An
invite to meet ‘ Vir Das’ the famed Comedian at ‘Kingdom Of Dreams’ awaited in
my mailbox and I sure was excited…Just like some people have a fetish for a
good steak , I have one for Good Humour and off I set with my daughter in tow
with great gusto.
Being
a local Gurgaonniwaasi, I feel rather proud that a dream destination like Kingdom
of Dreams is right here in my neighbourhood…and more often than not I have
watched both the shows ‘Zangoora’ and ‘Jhumroo’ sometimes to entertain some
firang friends and sometimes to simply entertain myself with the family.
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| SMILE PLEASE |
Anyways
back to ‘Vir Das’, who was actually there to promote his upcoming film ‘Amit
Sahni ki List’ at the glitzy ‘IIFA’ hall at KOD. His arrival was a wee bit late
but he did manage to say something about his film to the press in the
speculated time. He was then whisked off to ‘Nautanki Mahal’ (with
a promise to come back in 30 minutes for a one on one with the media) just
as ‘Zangoora’ was ending so as to surprise the guests with his presence and of
course promote the film. Fortunately or unfortunately I got to sit next to him
and as I tried to get friendly so as to interview him later…he introduced me to
his PR who said, ‘we will connect’ post this. Anyways all Vir asked me was ‘Do
you have time on you?’ At first I thought he was flirting but soon realised he
was just asking to know what the time was. I said ‘5 Pm’ and he just nodded his
head stressfully. A comedian in stress…hmmm, doesn’t sound right…haina?
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| ON STAGE AT THE NAUTANKI MAHAL |
That
said on stage at the Nautanki Mahal ‘Vir Das’ the ace stand-up comedian and now Bollywood
star, mingled with adoring fans and visitors at Kingdom of Dreams, who could
not get enough of him. The excited crowds responded with enthusiasm and kept
asking for more.
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| WHY THIS STRESSED LOOK??? |
And
I rushed back to the IIFA hall so as to chit chat with him one on one! But
where was ‘Vir Das’? He did not come back and left all the media stranded….We
were told he had to rush to catch a flight to Singapore…Now I would call that
being rather disorganised, if you have said you are available till 7:15 …didn’t
you know you had a flight? Whatever!!! I sure was disappointed with Vir Das not
even smiling properly when he was sitting next to me and then this disappearing
act!!
With
nothing really left to do, we just had some yummy ‘ Vada Pao’ and ‘ Chai’ from
the Mumbai counter at KOD and took some pics with the debutant heroine Anandita
who was there for a very long time with her super excited family!
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| DEBUTANT ANANDITA AND AKANKSHA DEAN |
As
far as the film is concerned I really don’t know yet if I would be watching it
…but would surely come back to Kingdom of Dreams for the Vada Pao and Jhumroo!
