When stars were crazy fans...

Karan Mehra aka Vedanta of Virrudh, reveals, "When I was in my school I used to wear chains on my wrists like Amitabh Bachchan used to in his Shehanshah and act like him to the extent of going and telling my friends to hit me. I would protect myself using the chain just like he did in the movie!"

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Like Karan, Sharad Kelkar aka Nahar of Saat Phere was also a big fan of the Big B. He says, "When I was growing up I was a great fan of Mr. Bachchan and still am. When I was 3-years-old, my uncle had a gramophone and whenever he was free he used to play Khaike Paan Benaras Wala from the film Don. I used to dance to the tunes of that song and also do his mimicry when I was in school and college – copying his style of standing, dressing and talking."

The multi talented Sophie Choudry, who will star in Vikram Bhatt's upcoming film Speed, says, "Although I was born and brought up in London and I was a complete Bollywood buff. While my friends would put up posters of international pop stars I only had a poster of Salman Khan and that too in my school desk. I was lucky enough to have my own television and video when I was really young. So I never left home in the morning without watching either a song or scene from one of his films. I would be putting on my school uniform and happily dancing away at 7am! I was a big fan of his because he made my heart melt with his smile and romantic dialogues."

Sophie reveals that her other 'obsession' was a little less close to home. "It was Jordan Knight from the boy band 'New Kids on The Block'. I went for every single one of their London concerts and always got front row seats which cost my mum a fortune. Once I was heart broken and started crying because I got a third row seat instead, but believe it or not he threw a teddy bear from on stage and it fell right into my lap."

Jai Bhanushali aka Neev of Kayamath reveals that he was big fan of Aamir Khan when he was younger. He says, "I was crazy about Aamir and never missed any of his movies. When I was in the 9th standard, Ghulam released and I was so impressed with the song Aati Kya Khandala that I went out and managed to get an outfit that was very similar to Aamir's in that song. I used to wear that and behave like a loafer, teasing the girls and asking them out to Khandala."

Reshmi Ghosh aka Bhoomi of Kyunki adds, "I remember when I was in school, there was a group of girls along with me who were fans of Aamir Khan and Tom Cruise. We would collect postcards and photographs of Aamir. I would keep these pictures in my books, wardrobe. I also had an album in which I would keep cuttings of all these." http://news.indya.com/newsDetails.aspx?xfile=2007/August/New s_20070802_21