'Rabba Ve' And The Memories Remain! :)

I still remember being online one fine evening during January someday this year and having my cousin and a college friend online to chat with. The time being around 8-8:15 P.M , I decided to give the chats a wrap for a while, and have my dinner. All of a sudden one of the college friends said , "Star Plus chala..Teri Madhuri ke gaane pe dance chalu hai" .After reading that , I casually went up to TV Switch and put it on, just to see what was going on STAR PLUS! Thought it mustbe just another boring daily soap drama with someone spoiling my Madhuri number. There was this actress, Sanaya Irani, whom I had seen before on Miley Jab Hum Tum (which I left watching mid-way cos of the script ) , who was dressed as MD from HAHK and was dancing to Didi Tera Devar's rehash for the show. There was something about  the dance that made me feel inquisitive to watch it!..There was a one of its kind cuteness on her face and every character shown on the camera seemed very 'worth watching'! I must say, I was pretty impressed by the clip I had just seen. 

Later the next day, before it was 8 PM, i decided, I'd give it a try and watch this show 'ISS PYAAR KO KYA NAAM DOON? ', the  MD dance in which, I saw a day back!
Ever since,my journey of being a viewer to IPKKND began, and not a single day when I saw the show, was I disappointed!All of a sudden, I had become a ardent TV viewer of this show , every evening at 8!..Every single character of the show left a significant mark    , which made me even more curious to watch it daily! The show was NOT a RONA-DHONA FILLED SAAS-BAHU DRAMA..That was the BEST thing about it!!!!! The prime reason for me seeing it was that it brought a Smile on my face everytime I saw it! ..Khushi was always upto some gimmicks to make you laugh..ASR's 'What The! ', Manorama's 'Hello Hie Bye Bye', Buaji's 'Hai Re NandKishore' ,Anjali's simplicity and sweetness, were truly epic and one-of-its-kind!!!!!!!!
The chemistry between Arnav and Khushi was UNMATCHABLE!!! In the past, I'd say , the last most happening jodi I saw on TV, which actually clicked , was Sumit and Kumkum's, before this one!...(I saw Kumkum for Juhi...was a hugeeee fan of hers..Still am!:) ). They had that SRK-Kajol spark, which lightens up when both are seen together on screen! No many jodi's are able to generate that magic! And on top of all this, the beautiful background scores was just an icing on the cake !(Wont ever forget the RABBA VE's :D ) 
The show portrayed a LOVE-HATE relationship between the leads in such a surreal manner that the viewers just could connect just instantly! 
Apart from this, I loved the relationship between Arnav and Anjali as siblings. Their scenes together always remind me of my sweet sis Taruna and the happy moments we both cherish. :) 
While I write this, I have already seen the LAST EPISODE of what I would consider to be one among my favorite shows on television!.I know all good things always come to an end and nothing is permanent. I would remember this show as one among those shows that always relieved me from any tensions I had !:) The show's end was sudden  and I was obviously shocked knowing about it last Monday!. I got to know the Final shoot was scheduled on Wednesday at a studio in Kandivali. I thought of giving it a try to visit the sets and meet my favorite characters from the show. This was once in a life time chance, as I would never get to see all those characters under one roof , post that last shoot schedule. Here are details of my visit to the sets!:


I reached NINETY STUDIOS (Where the Raizada House is located) at around 2:30. On reaching there I was informed that the final shoot is already over and the stars had gone back home. I did not believe what I was being told since I had seen Karan (NK's) Tweet that stated they were shooting behind Ninety Studios at Sana House. It was an adventure in itself to find that Sana House. I walked 3-4 odd lanes and finally found it..only to reach there and know that the shoot got over at 12:30!I asked the watchman like 3-4 times, was it actually over! He repeatedly said it was, but I believed that if I was a true IPKKND Fan, there would surely be a way out that made me meet the cast that day!.Moreover, it was Guru Nanak Jayanti and my second birthday ( was born on the same date in 1990 when it was Guru-Janam and hence its the second time my B'day comes :D )  and I believed that   I surely was going to meet the stars. I had taken a bouquet along , that I intended to present to Sanaya. Post hearing the watchman's words, I walked the ahead, disappointed, thinking of now going back home and studying. At the moment, I just felt, why dont I just go back once more and take a U-Turn then , one last time , to see the Studio. I did what I felt and while I moved towards the studio now, I saw NK- i.e Karan Goddwani standing outside the studio!..I was like...Seriously?!..Felt that , maybe that 'turn' was a direction by God to help me out!  ;) 

I went ahead, met Karan , and told him what I was there for! He was very down-to-earth while conversing with me , and said that since it was the last day of shoot, they werent allowing fans inside, but, he would go and ask inside if anything could be done!. I was totally Ok with it!I presented the bouquet to him and told him that this was for the entire cast!He went inside , while I patiently waited out. He came back in a while , only to tell me that since it was the last day, nothing seemed possible and that there was no way I could go inside.I  told him ki thats fine and whether I could rather have pics only with him and go back. He readily agreed. I took pics and thanked him for  trying to arrange for me going in. 

Further, I was about to leave, when the watchman of the studio, came up to me, and was apologizing for lying about the shooting being over. I told him that it was his job and I totally understood his perspective , putting myself in his shoes, even I would do the same. He was happy I understood his plight and told me to wait for a while  and he would try if he could something. I just couldn't believe my luck this time!I  thanked him for the efforts he was about to put it for making me get inside the studio!.While I waited outside, for the next 30 odd minutes, one of the production co-ordinators named Vicky saw me and came up to me asking what I was there for!.I told him about how much I loved the show and that I was there only since it was the last day of shoot!. He seemed to be very understanding  and told me that he had few guests from his side going inside the studios in a while, and I could join them. I was more than thrilled on hearing this!I just couldn't thank him enough. He said 'You seem to be a true fan, thats why I feel like helping you!'. Well, that toh, I was! ;)

In a couple on minutes, I was inside the studios of SANA HOUSE, where  ASR's Office was located, where they were shooting the Finals of Mrs India. It seemed like there was a break that time. While I waited inside the ASR Office Reception Set for the stars to come there, It all seemed a dream! First we met Utkarsha Naik who plays Manorama and looked extremely different from her onscreen character!The first words I told her were HELLO HI BYE BYE :D .. She smiled at it and I exclaimed, "Ma'am , We are going to miss your character". She replied while we clicked a picture together, "Ohh!And  I am going to miss fans like you!". I thanked her for the picture and wished her all the best ahead. She thanked me and made a move outside since she was done with her shoot.

Later , we saw Aarav and Anjali on the sets. Aarav was too shy and Gujju aunty's around me were cuddling him  a lot which  made him blush even more :D 
Daljeet i.e Anjali was getting ready with rollers on her hair and dressed in a beautiful blue saree. She was so damn sweet that she actually told her costume guys to remove those rollers to pose with us for pictures. She is truly as Sweet and Kind as her character on screen. She saw the collage I made and gave an autograph on it. The marker I gave her was not working and she kept telling me that the market isn't working fine , but then she ultimately managed signing the page with it! After me, she signed with the same marker for other fans and then did not forget to return it to me ( FLASHBACKS: Madhuri Oral B Meet: When I Made Her Laugh , Anyone? :D)
I told Daljeet how much I loved the show. She said its indeed good to hear it from  a guy that he loved their show  and I said the show was worth it for this to happen! :)Wished Daljeet all the best for her future projects and told her am going to miss the show a hell lot. She exclaimed she would miss it too and told us to continue pouring in the same love and affection. With such a humble nature, I am sure she has miles to go in this industry!:)

Finally came the moment when KKGSR..i.e Sanaya came to inside  dressed like a beautiful doll! She shook hands with us firstly and then agreed to pose for pics!..She looked a little stressed out and tensed, maybe because it was the last day of shoot!..But, she was way too kind with us fans!:)

All in all, I had an amazing day meeting my favorite stars from the show, who in true sense of word, are STARS, as they knew how to treat the common people on their sets!

I WOULDN'T SAY I AM GOING TO MISS THIS SHOW......BECAUSE INORDER TO MISS SOMETHING, WE NEED TO FORGET IT FIRST..AND I DONT THINK I WOULD EVER FORGET THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES OF THIS SHOW! 

A 'Jhalak' To Die For!

'Dance is a form of expression given to man just as speech, philosophy, painting or music.'

To me, Dancing is synonymous to Madhuri Dixit. Bollywood has never witnessed a better dancer,in my opinion. When anyone talks about Madhuri's dance, the first glimpse I behold in my mind, is her Kathak dance from Dil To Pagal Hai. It has been stored within my memory cells ever since I first saw it in DTPH! There surely is something beyond description in that act, which leaves me enchanted, every time I see it. 

 Not even in dreams, had I ever imagined, that one fine day, in near future, I would get to see Madhuri Dixit perform those same steps, live, on the sets of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa!

She wore a completely white, simple and elegant salwar kameez alongwith a pair of ghungroos in her legs with her hair tied up,when she came on the stage, before the 'Step of the week' segment began for the show. 
The director was guiding her about where the lights would be and how the performance would actually be taking place. 
Madhuri was very enthusiastic about the entire dance sequence. She practiced her steps with utter dedication, even at the  time, when the clock had struck 23:00 !  The audience kept  cheering her all the while she practiced!Everyone was excited...Who wouldn't be!They were watching the dancing diva groove to those steps LIVE!!How  luckier could one get?- And ,yeah, I was one among those in that audience, sitting and cheering for her performance.


Soon after some rehearsals, it was time for the final performance. As soon as the performance began, watching her dance to that DTPH Music piece, I was taken back to the 1997's, reminding me of her that dance!The way she travelled from one spotlight to another while performing the steps was beyond perfection!. I was overwhelmed to see her dance live for the first time in my life and that too, to my favorite dance number from DTPH!
Watch those steps this Sunday, 8th July,2012 on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa at 9 p.m only on COLORS to believe Me- Madhuri Dixit  hasn't aged a single bit in dancing , not in the past 15 years atleast!!!!..and, I bet, she never would!

THE WORLD WOULD REMEMBER THIS DIVA's DANCING, FOR 1000's OF YEARS TO COME!!!..THERE ISN'T A BETTER DANCER IN THIS UNIVERSE!

A Star For A Superstar- MADHURI DIXIT NENE- From Dreams To Reality!

It was yet another lazy afternoon in the month of March, when while sitting on my PC, watching Madhuri Dixit's pictures from the Madame Tussauds Function, a random thought of doing something special for her upcoming birthday in May {which was obviously far off then!} ,  struck my mind.What special could I do for  someone who has almost everything one could crave for?-It was an irony of its own in me thinking about something like this. The very next day, I saw an article in a local newspaper about someone buying a land on moon or so. I found it vague at the first , and totally ignored it after a single read. The same day, while browsing on the net, I randomly searched for  Stars, Astronomy, etc. I found a link for a website claiming that we could actually BUY A STAR for someone or rather NAME A STAR after someone we adore. I was very keen on knowing more about this. With the upgradation of technology today, almost everything  we wish to do has become possible. STAR FOUNDATION gives one such chance to you wherein you can name a star as gift to someone special. For details, check: starfoundation.net/ 

Being fascinated by this idea of having a star named after someone, I thought why not I try naming a star after MADHURI DIXIT , for her birthday?..It sounded  soo good.. But practically, it was a very tough task. Within no time, I shared the idea with members of my fangroup and most of them loved it. Obviously  I had to explain to each of them what it actually meant to Name-a-Star for someone as it is something nobody would've actually thought of  :D . We began the planning about naming the star, putting across names of people who would have wished to contribute for this gift! We were stuck at a point when none of us from India could've actually purchased the Certificate online easily, since it was abroad. But this problem got solved too as one of the members abroad readily agreed to undertake the transaction and bring the certificate along during her trip to India.
Within a few days, I had seen the Scanned copy of the Star Certificate and it looked amazing. I  had by now told about my plans to Shaina who was a part of  Madhuri's  pivotal team. She  loved the plan too and readily agreed to help us. But, there was a problem, yet again. Madhuri was supposed to be out of town during the month of May ! Nonetheless, I didn't mind presenting her the gift even in the coming month.I was promised that the fanclub members would surely get a chance to meet her in June!

Time flew by, and now it was 15th of May,2012- And there was an article published in a Marathi Newspaper-Maharashtra Times, about the plans of our gift to Madhuri ! It was a big  big thing  for us fans when this happened-All thanks to a reporter, Prasad, who, also being a MD fan, was a part of this gift plan!Without his efforts , that article would've never been even written!!
 And soon.... The final day when we as  group were going to present her the certificate came!!!!! On the 14th of June,2012, we were given a chance to meet the Empress, yet again, and present her the certificate!Here are few details about how it all went happened! :

 We , a group of 13 fanclub members, reached the Studios at 2 pm.We waited for a while in the canteen of the studios wherein we were showing each other the gifts we had brought for Madhuri! Sumalika bought a amazing crystal for her , fascinated looking at which, we began taking its pictures. Bhagyashree had a big album of Madhuri Pics made which was fab. Smita too had  a small album with her collection. Pallavi had an amazing painting of Madhuri which she wanted her to sign and also a booklet with some well Photoshopped images of MD.
Once we had some cold drinks in the canteen, we came out, and waited outside the main JDJ sets, since the shoots inside had already begun. In midst of all this, once, while me , Smita and Bhagyashree were outside the canteen, to talk about how to go about ahead, we saw Sonakshi and Akshay in their costumes who were there for the poster shoot of Joker.I have met both of them before! {Actually Akshay-twice!-Just GK for u guys ! :P }

The sets looked lavish and the props being taken inside in between for the shoots were gigantic.While we waited, we saw the pretty Preity Zinta enter the sets to meet the judges. Some people of the group tried taking a small jhalak of MD by peeping in the sets whenever the Jail-like door opened. Everyone who saw her, said she was looking amazing! Preity came out in a while. We were still awaiting the moment when the group would come face to face with MDN.

A while later, while we waited patiently, the break time finally began  and Madhuri came out to go back to her van for her lunch. She looked DROP DEAD GORGEOUS in an amazing western black outfit!I know I use the same  adjectives for her over and over again...I cant find any new ones...Would be grateful if someone could help me out with some new ones! :D
 She looked at us for a glance and waved at us, obviously knowing, what we were there for !
She went to her van for having her lunch while we waited inside the JDJ sets, watching the rehearsals going on there. One of the members from the group-Harshada, had to leave as she had some personal committments. But, before leaving, she gave me a packet of Uhmm..I dunno wht to call it..'Fanas i.e Jackfruit snack' which is popular among Maharashtrians, for MD!.I assured her I would give it to her once we get to meet MD.

After waiting till 5 pm, at around 5:10 pm {yeah, I remember the time!;) } , we were called in groups  inside Madhuri's van. As I entered, 2 others, April (The fan who brought us the certificate from abroad) and her friend,who were already inside, before me were already talking to MD. She recognised April as she met her before last year. Looking at me, she said , "Hiee.. Yaa I know most of you guys ..".She definitely knows what I look like {Good or bad-wtever!} atleast by now.Its my 6th meet! I removed the booklet I had made for her from my bag, and gave it in her hand. She opened it and smiled seeing the first page which had her childhood pictures and exclaimed, "Ohh...My childhood pics!!!!!!!" . She sure had a smile on her face. That was my  main aim in presenting the booklet-To make her smile!MISSION SUCCESSFUL!;). I also removed the Jackfruit snack packet  and gave it to her saying its from Harshada. At first everyone laughed seeing the packet, but then she was sweet enough to accept it as a gift from a fan and make it-This is what I love about her-Her nature!
Shaina told her about the cake that we had brought. She thanked us for it. I quickly mentioned that it was the same cake that I had cut on her birthday and tweeted her about.

We then presented to her the certificate which she said,"My kids have been really excited about this Star thing ever since  its been told about!".I was reallyyy happy knowing that she appreciated the idea about the star gift. I remember seeing Sumalika  extremely thrilled, not able to believe whats happening in front of her eyes, in the van and everyone telling her to chill  and take a deep breath and believe whats happening!She was even more happy when MD told something in Bengali for her after she came to know that she had come all the way from Kolkata. MD also congratulated her on her exam results.Madhuri opened Sumalika's gift-The crystal and loved it. I remember her saying,"I hope it does not fall", before taking it in her hand. 

While taking the group pic, I also told MD about the LIFE OK promos that I had been following and the one promo which the channel ate up :x. She enquired about the same with Shaina. I remember asking her how was the dance on JDJ as the previous day she tweeted about her performance on JDJ for the next day. However, she told me, that she would be shooting for it tomorrow i.e the next day.
We took few pictures and then  I waited with the camera while the  next group followed wherein Komal , Hemal ,Sai and Abhijit  got in the van to meet her. 
 Komal was the most lively in front of MD. She was nervous but she spoke. I mentioned to MD that Komal shares her birthday with MD. Madhuri recognised her as KK from Twitter and said , "Ohh..shes ones among my big fans from twitter". She also mentioned about the past when had tried to meet MD at a FOOD FOOD function but was unable to because her age was under 18. 

Sai told few things to MD like wishing to watch HAHK with her which MD was shocked to know {Obviously!} .Hemal and Abhijit got personal autographs from her.They were mesmerised by her charm since it was their first meet .{PS: I still am!Be it any of my meets with her,.. I always get nervous in front of her. This time round, I found this out, when I was cursing my cam for having been slower in the clicks but came to know that I myself was unstable , with shivers doing arounds within me.I wonder why that happens always.I have met many-a-stars.Its never happens when I meet them.Y here then?Caution:Thats the MADHURI Magic! :D :D :D }

Bhagyashree showed her the BIG Album she made. She readily signed it. Ditto for Pallavi's painting.She remembered Smita as Maddy Smita from Twitter and gave her autographs as well.Prasad also got an autograph on a DEVDAS notebook he owned.
I remember having one last glance at her face before leaving the van and she was still smiling , very enthusiastically meeting her admirers. Thats the moment, I made a decision-One fine day, probably 10-12 years down the line, whenever I  grow up to be a professionally secured individual, I would definitely try publishing a book about my meets with Madhuri Dixit . I have had a dream in the past to meet Madhuri Dixit, which has already been coming true, for years now!.Lets see, how this dream shapes up and what are destiny's plans for the future! {Incase it does, for those of you, who are already asleep reading this long narrative, you may skip buying the book-its okayy :(}
People from the fangroup keep thanking me for helping them meet their Dream Diva , but, in true sense of word, Its actually in their destiny-They have liked Madhuri Dixit Nene- Someone so inexplicably down-to-earth that  even God can't leave their wish to meet her unfulfilled!..And the angelic team surrounding her!!!There must'be no celebrity in this world who has such a fabulous team who have the power to make Dreams come true, over and over again!In what words do I thank them? Here's a  big THANK YOU for them, but , even a Lac thank you's to them, wouldn't be enough!

" I have met stars... I have met superstars... I have also met MADHURI DIXIT , a star, whose reference  has now made its way to the skies above too, in the  form of the name of a Star up there, in the Orion constellation"

Search for a star named 'Madhuri Dixit Nene' here: http://www.buyastar.net/history_start.asp 
You'd know-How a dream, became a reality!
Take care.







MADHURI DIXIT Tweets about our groups gift:

ARTICLE ABOUT THE STAR CERTIFICATE IN MARATHI NEWSPAPER : 
Maharashtra Times , Pune Edition :


15-05-2012

 15-06-2012

The Magic She Spelt on 'LIFE OK'...

When I begin thinking about the grace she
personifies in every role she plays, there is just
no limit to being mesmerized by it!
I remember Vaibhavi Merchant once quoted,
"She embodies everything a woman should be."
Surely, no actress of todays times can match her perfection level. 
I am talking about MADHURI DIXIT!

I have followed her role as a sutradhar for Entertainment Channel-LIFE OK ever since DAY ONE!.I made it a point not to miss a  single promo of hers on the channel. I am not a Daily soap person. The shows on the channel, frankly speaking, didn't interest me much.Nonetheless, I had to keep the channel on every evening for all 7 days of the week since her promos came not on a specific time or schedule. They were widely spread-sometimes before the show, sometimes during the ad's and many-a-times post the shows end scene.
Every single promo of her's on this channel had been so impeccably and fantastically executed that I truly do not regret a bit seeing the channel all evening!
I not only saw the promos, I made it a point to also upload every single  promo on the net to share it with Madhuri fans. Well, going by the number of views my videos had, I believe, not many were interested in the promos.{Maybe because of the quality of uploads  : Well sadly I dunn have a TV Tuner recorder installed for my PC :(} I cant comment about others, but to me, Madhuri's journey with LIFE OK, right from the beginning has been always merry and full of surprises. 
I have loved every single out of those 80+ promos she did for the channel!..And now when she has finally quit the channel, I bet I am going to miss her  promos more than anything else on that channel!:) She was the  perfectttttt  sutradhar! Her style of dressing as also of speaking were unmatchable!!!! Check every  picture of the collage  I have added to the left. You would find a new look with the same elegance in all those 45 pics! ( Entire credit to her stylist Shaina Nath and the lovely designers for this!!They just know what suits her the best!) There are few pictures of hers I had loved from these LIFE OK Shoots. Adding an Exclusive picture from the shoots which I have been truly amazed by! Enjoy the pic! Do check my Youtube channel for MDN LIFE OK PROMOS!


Here's bidding adieu to MDN's LIFE OK Journey... And here's a picture, to make the LIFE OK of every Madhuri fan!:)

My meet with my favorite TV Star: 'Juhi Parmar'

I have been an ardent Juhi Parmar fan ever since I saw her on 'Kumkum-Ek Pyaara Sa Bandhan', years back.Its nothing less than magical to meet Juhi after all these years of wait. I hereby the details of my meet with her:

12th April, 2012- was just another date on the calendar, that got SPECIAL for me! It was through a Facebook fan of Juhi : Farheen, that I was asked whether I could make it to a calendar launch party wherein Juhi Parmar would be present. I instantly agreed as I definitely wished to meet Juhi Parmar once!

The venue was an open air lounge. I reached there before time and right after entering inside , saw Juhi right in front of me, going upstairs to the make-up room and lawn. She looked amazing in a gorgeous outfit designed for a Fashion Show prior to the launch of the Calendar. I was really thrilled to see her and was waiting to get a chance to go and talk to her.

I went upstairs where certain media interviews were going on with all the celebrities in the calendar. My eyes were only on where Juhi was and what answers she gave to the questions asked to her! I have always loved her for her frank nature and she was at her best while answering the questions put up to her. While I was seeing her, I tried capturing a few pictures on my camera. She had a glance around at me , seeking to know, what I was doing and who I was!
Once the media interviews were over, I went upto her and told her , "Hi Juhi Ma'am..I am Nitesh..am from your Fanclub...It has been a dream to meet you..Finally got to meet you today...".She replied instantly, "Ohh That's Great!!!!!:)" . I asked her for a picture with me for which she readily agreed. Saying a "Thank You", I went and sat on another side still looking at what Juhi was doing :)... She was at times on phone or talking to someone from among the organisers asking when the show would begin.

In the period of next 10 mins, Sachin Shroff {Her husband} entered the venue. There was jodi interview taken of both of them by TV9 post which they sat together in the lawn. I went upto them and asked Sachin for an autograph and a pic. He readily agreed. I also asked him whether he remembers me nitesh_shahani on Twitter. He said he knew our fanclub. I also mentioned about Farheen to which he asked ,"Isn't she coming too?". I told him that she was on her way. Juhi had been talking to someone else all this while and finally when she got free, I took an autograph from her too.

Later,prior to the beginning of the event, I was sitting right behind Juhi and was talking to her about myself and my fanatism for her. I told her, "You are the only actress apart from Madhuri Dixit whom I really like!". She was extremely happy hearing this! I asked her when can we expect her stage play. She said that it would happen mostly post a month. I told her that I would love seeing her on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. She said, "Well....Lets see!". I also told Sachin that I would love seeing both of them on a TV Show together . He replied saying, "Inshallah..It wud happen someday!". I wished both of the all the best for their future projects.

Post the event, I went upto them yet again to take an autograph for Farheen who couldn't make it to the event and they were sporting enough to give the autographs without a cringe. While leaving, Juhi had dressed into a Saree in which she was looking impeccably beautiful.

I enjoyed every bit of my meet with Juhi Parmar and Sachin Shroff!...I guess this was the final installment in my Dream list..which unbelievably came true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!All I have to say is, If you have a dream, keep praying for it, maybe God would make it a reality someday soon!!! :)

FILMI DREAMS: ACCOMPLISHED! Courtesy: BOLLYWOOD HUNGAMA!

It happened one fine evening when I played a contest on a bollywood news website newly named from INDIA FM to BOLLYWOOD HUNGAMA , with no expectations. I vividly remember it being a MEET N GREET SHAHID KAPOOR Contest wherein some random questions about Shahid had to be answered and me being a big time Bollywood buff, decided to try out my luck. And that's where destiny played its game and I won the contest and got to meet SHAHID KAPOOR! I had always been a person who visualised Bollywood stars to be just UNREACHABLE. That LIVE MEET experience proved me wrong!

..And then there was no stopping!.The LUCK and BOLLYWOOD game of destiny continued having BOLLYWOOD HUNGAMA as the medium. Not 1... not 2... but a number of more such opportunities have been witnessed by me all thanks to the contests on this amazingly crafted website! The list of stars I have met through winning contests on their site includes:

1)Shahid Kapoor
2) Imran Khan
3) Neha Dhupia
4)Ranbir Kapoor
5)Shahid Kapoor-yet again for his Birthday Event!
5)Sonam Kapoor
6)HOUSEFULL Movie Team: Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Jiah Khan,Sajid Khan, Ritesh Deshmukh
7)John Abraham
8)Vivek Oberoi
9)Minissha Lamba
10) Amitabh Bachchan
11) Kalki Koechlin
12) Lastly.. Vidya Balan
Every star I have met, have had their own charm to be with. Not once have I felt some star be rude or annoyed at such fan events. Maybe its the BOLLYWOOD HUNGAMA magic that works here as well!;)

Seeing my pictures with celebrities, people often ask me whether I have any sources through whom I meet these stars. All I can say is believe it or not, Not once, have I been to a meet and greet event without getting due respectable call for winning it. People get lucky once or twice, I got lucky as many as 12 times all thanks to just one website: BOLLYWOOD HUNGAMA.The website people have never ever been biased towards calling me at events or anything such{Infact I know off late my few winnings have made me a big pain factor as obviously seeing me in pictures at so many events of the site would make people doubt the geniunity of the contests. TRUST ME!-THE CONTESTS AND THE WINNER SELECTIONS ARE 100 % GENUINE!!

I have been such a regular winner that almost every unit member of the event organising team at BOLLYWOOD HUNGAMA now know me.{RYAN, MOSES, NIKHIL..and the list continues!} Not to forget, have also known one among the Best Bollywood Journalists : FARIDOON SHAHRYAR through BOLLYWOOD HUNGAMA! He is among the best updater of the Bollywood events and also a great human being. I always make it a point to check updates on his blog, though have not been an active commenter there.

Not every contest on websites live upto what they actually claim the winning to be.BOLLYWOOD HUNGAMA- Always does! I am not saying so just because I have been a winner of their contests-try it to believe it!..You might just get LUCKY...Even luckier than me!:)

Well my luck has given me everything I have desired and in this BOLLYWOOD HUNGAMA has played no less than an ANGELIC role :).Obviously, there ought to be an end to it too. There is a world filled with people waiting to get lucky!...I dont want my luck to be an hinderance in their path. That's exactly why, I have decided not to be participating in contests of BOLLYWOOD HUNGAMA anymore.{Watch-out guys who play contests on the page!..U have one Lucky contendor less now ;) }
It has been a MAGICAL and UNIQUE, ONE OF ITS KIND EXPERIENCE, at every event I have attended of BOLLYWOOOD HUNGAMA. I hope and pray that the website gains worldwide popularity-It truly deserves it!:)

The only last words I would like to say are:
"BELIEVE IN YOUR LUCK ...
AND WAIT FOR YOUR DREAMS TO COME TRUE!"

WHEN I MADE ‘HER’ LAUGH…..11-02-2012

They say making someone laugh is a difficult job. It must ‘be 100 times more difficult to make someone whose laughter makes me skip a heartbeat, laugh over something. I never expected I could make MADHURI DIXIT laugh one fine day……And It So Happened Last Afternoon!!!!!!Here are the details of one among my most indelible experiences ever.

It was yet another lucky day for me. I WAS GOING TO MEET MADHURI DIXIT YET AGAIN! I won a contest on the page of ORAL B –INDIA on Facebook which would not have happened without those 100+ Likes on my picture. { Thanks a zillion to all my friends who liked that picture! I truly cant thank you guys enough!}

We were called at a Studio at FILMCITY at around 2:30 in the afternoon. The Rickshaw mistakenly took me to another Studio which was close to where the actual destination was. As I was about to get inside the studio I saw someone pass by me and get inside a car. I turned back and had a look again. It was KAREENA KAPOOR. I did not say anything and just stood there like a silent observer. By now I obviously knew that I was on a wrong studio. I decided to take a walk inorder to reach my actual destination.

Finally, once I reached the studio, I was asked to wait outside. The other winners of the contest {which includes 2 of my really good friends from the MADHURI DIXIT Fanclub- Smita and Harshada} were yet to come. Awaiting their arrival, I was taking a view of the entire surroundings and was able to hear some cheering sounds and claps going on inside the Studio. Smita arrived in a while. We patiently waited outside until we finally saw someone come out of the studio.

Yes! It was Her!....We stood there stunned by that aura of goodness and simplicity that she possesses. She did not notice us at this point of time. She was moving towards her van. As she moved closer to her van, some puppies surrounding the area were seen in plenty outside her van’s stairs. As soon as she saw them, she began playing with them. Her actions were so simple..so down-to-earth! I wish I could capture that moment on camera but I did not wish to spoil the scene. She then finally went inside the van and turned towards us, saw us fans standing there and finally closed the door.

I was still awestruck by what I just witnessed. To others it might be something very routine or normal. But for me, it was MADHURI DIXIT-The only Bollywood actress I have been a BIG FAN of since times I remember being in conscious minds!-Her every action was indeed bliss for me. I go numb whenever I see her or meet her. There’s some Madhuri Magic all around her which spells a charm as soon I see her anywhere around :)

Harshada reached the studio in a while. I removed all the letters I had to give Madhuri which were written by her fans which included Mohit, Sumalika, Suchismita, Komal, Aisha and few others. I had also made a card last night for Dr. Nene whos birthday followed on the coming day. The card had some funny edited pictures because of which I was apprehensive of actually gifting it fearing that Madhuri might not like it. We wrote the name of our fanpage on the card , removed our cameras, autograph books and pens and were ready for the ultimate joyride of our life-To Meet Madhuri Dixit FACE TO FACE{ This joy was witnessed by me 3 times earlier in the past year!}. We were told that Madhuri would come out of the van and meet us there.

The ‘Dhak-dhak’ beats of my heart just didn’t want to stop. They grew more intense rather. This was anyways nothing new.Whenever I meet HER, I shiver, fumble, crack out between words so I knew this was to come!:D ……..And then the moment arrived when MADHURI finally came out of her van.

The first words I remember saying were, “Hello Ma’am…..We are your Fans..do you remember our Empress fanpage on FACEBOOK? ”

To this she quickly recalled,”Ohh yaa yaa….FACEBOOK…..I know your group! Infact I even remember some of you”

She looked at me…and said ,”YOU!........I 100 % know you…U have met me before right?”

I laughed , nodded my head and said yes.

MADHURI DIXIT REMEMBERED ME!!!!. I could live the rest of life happily knowing this fact. :)

One by one, all fans were given a chance to meet her. The first person to meet was Harshada. She was drenched with sweat by now, thanks to the heat that afternoon. Madhuri asked her ,”Why are you so Hot??”. To which she replied, “I was waiting to meet you na..That’s why!” .And finally Harshada’s dream of meeting Madhuri also came true and she too was mesmerised by her warmness and affection towards her fans. While she signed for Harshada, I told her that all her fans want her back in a film . To this, she had nothing much to say just: “Maybe soon J” {I am hoping that Soon comes sooner………..I really cant wait to see her back on the Silverscreen!}

Smita looked totally blank even while capturing videos. Infact I myself was lost somewhere between my world of Dreams and Reality. Smita greeted Madhuri and also told her to wish Dr. Nene on his birthday which was the next day. She signed an autograph on a family picture of her’s for Smita. I again asked her , “Ma’am when’s the website coming?”. She said ,”Oh ya..its on its way..Coming soon :)”

Next to go to greet her was me. I took the marker pen from Smita’s hand who was still lost in another world. The first thing I gave Madhuri was my card for Dr. Nene. Along with my wishes for him, I placed the card, in her hand. She read the message on the first page and rolled over to the inside part.

The moment she saw the second page she laughed out loud. She also said to her stylist Shaina and others present there, “You must see this!! ” .”He is going to love this!!!!!”, she added speaking about Dr. Nene.She was still laughing. I just couldn’t get myself over the fact that I MADE MADHURI DIXIT LAUGH! It is a moment of bliss to meet her. That laughter was an icing on the cake. I remember explaining her why I made that picture on the card. I said that actually Mr Nene has those Hero'ish looks so I thought if I replace him in some posters, it would be a good surprise for him :D.I also stated that I would love seeing her and Dr. Nene in a movie together. She was laughing all this while. I would never ever forget this that I was atleast capable of making her laugh once in my life. THERE WAS NEVER A MOMENT LIKE THAT, EVER BEFORE IN MY LIFE :) :)

I then took an autograph of hers on a poster.She was signing it without asking my name. I asked her in excitement,"Ma'am...You remember my name?" .And she said, "Yeah..Nitesh..Rite?...Uhmm how do we spell it. N...I.T..E..S...H or N.I.T.I..S..H?".I said,"NITESH " , with a braod smile on my face which just didn't show any sign of disappearing. I then posed with her for a picture. Some other winners were still left. They too wanted an autograph. I guess the pen they gave Madhuri for the sign wasn’t working. Then she asked me, “Can I have your marker?” . I immediately gave it in her hand saying “Yes Sure Ma’am………” And once the autograph was given, she courtesly returned it back to me. JI also handed over the letters I had brought along. Before she went back to her van, I shouted again, “Ma’am…We are all waiting for movie! “. She smiled.

And this was how…I got lucky ONCE AGAIN!!!!! I HAVE BEEN REALLY REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE MET THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN ON THIS EARTH {atleast according to me} AGAIN..AND AGAIN…..AND AGAIN……:)

If there is someone I respect after God and my parents , it would be that Angel: MADHURI DIXIT NENE!

PS: Yet again, like last time, this is NOT the entire description. There’s a lot I have missed out writing: Some of it intentionally, some of it not! Hope you enjoyed this write-up :) :) :)Thanx for reading:)