Fans from across the border rushed to catch a glimpse of Bollywood’s stars this morning. All the way from Pakistan, they waited restlessly in the parking lot of a Sector 10 hotel just to have a snap with Shah Rukh Khan.
For starry-eyed Nadia, Abeer, Sidra, Meenu and Tajdar a warm hug from Baadshah Khan was nothing less than a dream come true. As they stood next to him, the anger and frustration of long hours of wait disappeared. A smile played on their lips as they clung to him before posing for photographs. Excitement was writ large on their faces as they asked for autographs.
Shah Rukh also obliged them by sparing “precious minutes” out of his busy schedule. Ready to leave for the shoot in his car, he stopped to have a word with his foreign fans. As the local movie buffs watched from some distance, he embraced them before smiling at the lensman.
They had seen him on the small screen in Lahore. Dazzled by his ardent ways and “flawless acting”, they had discussed his romantic style for hours together with other fans. But meeting the “hero of their lives” was altogether a new experience.
“When we came to Chandigarh from Lahore a few days back for attending a workshop being conducted at the College of Architecture here, little did we know that legend called Shah Rukh Khan would be standing next to us one day”, they said.
Trying to contain her excitement, Nadia said, “We had been trying to meet Shah Rukh Khan since Wednesday night. But somehow success was eluding us. All those messages sent to him through security personnel were just not doing the trick. In fact, we were not even sure whether he was receiving them or not”.
Placing the camera back in the cover, she added, “We were disappointed. No doubt about it. Time was running out as we had to leave for Delhi this afternoon. Just as were losing hope of meeting him, someone called his name. We turned around and saw him”.
