With the virtue of I being appointed in a marketing company and by God's grace they had planned to launch a hair dye in the market after a long held time gap of 1 yr..and in the whole world,they took my favourite cricketer as the brand ambassador
Happy!!!...super happy..10 times a day I used to ask my boss.."Sir am I invited in the launch" to which he always said "Yes"..the big "Yes".. :)
Here comes the happiness part 1..
On 27th Sep 2011, the D-day had come and I was dressed up neatly in formal to meet my hero at Sea princess, Juhu. It was all hussle bustle around as people were gathering up for the launch event after their morning tea and biscuits. I was also having a look at the hotel that the elevator opened and here comes the superstar and my heart skipped a beat.
He was very tall, handsome having a pleasant personality. I realized that he is not at all photogenic..he looks 100 times better on reality than on camera
Our ambassy has to go for the commercial shoot after the event..I asked my boss "Sir can I come to watch the shoot" and my boss said "han chalo"..I can't explain how happy I was to hear those golden words...this was happiness part 2.. I am going to see a shoot for the first time and that too with a celebrity..yay!!!
I cant imagine how these media guys make a very boring garden out of grass set so beautifully green and a hot sunny afternoon to a nice breezy dawn. All I could see was Ganguly there and could hear was mic on,camera rolling , set lock, take 6/1 and action.Ganguly took almost 15-16 takes for a simple sentence like "Kyun..bhula di na jawani"..lol
Then it started feeling bored with the monotony of the shoot and I decided to move out of the place. Then I thought that I wont go before taking a photograph with him.I was running around my boss to get a picture clicked with him. Dada was free after his shoot when people started surrounding him to get clicked and autographed. My boss called me and told him "iske saath photo khinchwa lo..subah se peeche padi hai mere"..to which dada said.."han han zarur..aapke sath bhi khichwayenge"..and I was on the 7th sky :)
Then comes the happiness part 3..
My boss asked me to drop Sourav in his Mercedes to JW Mariott hotel back from the location. I couldn't believe I am sitting with him. Though I realized that he is very reserved by nature, we shared a few talks and while parting..he said "will meet you tomorrow at 10am for the still shoot..".I couldn't believe my ears that I am personally talking to my favourite celebrity and then I came back home.
I was full on under the hangover of him for atleast 3 days where everything I could see, hear or talk about was him..
No matter how much I hate this city but the experiences I gather everyday here are awesome be it work, life or entertainment. Now I am feeling somehow while leaving this place I might say "Will miss you Mumbai" :)
4 comments:
Well your friends can surely acknowledge the hangover part after all they had to deal with it. :) BTW we can't trust the story until we see a pic with your dream hero.
Waise, really like your way of writing.. considering how this has been posted in the middle of night. Good use of time at home :)
Thanks Akhilesh..who knows the hangover part better than you ;)
U should change it to " Will miss u ganguly" :P
@GG:Surely..i should have written that instead..m still having that hangover :)
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