Mumbai: Remember December 2017, when Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma tied the knot in an exclusive ceremony at Italy's breathtaking Borgo Finocchieto? Far away from paparazzi, the two exchanged garlands in a private affair and then had revealed the news on social media with a picture of the ceremony. Till date, their wedding videos make the fans ask for more.
The fairytale touch to Virushka's wedding nuptials was given by Vishal Punjabi, who himself was unaware of the fact that he was going to shoot Virat and Anushka's wedding, until the final day. The filmmaker and founder of the production company, The Wedding Filmer shot the power couple's destination wedding along with his team.
"I didn't know it was their wedding until I got there!" Vishal told IANS.
"I was proud of the fact that they picked me for their wedding. It was a private affair and we respected their privacy as we wanted them to freely live their special moment. It was not that difficult to shoot their wedding," he added.
"In fact, they made us so feel comfortable that I felt I was a part of their celebrations. Once the wedding was done, I realised that I had finally accomplished something big. I had covered one of the biggest and beautiful weddings of the world. Virat and Anushka taught me the difference between hope and expectation," Vishal cherished.
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It's been almost three years since he filmed the one-of-a-kind destination wedding and he naturally considers it a career milestone.
Instead of depending on Bollywood Shaadi songs, Vishal decided to try something original, experimenting with musical effects, to make their marriage video special.
The Sufi song Peer Vi Tu was created for Virushka's wedding video. It was sung by Harshadeep Kaur and Mohan Kannan.
"Why go for Bollywood when one can create something original? It's so boring to use the same songs at almost every wedding. Every bride should feel special on her special day. So, I thought it was important to come up with original tracks," Vishal emphasised.
Apart from Virat-Anushka, Vishal has also captured the moments of Deepika Padukone-Ranveer Singh and Bipasha Basu-Karan Singh Grover's weddings.
With inputs from IANS.
