Chennai's stylist behind Virat Kohli’s new hairdo

 

Virat and Anushka spent the last day of their Chennai visit having brunch at a star hotel with Dinesh Karthik and his fiance Dipika Pallikal. Ahead of their lunch date, Virat got a new look from popular city stylist Dev.

 

Dev, who owns Essensuals Hairdressing by Toni & Guy at R.A. Puram counts a number of celebrities among his regular clients, including actor Dhanush. Talking about how he came to style the skipper of Team India, Dev said, “Cricketer Abhinav Mukund is a regular client and he was the one who put in a word for me to Virat Kohli. When I was informed about the same, I was immensely happy, especially since the right-handed batsman is known for his edgy fashion sense,” says Dev.

 

The entire session lasted for an hour at a star hotel in the city. “Virat told me that he wanted a short hairdo. Then I suggested he could go for an ‘undercut’. It is a short hairdo that has a sort of disconnect between the beard and hair. He liked the idea and asked me to go for it,” explains the stylist.

 

On being asked, if he was slightly nervous about doing up Virat’s hair, Dev responded, “I was a little intimidated by him, initially. He is known for his style statement and I had presumed he would be fussy about his hairstyle. But he was really chilled out and in fact, was catching up on a match on television, while I was doing his hair.” Virat and Anushka checked out of their hotel on Monday morning and the cricketer’s left for Sri Lanka for the upcoming three-match test series.