After hosting their first reception in Delhi, high-profile couple Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma hosted their second reception attended by stars from both the sporting world and the film world in Mumbai on Tuesday night.
Sharma wore a creation by designer Sabyasachi — a dull gold heavily embroidered and embellished lehenga set teamed with a matching dupatta.
She completed the heavy dress with simple earing studs, a diamond neck-piece and traditional Punjabi red bangles set. Kohli was dressed in a navy velvet bandhgala which he paired with a pair of white pants and brown shoes. Sabyasachi also designed the couple’s wedding costumes.
At the reception at St Regis’ Astor Ballroom, the sports world was represented by Chief Indian selector Sandeep Patil, Saina Nehwal, Ravindra Jadeja, M.S. Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Hardik Pandya, Zaheer Khan, Jaydev Unadkat, Cheteshwar Pujara, Umesh Yadav and many more, while Bollywood bigwigs such as Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek and Aishwarya Bachchan, Rekha, Madhuri Dixit Nene, Kangana Ranaut, Prasoon Joshi, Anurag Kashyap, Lara Dutta, Ramesh Taurani, Aditya Roy Kapur, Sidharth Roy Kapur, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Boman Irani, Rajkumar Hirani, newbie Sara Ali Khan and Ibrahim Ali Khan, Dino Morea, Music Maestro A.R. Rahman were present.
Right from their environment-friendly invites with saplings to the anthology of Rumi’s poems as return gifts, the couple seems to have invested great thought in all the functions. They made sure that all the events reflected the spirit of their companionship and their personalities.
After wrapping the wedding festivities, the couple, dubbed Virushka by fans and the media, will fly off to South Africa, where Kohli will stay on for an upcoming cricket series.
Sharma is scheduled to touch base in Mumbai after New Year celebrations, where she will resume her pending work commitments — a film with Aanand L. Rai, YRF’s Sui Dhaaga and the promotions of Pari.
