Childhood memories reawakened with Hritkrish..

Flipping through the pages of the popular Indian community newspaper “tabla”, I learnt about my childhood hero’s forthcoming visit to Singapore to promote his upcoming sci fi flick “Krissh”. Far from being a Hrithik fan now, I still decided to go watch his performance at the expo, only to reminisce and re-live the good old school days. My short lived craze after watching his first movie with Prachi, persisted being with a clan of delirious fanatics. Being a part of Karthika-Deepa’s discussions of latest Hrithik updates post school time, running with Palla and Pd to Fun Republic to watch him live (unfortunately a rumour), enacting his scenes and dialogues from Knph with Kittu, calling and playing his songs on cable RequesTv, checking the Indian express celebrity poster every Tuesday morning the first thing to see if its Hrithik – were few of the insane things I did back then!.. While the rest of us got over the teenage Hrithik mania, Karthika and Deepa religiously continue to be his admirers till date. 

Karthika was on cloud 9 on hearing about Hrithik‘s visit to Global Indian School (where she works) and secured a second row seat to watch his live interaction with the school kids, and surprisingly managed not to pass out. Whereas I, after a day’s outing at the River Safari, scraped to have adequate phone charge for taking pictures/videos, reached the expo just on time to join the crowd countdown for his entry. Escorted by brawny bouncers, and led by white-capped director-father, the tall figure behind the theatrical fog was welcomed by a deafening cheer and hooting by the jam packed audience.

Clad in a loose moss green shirt with shades hanging and khakhi pants, the charismatic star held the crowd captivated through his 45 min stay.  Adhering to the purpose of his visit, Hrithik flaunted his rich American accent while speaking about his role with superpowers in “Krissh”, concluding with clichéd phrase about achieving the impossible by believing in oneself. Surrendering himself to the public demands, he mesmerized the audience by loosening up his agile body to the tunes of  “Ek pal ka jeena” and a couple of other songs, which was all the rage ten years ago. He ceased his jumpy movements on being reminded about the prohibition by his doctor owing to the recent brain surgery.  In reciprocation, he was entertained by a cohort of high school students who performed on his most popular numbers and also managed to fish accolades from Hrithik himself, before the brief program wrapped up.

Hrithik graciously thanked the audience for all the love, and vanished into thin air, leaving me nostalgic and cherishing the eternally beautiful childhood memories. Cheers to my Vikki Nagar gang!