Ankur Pathak (MUMBAI MIRROR; February 22, 2014)

Seems Anushka Sharma’s steady date Virat Kohli has some stiff competition. The cricketer’s biggest rival has turned out to be his lady love’s six-month old Labrador who goes by the name Dude. And the lab has been spending countless nights without his pretty owner.

To ensure that her puppy love doesn’t forget her, the actress dashed back to Mumbai for the weekend from Sri Lanka as soon as she got a short break from Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet.

Reveals a friend of the actress, “Anushka is really close to Dude. She doesn’t want him to treat her like a stranger when she returns after the long schedule.”

 Anushka’s parents who are also in town were taken by surprise by her sudden visit. Will she be meeting Virat too who, incidentally, is also in Mumbai? “I’m not sure. The weekend is exclusively dedicated to Dude,” the friend says.

Well, every dog has his day, but some are just lucky to get the whole weekend!