Have always thought about writing this incident of my life but never really executed my thoughts. Told about this to every second person whom I know. Some took great interest in it and made me repeat it again and again each time to a different set of audience. A point came when I lost all the enthusiasm in expressing this story and got a feeling that this story is losing its charm. I really would not want this to happen. So now I attempt to pen it down hoping that it is as fresh as ever and creates the same atmosphere which I experienced.
I proudly call this my biggest achievement in life. As is said that if something is deeply desired then the whole universe conspires to make you get it. I actually experienced and lived this thought. My liking for Hrithik Roshan as a star and my desire to meet him has not been unknown to the people who know me even slightly. In my teen years not only I have collected his pictures from newspapers and magazines like every other fan but have even gone to the extent of finding his postal address and writing him a letter, mentioning my phone number in it expecting a call from him. For the next two months (from the time when I wrote him the letter) I used to run at every ring of the landline phone at our home (as mobiles and social networking had not been that accessible by that time). Somewhere in my heart and in my mind I knew that I will meet him someday. I knew not how, when but I day dreamed to meet him.
So, it was a Saturday morning and I was casually flipping through the pages of Delhi Times. I came across an article which said that Hrithik along with his co-actors had been out on a road trip for promoting his latest movie (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobaara). The said road trip was to end in a mall in Gurgaon (NCR Region of Delhi) the next day. The article didn't mentioned the name of the mall where the cast of the movie was to arrive. Feeling just too excited and with great enthusiasm to grab this opportunity at any cost I called up the Delhi Times office to inquire about the mall where Hrithik was to arrive the next day. But it didn't worked out. I then called up my beau and my friends to use their resources and contacts. And it didn't took too long to get to know about the mall. Not only that, I even got to know the approximate timings when they were to arrive(somewhere around 6-7 in the evening).
The next step then was to call up my friends and make up a plan for the next day to go to that mall in the morning itself. As I didn't wanted to take any chances, I planned to reach the mall by afternoon. So, being on track we reached there by 1. We watched a 2 'o clock show of a movie that ended by 4. Now, we went to that area in the mall where the stage was set up for the performance of the cast of the movie.
There was still quite a lot if time for his arrival but the crowd had already started piling up in that area. I wanted to make sure that I grab the right place to stand where I can get the right view and may be a chance to shake hands with him. I was struggling my way to the front, just before the iron fence placed but it was but that spot seemed unreachable. With no room to move, me and my beau stood in the crowd patiently. Our other friends, not so interested in all this stage show drama, left from there and had a different plan altogether. Had it not been me even my beau would have moved on with them. But, hats off to his patience. Two hours passed by and we were still waiting. People now started becoming impatient. Few started leaving from there as well. A lady standing in front of me, now frustrated with all this hustle bustle decided to leave finally. And to some of my relief I got a chance to grab that once "unreachable spot".
The operations staff there had been facing a tough time dealing with the crowd, pushing them back every now and then (as with the weight of the crowd frontwards, the fence had been shifting ahead narrowing the path from where the star cast has to pass). One of the operations guy had been removing the tiniest of dust particles from the green carpet and the fence. The guards were now all in position.
The time was getting close and there were many hoax alarms of "woooooo........" from the crowd as it would be on their arrival. Now, the star cast actually arrived outside in their cars. They got down surrounded from all sides with their bodyguards. The shrieks form the crowd this time were not the hoax one. This shriek, when started never ended, it just went on and on. And I was very clearly able to make out that this is not a hoax one and they have actually arrived. I could not shriek. It was as if my tongue fell to my stomach. I extended my hand as further as I can with just one thing in my mind, to hold his hand.
I saw Kalki Koechlin pass by, just two inches away from me. Smiling and waving her hand to the crowd. Her cheeks as red as cherry. Then, Abhay Deol went by. My hand still extended and feeling the pain of grill thrusting into my chest.His coat brushed by my hand. Katrina Kaif passed by as swift as a lightning. One of the bodyguard encircled her with his arms forming a protective shield around her. Hrithik Roshan, I could see him now, walking just in front of me, with glares on his fawn colored eyes, wearing a black jacket. My hand still extended as far as I possibly could. As he came nearer and was walking by, I grabbed him or I thought I did. I was still not sure if it is his hand that I have grabbed or some bodyguards which surrounded him so closely. But he stopped there, he turned and he looked at me. I was now sure that I am holding his hand and I didn't left it. I was not smiling. I was completely expression less and I felt numb. I felt some heat. Actually, a lot of heat. As if my body is emitting heat. His bodyguards ruthlessly shouting, "haath chordo"(leave his hand) but I could'nt hear all this. He then kind of gestured towards me to leave his hand and let him move to the stage. I left it then. He turned and moved on. All the noise around then came alive for me which was till now silent to me. My beau ever so much more excited then me, amazed "You held his hand! Thats incredible." I smiled then, realizing that I am still alive and this was true. I lived my dream!!!!!!!!!!!!
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