MY FAN, MY HERO!! - Auditions <3;~)

Yesterday, on 6th Nov' 09 auditions for this show were in Mumbai at Andheri Sport Complex. I was already very amused by the title of the show & very thrilled to see the ad of this show hosted by Karan Johar, calling all the fans to prove that they are the Biggest Fans of their idol actors. Somewhere, deep in my heart I felt that - This is it!!, its a great chance to do sometime for my SHAHRUKH, irrespective of getting shortlisted/selected for further rounds, it will be an acheivement and a self-satisfaction for my ownself if I get a chance to convey a message to SRK and let the whole world know that I'M SRK'S BIGGEST FANEVER!!! <3;~)

After filling the contest Resigration Form much before in late October period, with butterflies in my stomach... I was awaiting for this Audition Day to come. On 5th Nov'09, in the late evening time I got a Reminder Call from their side to attend the auditions tomorrow. I was pretty excited about the whole thing & kept asking questions on phone - "What are the Auditions about?... Is it a Quiz Contest?... I cannot do mimicary, dancing & singing!... What are the timings for the Audition?" The Lady on the other side of the phone informed, "They are look for some HATKE FANS. You can get your collection of SRK Scrapbooks to prove that you are a SRK fan. Audition Timings are between 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.Pls. carry your Unique Identification No. Sheet you must have got after filling the Registeration Form online." I was over-joyed to hear this, I exclaimed, "I shall definately be there with My SRK Scrapbooks & my Unique Identification No. Sheet by 9:00 a.m. for the Auditions at Andheri Sports Complex!" The urge to do something for SRK drived me to wake up the other morning with a "KARO YA MARO" attitude. If my Never Ending Prayers to Lord Krishna & Never Dieing Love for Shahrukh are true... today it will give me the strenght, to give my Auditions against all odds. I reach the venue with all my will-power filled into my heart to face the Biggest Challenge of my life today.

In the early morning by 9:00 a.m all the fans were made to stand in a row outside the venue gate. All the Cheers & Craze were being captured on the camera by the crew. After the Token Nos. & Registeration Form (which was similar to one I had filled on the website) were distributed to all the Fans, we were all asked to proceed inside the Venue Gate & keep filling the Registration Form while moving upstairs inside the buliding where auditions will be taken in Pre-Casting Room 1 & 2. I filled the complete form with all my enthusiasms & was waiting very patiently for my turn for Auditions to come. I was sitting surrounded with many other fans of Ranbir Kapoor, Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Shahid Kapur, Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra & many more. I made it a point to keep saying on spot like Bag Checking Windows, about my scrapbooks that I was asked to carry alongwith me... & with a broad smile on their face they allowed me to move further in the quee. Ultimately after the Registration Form filling was over we all fans were made to sit in a quee that piled-up in front of the Pre- Casting Room 1. Within friction of seconds, it was my turn now... I jumped from my seat & ran straight into the audition room. There were 2 young boys who were conducting the Auditions inside. Holding my submitted Registration Form in their hands, they asked me to keep my Big Bag of SRK Scrapbooks aside near their table. Referring the Form, they started attacking me with questions related to SRK - "Why do you like SRK?... What is the most craziest thing you have done for him? Since when are you his Fan?" With all my conscience, I tried my level best to answer the questions gracefully, "I like SRK becoz. his honesty can be seen in his intense eyes & his dimpled-smile makes him look like a Adorable Boy-Next-Door. The most craziest thing I have done is collected his Artricles & Pics and made a scrapbook out of them. I used to enjoy watching him in Circus during my childhood & the craze increased after watching DDLJ." They asked me to show me my SRK Scrapbooks... while going through it they asked me - "What wil you do if you meet SRK?... What is the one wish you want to make to SRK?" To this I claimed, "I want to go down on my knees & MAIN KOI AISA GEET GAOON (which they made me sing in the audition room too)for him and make him feel special by telling him why is he so special for me. My one and only one wish to SRK is that he must hold me one day & say in front of the world that She is My Biggest Fanever!!!" As I really wanted to prove that T@RU $H@HRUKH Ki DeeW@Ni H@i, I also told them that I have a German Writer who is my friend through Planet SRK site, who has mentioned about me in her book & that I too has done a write-up for SRK for her book named "Circle Of Love". I had carried that article in my pen-drive which consisted of few SRK, Madhuri & Pics edited by me. And how could I forget to mention at this golden chance to meet SRK... to state that my brother's brithday falls on 2nd Nov. too and thus, that day is celebrated as a Grand Occassion in my house - my auditions would have remained incomplete without saying that. I gave them that write-up & made a quick move from the room. As I stepped out of the Audition Room 1, I was boast up with confidence, enthusiasms & thrill... just couldn't wait to hear the names of shortlisted candidates to move up-stairs to the Big Hall Room for the 2nd Round of Audition in front of the Judges & Big Cameras.

After all other Fans sitting with me in the row were done with their auditions, we all were asked to go down on the ground to know the shortlisted names. And, I here was to my horrors! the first no. 068 was announced & I was jumping in joy. All the shortlisted fans were taken to the 2nd floor of the building in which the Big Hall Room was. We were left there for around 2 hours waiting to proceed to the Audition Room on the 3rd floor. And What I noticed is that I was the only Female Fan sitting amongst all the other Male Fans. Some mingling started off with a good note, a few were really trying hard to be my good friend... I was feeling like a Super Woman, handling all the guys surrounding me. There must be hardly anyone who mustn't have seen my SRK scrapbooks. All were really amazed by my craziness for SRK & were enjoying going through it, especially the SRK fans... one of them was from Kolkatta who was like a dummy look-a-like of SRK, he toh went Totally Fida over my scrapbooks & showed me a video of his Indian Idol Auditions & a few snaps he had taken on this 2nd Nov'09 in front of Mannat. Lending me a no. of a SRK Assistant, he said, "If you want you can call him, but don't give this no. to anyone else." I was really touched by people's gestures & talks today... even before, in that Pre- Casting Room 1 those young guys rewarded me with a huge compliment stating - "You really a Genuine Fan of SRK!" Approaching that SRK Assistant or not is just not important for me, I felt that dummy SRK whose name was Shahnawaz must have really felt my madness as a fan... just to keep his heart, I asked him to lend me his phone no. too. On this happy note I took a GoodBye in hurry, as my no. was announced again to move on to the Big Hall Room for our final auditions for the day.

It was the similar scene like in the morning... we all were sitting for the auditions again in a quee piled-up in front of the Big Hall Room. There was a one more small Preference Detail Form that each of the shortlisted Fans had to fill. The volunteers were very kind & helpful. They were making us ready to - how to face the camera... how to introduce ourselves first, then take the name of the favourite actor of whose fan we are... how to interact with judges without getting nerverous & always keeping a broad smile on the face while conveying messages to our favourite stars. While all these things were hitting my sharp ears, my anxiety was going on increasing. It was the similar kind of thrill & nervousness I felt in the morning... I was murmurring & praying hard to GET SET & GO. Finally, the Big Hall Room doors were opened for my Auditions... me & a bit of silliness go hand in hand. There was mike attached on me before I was made to face the camera, I kept my Big Bag of SRK Scrapbooks a bit away besides me. I started off with the introduction part... goofed up a little in the middle (Yeh toh hona hi tha!) but I didn't understand... I don't know from where I got the Guts to Camera today... becoz. was very Big Nerdy few years ago who had a very Strong Stage Fear. Maybe Lord Krishna must have spinned his Magical Wand & made me take all the Good, Bad or Ugly things in this world with a pinch of salt. Maybe I must have created a scene or not... I kept on answering to the questions thrown at me about SRK:-

Judge:- Since when are you a fan of SRK?
Me:- Since childhood, when I used to see Circus & my crazy increased for him after watching DDLJ.
Judge:- Which all movies have you seen of SRK & which are your favourite ones?
Me:- I have seen almost all the movies of SRK like DDLJ, KKHH, DTPH, K3G, KHNH, MNH & many more. My Favourite ones are DDLJ, Swades & Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa. I enjoy watching him as a romantic hero. I never miss his interviews when it is being shown on the TV.
Jugde:- Which is your favourite Dialogue from SRK movies?
Me:- Acche Logon Ke Saat Hamesha Accha Hota Hai from YES BOSS.
Jugde:- Your favourite SRK song?
Me:- Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaoon from YES BOSS.
Jugde:- Now speak in Hindi, Taruna! (me nodding)... Aap SRK se milne ke liye kis Haad tak jaa sakti hain?
Me:- (Started with English) I think, getting these scrapbooks of SRK is itself a great achievement for me today. Aaj main iss Haad tak gayi hu ki... I mean, these scrapbooks!!.. pata nahin kab se... I started collecting these SRK articles & pics made a scrapbook of them. Today is the day, when I was actually asked to bring it & show it to the world... maybe the world will think this is my craziness... my madness for SRK, but for me these Scrapbooks, his pics, interviews, his DVD, VCD collection & so on are like a Prized Possession for me... Maybe, jab main 50, 60, 70 houngi aur main jab bhi inn Scrapbooks ko palat ke dekhungi... mujhe Hamesha yaad rahega ki Main Shahrukh Khan ki Fan Thi, Hoon Aur Hamesha Rahungi!!!

They made me stand with my scrapbooks for a photo to be done for me & even camera was rolling as I was asked to turn the pages of my scrapbook to show the world how mad I am! Towards the end, the Fine Lady who was the Judge asked me to bring the Scrapbook on here desk & show it to here. Looking at the Scrapbooks , she exclaimed, "Itni Meehnat Se Banaya Hai Yeh Scrapbook!" To which , I replied "No, no ... its not Meehnat, it my hobby!!!" She asked me whether I had ever meet SRK? I said, "No I haven't met him, it was only once during the music release function of DON at Inorbit, I had seen him on the stage... that I had to see it on the LCD Projector Screen becoz. my height is too short to see it from above the crowd." This same question was asked to me in the morning too by those guys, to which I had to answer as to... How did I felt seeing SRK on stage that day? I had exclaimed with lot of love sparkling in my eyes to this, "Of course, jab SRK ko sach mein dekha stage par toh... aisa laga jise ki... I always see him at home in the posters hung on my wall aur aaj... today he is standing on the Stage in front of me, in the same place somewhere outside my house!" After a few personal questions I was asked to pack my Big Bag of Scrapbooks & go back home. The volunteers had already said before, while we were sitting outside in a row that - If Fans are shortlisted, they will get a call soon for further rounds of Audition that will happen between 16th Nov. to 19th Nov'09. To this I can only say, "KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED!!!!"

I was really feeling so nice and beautiful from within in the bottom of my heart, by attending the Auditions today for this show... at last, at least I could take a sigh of relief & feel proud of doing something that was only & only for My Shahrukh. This was truly, one of the Biggest Event that could happen in my life, becoz. Main Sach Mein Aur Kuch Nahin Chahati Life Mein... Siwaye iske ki log mujhe SHAHRUKH KI SABSE BADI FAN kahan & that just makes me feel like I'm in Total Bliss Of My Life!!! <3:~)

PS:- Though I wasn't shortlisted for next round, I was shown saying my last lines - "...Main Shahrukh Khan ki Fan Thi, Hoon Aur Hamesha Rahungi!!!" in promos of the show LIFT KARADE! Thanks a lot to the whole Cast & Crew of this show. This is one of the most fond memories I could ever dream of in my life.