that it might be them." "They trusted their planners, who trusted us. It was a very small wedding, and it felt like everyone was together."
Wedding experience
'I felt a certain level of Sufism at the wedding'
Punjabi further shared his experience of filming the wedding, saying, "They were really nice to me, they were really kind to me. They gave me space." "I felt a certain level of Sufism at the wedding. There was a divine love for God's spirituality and for each other. And it felt divine."
Wedding location
Punjabi's earlier interview about Sharma-Kohli's wedding
Earlier, Punjabi had spoken about how intimate Sharma and Kohli's wedding was on Shivani Pau's podcast. "A small gathering in Tuscany is doable. That's what Virat Kohli did. Cricket is a religion in India, and he's a god." "He and Anushka got married in Tuscany. It was really beautiful." "The closest family and friends, only 40 of them, including mum, dad, makeup artists and us... They smashed the wedding."
Couple's journey
Everything to know about Sharma and Kohli's relationship
Sharma and Kohli first crossed paths in 2013 while filming a television commercial. They soon fell in love but kept their relationship private. In 2017, the couple married in an intimate ceremony in Italy. They welcomed their first child, a daughter named Vamika, in January 2021. Their son, Akaay, was born in 2024. Meanwhile, Punjabi has shot wedding films for other famous couples like Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan and Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh.