Wednesday 4 November 2009

A fleeting glimpse of Ranbir Kapoor

Whoa.... my hands are still paining after all the pushing and shoving.
Yea...we did all of that to catch one glimpse of Ranbir Kapoor, the rock star.
The venue was the Provogue studio at Phoenix Mills.
Slated time to make an appearance 6 PM.

This was a promotional event for Ranbir's upcoming movie - Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahaani. He was accompanied by Katrina Kaif who also looked gorgeous.

me and my 2 other office friends hurried to Phoenix Mill at 1815. And the scene we saw outside the Provogue studio made us feel that we might not be able to catch even a glimpse. Hordes of young gals and guys had gathered and lined the gangway(to put it mildly).

Just as we were figuring out how would we do this arduous task of watching the stars, their car arrived and we were bulldozed to make way for it. In that, one of my chappals slipped off and i saw one of the security guards pick it up for the car to drive in smoothly.

Katrina peeked out of the car window and waved, so caught her for a teeny bit more than Ranbir. The SUV stopped and immediately Katrina stepped out followed by Ranbir. That was the first glimpse and man, it was worth it. One flash and the 2 stars went into the studio.

We stationed ourselves outside the studio, pulling, pushing, shoving, breathing, sweating, shouting. i got separated from my 2 colleagues and stood at a corner. And waited for them to step out. my phone hung up when the separated friend called, so i couldn't receive her call. They had climbed up the stairs to get a better view.

For around 40 minutes, we waited. And then, they stepped out. Katrina came out of nowhere just like a fairy. Dressed in a yellow top and a hair band (only so much was visible of her), she made a pretty picture. And out stepped Ranbir in his white t-shirt and side-parted hair. Man, he looked heavenly!!

Strong bodyguards protected them and made sure nobody could get near them. The reporters and photographers went click-click. So did the whole crowd with their mobile phones, but to stand on your toes, balance yourself and take a picture with your hands was a task, today for me, so i couldn't take any pictures.

By that time, i had misplaced both my chappals. i stood there barefoot keeping some perverts at bay.

It was some experience!!!!

i didn't faint or stuff but was close to it as people kept falling on each other. In between, there was an over smart dude, who kept saying that, itna hi hai toh sau rupaye ka ticket khareed ke dekh lona, nahi toh DVD, woh khareed lo. But he didn't move even one bit, just stood there enlightening people. Obviously, the crowd pushed him over to the other side.

When the car drove off and the crowd drifted, i looked for my chappals and found many others who were looking for theirs. One of my chappals was in the hand of my colleague and the other one i found too quickly.

We stepped into McDonald's to have some Coke and shared our feeling.

Woohooo.... some other day, i would like to have a rendezvous with Ranbir Kapoor, but this one would be a memorable one too.

9 comments:

vicky said...

Gr8 post Lady... I was also there and saw the Fanaticism the crowd had about these stars. Amazing.. I was also a part of the crowd but hardly could see Katrina for whom I bunked Work/Office just to catch a glimpse of her.

Swaying in the crowd, falling on each other, catching hold of my digicam and dying to take a snap of them.. Wow, it was a crazy experience... But, sadly i lost my digicam cover in the rush (loss of 400 bucks) :-(

Anyawys, the blog posted here is a true replica of what the crowd experienced @ Phoenix mall.. Well written and expressed... Kool, keep it up !!!

- Vivek Kumar

Me said...

Hey Vivek,
Thank u for ur generous comments :)
It was indeed crazy but quite an experience. Did u catch anything on ur digicam, then post it on ur blog or facebook... c ya around....

vicky said...

Hey there...

As far as the pics are concerned, i could hardly take anything of them. In most of the pics I took, u can see only heads and cameras :-( But luckily have got one snap of katrina getting back into Ranbir's Car :-) :-) :-) Yahoo !!! This pic is surely one in my elite collection just becoz of the effort that went in to take it.

But there i spoke to one camera man, he told he would be posting his pics on some southern filmy site. Searched for them yesterday and found few pics of Kat and Ranbir standing inside the Provogue showroom.

U send me a mail on vicky.rulz2002@gmail.com and i would mail those pics across to you. But wat would i get in return ?? Hahaha....

-Vivek

vicky said...

Hey Dishpa...
Wats up ? Long time no new writings from your end...

Me said...

Hey,
Nothing has inspired me to write, so.... Though i keep writing reviews on my other blog.
Wassup with you?

vicky said...

Nothing much.. Carrying on with work as usual. Wat do u do by the way ??

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