On Anushka Sharma's birthday, a fond throwback to her dreamlike wedding song ‘Peer Vi Tu'

As Anushka Sharma celebrates her birthday today, we’re revisiting one of the most heartfelt chapters of her life — her magical wedding with Virat Kohli in 2017. Set against the breathtaking backdrop of Tuscany, Italy, their intimate yet grand celebration sparked trends that are now wedding mainstays: pastel bridal lehengas, unplugged ceremonies, deeply personal vows, and of course, a wedding song that echoed their love story.

On their first anniversary, the couple shared that song with the world, ‘Peer Vi Tu’, sung by Harshdeep Kaur. In a recent conversation, the singer reflected on what made the track so special.

“I was part of their wedding song ‘Peer Vi Tu’ that was released on their anniversary. I got the brief that it is a love song and that the song’s lyrics are what Virat and Anushka feel for each other — that they see god in each other. Vishal Punjabi was directing it and he said, ‘Bus yahi feeling chahiye (I want this feeling). Just feel these words and sing,’" said Kaur in a recent chat with The Music Podcast.


She added in an earlier interview with E Times, “Virat-Anushka’s song said what they were feeling for each other. I think that’s what getting together means when you are so much in love, you see everything in the person you are getting married to. That was the brief given to me – total submission."

Anushka herself once beautifully articulated the intention behind their wedding. In a 2019 Filmfare interview, she said, “We wanted to keep it genuine. We didn’t want it to be adulterated and touched by anything which would remind us that we’re celebrities. We were with our parents and our siblings, who’ve sacrificed so much for us, our closest friends, who’ve supported us through our worst." “If we’d allowed it to become public in any way, we would be reminded of our public standing. We didn’t want that. We just wanted to be like two people in love,” she added.

“We never counted for who we were publicly when we fell in love. Our beings fell in love. We wanted to feel that purity at our wedding. That’s why we kept it so close to our hearts and kept it away from anything, which would make us think about anything other than us and the people who were part of this. It was surreal."


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