They say you make idols only of Gods- who is perceivably
immortal. In the fast growing world of
today, not everyone follows that
ideology. Infact, idolizing humans by
making miniature replicas of them, to keep it as an everlasting memory
has been an all new fascination to many. And I was one among those fascinated.
Not many companies do this- Infact, From what I researched, there was just one
company in India- THE ULTIMATE KOPIE ( ), which had a Facebook page, and had recently initiated doing
so. I loved the concept totally. Infact, I loved it soo much that I decided to
make one of these replicas for a Best Friends birthday- & within 1 months
time, the same was ready! I was very happy with the final output and was
surprised that even hand made art could have such perfection!
Few months from then, the idea of gifting these replica
dolls to my favorite actress - MADHURI
DIXIT NENE for her birthday this year, struck me ( Have planned her birthday
gifts for the last 3 consecutive years successfully ) . Was it feasible? What
if they got it wrong? Money doesn’t grow on trees!- How would I manage
arranging the money for the plan I had in mind?
I was very certain that if I am planning a replica for her, it had to be
not just ONE..But many..defining different stages of her career! But, would
Madhuri like it? Moreover, would it even reach it? – That’s the way my brain
functioned with those questions popping up in my head every single day.
Finally, I told to myself, I need to start doing something if I wish to work
this out. Thought, why not share the idea with some fans I knew? I remember the first LONG message I typed in
all the Whatsapp groups related to Madhuri of which I was a part… Few reactions
were super positive…few did not react at all. Didn’t find any negativity
thankfully. That’s where I thought maybe the idea is good enough. Since it was a big gift, it required cash contributions too
as a major part. I wanted to make it a rule that I would take money ONLY from
WORKING PROFESSIONALS who are MADHURI FANS and WISH TO CONTRIBUTE without any
COERCION. I still remember AMNA AL OTHMAN, who is a fan from KUWAIT,’s first
reaction being that She would contribute
as much as she could and cash was not a constraint. She insisted that
through Western Union cash transactions are easy and that I should allow her to
contribute. Since she was the first one to agree, I couldn’t say no accept the
amount. Post that, there was no stopping.
Many fans themselves volunteered to
be ok with contributing cash. Some from abroad who were students wished to
contribute but I couldn’t take money from such & told them rather support
the initiative we begin for this gift on
Twitter. In the next 3 days, a group on
whatsapp was created with all the cash contributors and co- admin of
@MadhuriEmpress Fanclub-
Bhagyashree Kulkarni . The next challenge was to get the cash arranged
ASAP since the creation of the gift
required atleast a month of hard work by
the creators. By Gods grace I arranged
the entire cash in-time, included my contribution, and gave a green signal for the gift to be made! We zeroed upon 3 different looks highlighting different stages
of Madhuri’s career- Movies, Jhalak & Dance With Madhuri!
Next stage was to
create a buzz and It has always been my dream to work with every single FanClub
of MDN together as a group and this time I made sure I would strive to do this!
There was absolute co-operation by other FC’s
@MadhuriD_Tweets &
@AmaniAnusha ..not once did they question my
foresight!..We built a strong positive team to move ahead..Now what we
wanted was a name to give for this
entire campaign & after numerous discussions we zeroed upon using the hashtag # MadhuriMeetsMadhuri for
our gift!! The enthusiasm with which we began posting stuff related to this
surprise made Madhuri fans go ga-ga!..We trended on the first day of launching the
hashtag!!!!!
I wanted to make sure every supporter was acknowledged and
hence thought of coming up with a booklet-cum-card, which would have been given
to MD along with the gift. I left this to be entirely designed by Amani Anusha
and coordinated by Avinash and Aakrati. As expected, they did a phenomenal
job!!
Jumping on directly to the D-Day now…Fast forwarding a tad
bit too much as I understand people would otherwise stop reading this out of
boredom !
The Replicas……Check..! MDN Birthday Card…Check…!..
Camera..Check.! Perfect Outfit..Check…!
I was all set to reach the launch of #DanceWithMadhuri App,
where we were invited by Madhuri’s Team, because of the efforts we put in on
Twitter, so as to present our gift to her! THIS WAS THE DAY NOT JUST ME, BUT
ALL MADHURIANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GIFT IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WERE WAITING
FOR!!...Our DREAM was about to come true!!!!
2 other Madhurians accompanied me at the venue- one being
Palak, who is a huge MD fan from Rajkot, and the other being my first ever MD-related friend and Co-admin of
Empress FC, Maddy Smita!Post the launch event, we were told to wait outside in
the hotel lobby & were told that Madhuri Ma’am would be there to see us
shortly. We waited impatiently since the launch event was already over and we
were scared that what if Ma’am goes away without seeing our gift maybe because
she would be exhausted! A 1000 thoughts, zillion jitters & butterflies
later, we saw her walking towards us.
I could very well freeze
at that very moment! What began as a dream was about to become a
reality!!!!- Yes we were about to reveal to
The Madhuri Dixit Nene- what #MadhuriMeetsMadhuri was!!!-This was THE Moment we were waiting for!!! As she
moved forward, she saw and instantly recognized me. She greeted all of us. I
moved my hand forward to wish her for her birthday in advance. She readily put
her hand in mine and we shook hands! Might appear as a small moment to many but
this was something that I was gonna cherish was a lifetime!- I shook hands with
her, wished her for her Birthday, 2 days prior to it..This has never happened
in the past years..and would be recorded in the history of our fandom for her,
for this lifetime. Quickly post she greeted Palak and Maddy Smita, I put the
gift in her hand and told her to guess what it could be! She began thinking,
trying to figure out what it is!...Guessing a little, she said, post I hinted,
I said it has something to do with 4 stages of your career, she stated, “ 4 Stages..Uhmm..maybe 4 films of
mine or something? ! “. I insisted her to try a little harder.She thought a
little and said like a curious kid. “ No ..now I am opening this..! My brain is
not working at the moment! “. Then, we began helping her open the gift. The
packings were tough since the gift was delicate. Opening the gift wrapper, and
finding a lot more packing inside, she exclaimed, “ Arre itna packing? Arre
Deva!!!! Help me unpack it now!” All of
us, along with her team began helping in opening the
gift. Then I removed the first replica, packed in white plastic, and
told her to open it. As she opened it, she said “ Ohhh my God!Look at that!!
That’s a lovely doll!!!”. It was the
Jhalak replica. I then asked her if she remembered where that look was from.
She struggled a bit, but couldn’t figure that out. I myself revealed it to her
that the replica was of her JHALAK 7 Finale look & then she
remembered!!!!!!!!!! She showed the doll to her staff with soo much excitement
& told them to place it carefully
so that they don’t break. I remember her saying “ Its very delicate!!!!”
Next up was the Dance With Madhuri doll seeing which she was
yet again very surprised & happy. As always, I shivered a bit around her
while I unpacked the gift. She told me while I opened one of the replicas “
Please be careful!!Aaram se” .I could see she cared for the gift we gave her.
This was more than what I could have wished for! Palak stopped me while I was
unpacking the last replica and asked MD if she could guess which could the last
one be. She said, “ Uhmmmm Didi Tera Devar! “ . Smita noticed that MD has seen
a bit of the open sides of the replica and thus guessed . To this, MD replied .
“ Haan thodi si cheating kardi maine :D
“ . She was in absolute awe of all 4 replicas from what I noticed!
To add on to this, Doctor Nene joined her there while we
still spoke. I handed over the Birthday card stating that this was AMANI
ANUSHA’s design. She exclaimed with a huge smile , “ Ohh Amani & Anusha!!”.
She randomly opened some pages of the card.She saw the #MadhuriReactions page
and pointing at a particular reaction pic, she said : “ Oh My God..Look at me there!.. “. To this ,
I replied, “ Yes ma’am, those are the trademark #MadhuriReactions made by AA!
“. Her eyes looked as excited as that of a curious young kid who gets a
chocolate he/she loves!
She looked at Doctor and said “Did you see what they have
gifted me!?” . Doctor stated that he just saw them and he too really liked the same
! He asked me where did I make them from and where I got this idea !I told him
that I got it while browsing the net :D . He also asked us if we are liking the
DWM App & we answered that yes we loved the same!
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Meanwhile, she was asking others their names & then I interrupted saying, “Don’t know if you know” me? , teasing her with those words, like always. And she replied , yet again with that cute expression, like last time , saying “ U…noo I don’t think I know you!!! U must’be some Nitesh-Ritesh..I don’t knw :P “
Tell me one celebrity who can talk so openly with fans- I
bet there just cannot be one! No one can match the nature this angel has- There
is truly no one like her-and would never be!
Next, I wanted to make the moment a memory for not just me,
Palak and Smita, but also all the contributors and the creators. MD had no
qualms giving an autograph on both the collages I had made for this. While
signing the autograph for the creator-The Ultimate Kopie’s team- ( Avleen Kaur
), she asked Doctor, “ Arre figurines cha spelling kaay asto? ! F..I..G..U..R..? “ & Doctor replied answering the same for
her! I found it very sweet of her to ask that question to him…Was such a simple
& sweet convo! Even though we fans were around, it never made her conscious
to casually converse with her hubby. This sweetness & down to earth nature
of hers leaves us all spellbound everytime we meet her! Truly, there cannot be
another Madhuri Dixit!. :
Before leaving, I wanted one last pic of hers with the Contributors collage, which she readily agreed for . Though the pic was NOT clicked as expected by the person whom I gave it to, I was very happy to see her be ready inspite of having the urgency to leave since the event had wrapped up. While we were being pictured, I said to her " I am sorry I am demanding too much! ". Post the pictures were taken, she replied to that saying, " Its totally OKK Nitesh! .." ..And before she made a final move, she turned back again and said, "...But remember...To have patience...! PATIENCE is a VIRTUE! " And I agreed to the same! ...& She left from the entry door, yet again making me totally enchanted, and head over heels in awe of this persona!
Once again, I was successful in living my dreams, and gifting her what I had thought of, with strong support from soo many #Madhurians! I thank every single one who ever tweeted for #MadhuriMeetsMadhuri, from the bottom of my heart. You guys made this possible!- I could do nothing alone- Trust me!! On my journey this time I made a number of new friends with fellow MD Fans, got to know a lot new people and tried to spread as much happiness as I could!
What makes this blog extra special is the date when I am
uploading it! 15TH MAY 2015 –
Meanwhile, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADHURI is trending worldwide!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADHURI!!!-
HOPE YOU LIKED OUR SMALL SURPRISE! :)
