“No entry without passes”, one of
the Black Cat security personnel confirmed. We tried calling people who could
get us some, but with no such luck. They were either unavailable or busy. An
hour passed, and only two of us were left now. The others went home, vexed by
the heat and the trickling sweat. Reluctant
to go before Shahrukh’s arrival, we sat down in the middle of the road, while
the onlookers passed us, commenting on our present state. “Anything for Shahrukh” was the attitude we carried throughout the
euphoria and jubilation. Time crawled and barely half an hour was up when the
security officials had taken charge of the crowd. People were running in our direction,
followed by guards brandishing lathis. Panic-stricken,
we hid ourselves among a group of women not wanting to be victimized by the
raining stones. The chaos died down and brought us back to our senses and we
decided to let go of the SRK craze. There were better things to do in life than
getting crushed in a stampede.
1:30 pm - we went to relax inside
a cafeteria packed with the SRK fans. The lone LCD in there was constantly
showing songs from his movies and Ra.One previews. Ignoring the loudspeaker
could not make us ignore the fact that the public here was present for King
Khan only and continually talked about him and the promos. We decided to become
a part of the crowd again. He had already arrived by then and we were dying to
get a glimpse of him, even at a distance of 1000 feet from the balcony of the
Mall. After 3 more hours of waiting and ducking the lathis and stones, somebody coming out of the Mall told us that SRK
already left!
Still not in mood to go back home
after 7 hours of waiting and 7 missed calls from home; we waited for the crowd
to disperse when it suddenly roared madly again.
YES!!! IT WAS SRK ON THE
BALCONY!!!
No kidding, 7 proved to be the magic
number! For the first time in my life, I saw a film star, even though it was
from a distance, and that too SHAHRUKH KHAN! 15 minutes, he stood there trying
to please each and every person in that gathering, sometimes dancing, at times
giving his signature pose, waving at the crowd in every direction possible. We
were not less than 200 meters away from him and my friend had already started
waving at him like a maniac. I saw what she was doing and as I focused my
attention back on him, I saw him return the gesture. For a moment I couldn’t
believe what had happened.
“HE ACTUALLY WAVED AT US. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”
Those 15 minutes washed away all
the fatigue of waiting wearily to get just one glimpse of him. I didn’t get any
sleep that night until I wrote this down and narrated this incident to almost
every single friend of mine who was an SRK fan. The insanity for the name SRK
proves the very statement made by Shahrukh Khan himself, “I am not Shahrukh Khan;
rather I work for the brand Shahrukh Khan.” Best wishes for Don 2.
P.S. I am going to watch it first
day first show.
Vasundhara Goyal
I eat when I am bored and I live by the quotes that explain exactly what I am going through. I fancy reading Archie comics for the love of my favourite character Jughead Jones and I tend to get attracted to guys with a persona like him. I am a loner and at times I search for lonely spots where I can just sit and daydream.
I eat when I am bored and I live by the quotes that explain exactly what I am going through. I fancy reading Archie comics for the love of my favourite character Jughead Jones and I tend to get attracted to guys with a persona like him. I am a loner and at times I search for lonely spots where I can just sit and daydream.
