Kai US Ke Nazar Utaroon
Mai Shukar Karon Rab Ka
Kai Sajday May Sur Jhuka Lon
Jo Dil May Eik Aarzo thee
Tu Nay Woh Puri Kar De
Mangee Thee Eik Ghadi
Tu Nay Umer Poori Day Dee
I am going to give a detailed coverage of our trip to Wembly , with only one thing in mind , to Meet Ragini, and Only Ragini ( Jay bhi ho jaye toh Jay he Jay !!!)
I live exactly 3 hours away from Wembly , the gate was suppose to open at 6.30 pm, I left at ...guess ??? 2.00 No 1.00 ...No , I left at 11.15 am . !!!! Got changed and everything, got the gift bags, took every single camera in the house, may it be Video camera, SLR or Digital and Phone as well, just in case !!! Took my car to drive through wash as I cant drive a gandi Gadi to see Ragini !!! ( what was I thinking , was she going to sit in the car or check my number plate which starts with RK !! I am not joking it just happened , I had this car 5 years ago Us waqt toh I didnt know her , well nobody knew her )
Then filled up the diesel , got water and a bar of chocolate , as didnt feel like eating since 15th. Got new songs on my iphone along with both Ragini,s song.
It was such a lovely drive you could picture me gungunaing:
" Koi Rok Sakay Toh Rok Lay "
Anyways just before wembly , my heart started dhad dhadaaing and I took a wrong turn, then another one then another, SAT NAV got mad at me , " Woman get hold of yourself " , anyways I got there at 2.20 pm. Na Adam Na Adam Zaad, meaning no body there except few security people , I grabbed one of the gentle his name was Mr. Khooli , I said to him
ME: Hi there , when would the gate open
MK: 6.30
ME: Oh dear I am early!!
MK: Well I am surprised as NO DESI comes up that early
ME: Well I am not here to see the concert just to meet somebody
MK: You paid all that money to see somebody ?? ( he must be thinking all sorts of things !!)
ME: No No I came to meet Ragini Khanna!! I am her fan Na !!!
MK: WHO IS RAGINI KHANNA?????
ME: ( I was like excuse me you dont know her and you work for Star, that does it, this is not right ) Suhana in Sasural Genda Phool ,( then I pointed towards her poster in the lobby which u could see from outside.
MK: Oh !! Yeah Yeah, they all are rehearsing
ME: Can I please go and see her, I have got her gifts
MK: Oh I can give it to her
ME: No No I will do it myself
MK: I cant help you, at the moment but may be once you are inside may be then
So form 2.30 to 3.30 I was just wondering around, then sat on the stairs and wrote the card for Ragini which I forgot to earlier. Just after that I saw a girl with a file in her hand and in Star Plus uniform with phones in her ears ( walkie talkie ones) she looked a smart girl somebody really busy and very authoritative, I approached her , shewas bit awkrad at first then I told her
Me; Hi , there I know you are busy and I shouldnt disturb you, but if I dont ask you this then I would regret this for ever that I didnt do enough, I am here to see Ragini,
Her: Have you got the tickets
Me; Yeah here it is
Her: Then you will see her -( Smart girl!!! good answer, at least she didn't say WHO RAGINI IS )
Me: No No I want to meet her, look , ( I showed the big bag ) I have to give this to her
Her: She said okey give it to me , I will give her.
ME: Would you? that would be great, ( I gave her my work visiting card with my credentials, and phone numbers etc )
She took that . And I was like relived that yes it would get to her , most of the job done, may be she will see me. Then I realised " WHAT IF SHE DOESNT " ( Ho Gaye Na desi Harkat, we dont trust people ) but then I said to myslef " If she doesnt get it then probably it was not meant to be and there must be something lacking in me sincerity. I tweeted every one, and they laughed but said don't worry , it would get there.
Sheemu came, we chated , tried all the guards no luck, then I got a phone call at 5 , a strange number, my heart sank, and that called turned out to be the parking lot guy saying I left one of the windows open , I need to go there and close it !!!!!
While me and Sheemu was going towards it, another bell rang another starnge number , and honestly this time my heart did say its her!!!
RAGINI: Hi Sheema !!! this is Ragini ,
ME: Oh My God , I am going to die now, is it really you,
RAGINI: Yes its me, Thank you so much , I LOVED each and everything, you guys are just great , I love you guys, I loved the details you put in,
ME: We are outside I was going to parking lot as I left the window opened, and you called
RAGINI: I know , I tried to ask them to let you guys in or I come out but there is some thing wrong with the security they are not letting me
ME: thats okey, Sheemu is here talk to her
( I put the speaker on , )
RAGINI: Hi there Thankyou for your presents
SHEEMU: No that was from Sheema Di, I havent given you yet, do you know mjtrueledgend thats me
RAGINI: Yes I DID NOT QUITT TWITTER BECAUSE OF YOU
Sheemu and me scremaed.
Then I said to her
ME: I know you must be busy, don't worry we will not go with out meeting you
RAGINI: You guys would be watching the show right
ME: yes off course#
RAGINI: Tell SADAF as well that I tried but they are not letting us in, Sadaf text me ,
( Ragini is so sweet thinking all of us really know each , where as the reality is we know names but met for the first time )
She then said bye , and we SCREAMED thinking the phone is down, but NOP she heard our scream and we heard her laugh !!!!
We were overwhelmed, I said to Sheemu, she got everything and she likes them, my job is done , I happy and content with it, I dont mind if we could not meet now. Sheemu said , no but I haven't given mine and I want to give it my self.
Anways by 6.30 they let us in. We were in , went to the toilet , imagine driving three hours no break waiting outside for three hours, no SUNDAAAS facility, so I really NEEEDEDDD to go !!!!
I saw a very pretty girl asked her are you Sadaf ?? she said No. then asked outside couple of more girls none of them were.
Then a sweet little thing came to us while we were snacking on fries and Pepsi which Sheemu paid for ! saying are you Sheema! I said yes, and she said I am Yas, ( YAsmin) and then there three Raginians inside.
The show started with Karan Pangali,s act, and my God , he was a treat to watch, absolutely zabardast, the girls gone mad over her, to be honest this local Munda got more applause then Jay and Naitik and after Rahat and Ragini !!!!! We made quick posters with A4 pages, one said " SHEEMU AND SHEEMA ARE HERE, the other said " RAGINI WE LOVE YOU , the other said " RAGINI AND JAY ROCKS " at that time three of us sitting in my row as the view was the best , and there seat khali ( DEsi people always come late for everything !!)
Then there SHE WAS, I almost dropped my camera , the video I took became shaky, as I couldnt control screaming her name, with top of my lungs, her name RAGINI not SUHANA unlike the others!! She was looking STUNNING, it would be understatement, she was wearing lot of makeup but in that bright light it was making her look like an APSARA !! SubhanaAllah and the song she danced on was " Aao Huzoor Tum Ko, " the remix version.
Then came with loud cheers Jay and Ragini together on Chamakh Chaloo, they were super awsome, really up for it, at this time I had three dilemas, wether to watch it live, take picture or make a video !!! so didnt enjoy any of it as I was juggling between cameras and on top of it I had to WHISTLE as well which I can proudly say the LOUDEST.NAd waving the poster too( Pictures would be posted soon I promise)
Then Naitik and Akshara came. Akshara was looking nice, Naitik was Naitik .Song I forgot.
Then Came JAY , wow what energy he had with each roar of cheers from crowd was making him more pumped up and that was so good to see.
Then Geet and Roshni came, they were good too, good dancing good act, very colourfull.
Then they had a comedy thing,after that they had 90,s song here she was AGAIN with a OOLAA LAA dress , short one and Ragini danced on " HO JA RANGEELA RAY " . excellent dance she was dancing with so much energy that it was worth watching, they would show that.
Then Jay and Ragini did on one song I forgot the song as I was again juggling between cameras !!!
Naitik and Akshara did on " YEh Kaali Kaali "
And the best think happened ,we in the front could see Ragini and Jay jumping with joy and hugging each other as the got the most cheers from the crowd, and they waved at us from the corner, they saw us moving our camera towards them then the central stage !!!!! You could see the joy on Jay,and Ragini ,s face, they were like small children so so happy and humbled , I mean that was so overwhelming to see..
Then there was a break and we started hunting for Suchitra again, found her, she said Ragini knows you are here and she said would come out at some stage to meet us, there is nothing else she could , we thanked her.
The rest I will send after the break.
After the break Rahat Fateh Ali Khan came, my God, the energy this man has is amazing, definetly the best singer of this decade, he know how to give the live performance, not a note missing, what a sheer treat.
While this was going on , I looked towards the let of the stage just on the side there was an entrance to back stage where all the camera man had there trollys, and stuff, I saw Akhshara,Naitik, and Jay coming, I honestly zoomed in second over there , nothing could stop me I had direct eye contact with Akshara just as I was getting near she looked at me and smiled ( please Akshara,s fan dont read this bit ) I just passed by her and ignored her and ran towrads Suchitra !!! It was better this way otherwise it would have been more embarrassing for me and her if I would have asked her, " Can I see Ragini Please" !!! anyways, I camped there while them lot sat in the front across the barrier , the security guys were Gora and typical FBI style, I sat quitely, then came Ragini to sit with them Suchitra saw me, I text Sheemu, to come fast 2 times ad called her too no answer, then Suchitra asked me to wait in the corner, the security guy said to me you are very lucky! I waited and then , there she was with her million dollar smile just for me, looking at me , waved at me , I thought she going back, I covered my mouth and probably crying , she came towards me and hugged me saying " I love you guys so much, you guys are so great, I promise I read IF post every day ! I promise I do read it you are are great", she was saying all this and I was completely over powered by her presence couldnt say a single word, she then said " I loved the Watch so much " I said really, thank God ! " she said " I loved every detail of the presents, I loved the perfume " , I said " No No perfume is for you Mother ", she was really awed and said " Oh My God for my Mother " to Suchitra, then I held her face, kissed her hands and did her Balain ! and said to her" I always wanted to do that " she laughed, I patted on her shoulder and said " You are going to go very far dont worry Allah tum ko bohat bohat Kamyabi day ga ! dont worry about anything " . She waved me good bye, and left , and I started full fledged crying, the security guards saw me, must be thinking I am mad, Sheemu and Yas came just after that, Sheemu was devastated, and it made me more guilty, but I knew one thing for sure, it was not done by any human, everything looked so easy, everything was been done for me step by step, first I got her tweets, then I send her stuff, then she called , then we met , I mean what more I could ask for, I felt really bad so cried more, I just felt the presence of my mother there, some how I did , I told Yas and Sheemu, I could not make an eye contact with Sheemu, I felt so so bad, I don't know how it happened , I couldnt hold Ragini , as there were security people were rushing, she had to go, I didn't wanted to be a burden on her, and didnt want to cross my line, what I got was more then what I asked for . But there is a pain, for Sheemu, and guilt too. We were all sitting quite far from each other , and during an act you are not suppose to walk around and people were getting annoyed and thats how Sheemu got stuck ,because she saw me standing there, but the time she could come , everything was done, I didnt take any pictures, the pictures are in my heart and downloaded in my mind for ever.
I felt like Hugh Grant,s sister in Nottinghill, when he brought Julia Roberts to his house and his sister was behaving like a mad seeing Julia Roberts , and I feel Like saying the same dialouge as Hugh Grant when Julia Roberts first met him and kissed him, and then she said to him " Dont tell any one about the kiss " and his answer was " Oh No I wont, I will TELL MY SELF , BUT DONT WORRY I WOULD NOT BELIVE IT " , thats how I felt, Un believable. I called Suchitra! ( she might be thinking NOW WHAT "" I just took my ring off from my fingers and gave it to her, ( it was not diamond !! Ragini Ko Day Sakti thee!!! )
Sheemu, is trying and I think InshaAllah, knowing Ragini she will contact her before leaving, I have this very strong feeling, she is not an ordinary human being she is very very special.
Anyways, what happened there I have no idea as I was just too overwhelmed, the star plus camera man came and he wanted to take our shoot and we said a big no, as my passion for her is not for the whole world to know, she knows , my friends in the forum knows thats enough for me, I dont even go on FB as I dont like to show it publicly ( I am sure hundreds must have seen me kissing her hands an and hugging her !!! too much for privacy !! ) Ragini look what you have made me a MANIAC.
Ragini, Jay , Naitik, Akhshara came back again they did a performance on the Star PArivaar song, the chadwa chaud stuff happened there too! but it was nice, the crowd was going mad with cheers for Suhana and Ishaan! , Rehman asked who like most , Naitik or Jay, and believe me the roar of IShaan was obvious, and when Suhana and Akhshara , we got really MAAADDD, I think Ragini saw me whistling like mad and clicking pictures. The joy on there face was precious, Naitik and Akshara are so use to of this kind of reception back home in India that you could feel the dissapointment there. I mean Jay and Ragini really took over the show with there presence, Jay was funny, he tried to jumped from the stage towards the front rows where mostly girls were sitting, Ragini held him back, Ragini let Ishaan speak first and he said
" Good to know that girls like husband like IShaan, Mothers like son in law like Ishaan " and something about father in law I forgot, honestly I am generally critical of him but I felt proud , seeing him like that, he is like Suhana , he doesnt care whats happening around just enjoying all the attention like a bacha !! Ragini, took the mic and said " You guys can make us and you guys can breaks us , you have been so wonderful audiance so give yourself three cheers " and she made the whole crowd go mad. really really mad.
Then they all blowed kisses, Jay didnt want to leave the stage , Ragini pulled him, as he was ready to jump to the crowd !!!!
The security was tight, so again big disappointment, they shuved us out , but we went to the back stage main gate where others were waiting, again the Security people put the barrier, Karan Pangali,s car came first and God the girls went mad he took his head out of the window and some girls took pictures and guys this was on the road and the traffic getting blocked ,
Then cam the big coach, Ragini and Jay was sitting in the front, when they saw huge crowd going mad, they just stood up and came near the closed door of the coach and blowed kisses and hugs , we were clicking pictures, giving them ksises while the bus was moving on the road and we literally on the road running with the bus, my God Ragini and Jay would always always remember this trip , I am sure they never have had this much love showered on them , you had to be there to see, it was like as if SRK or HR was there !!! I am so so glad and thankful to all the people who showered there love to them , I felt proud , that I am an SGPian , part of SGP family,
After that, Sheemu was bit settled although very down , I was upset and felt guilty. it was 11.10 by then, I drove back home , God knows how, as I was just driving in the air, I cruised on 90 miles an hour in the the middle of the night, listening to Raginis,
Lag Ja Gale Kay Phie Yeh Hassen Raat Ho Na ho "
with out finding anything worng with the song 20/20 from me Ragini .
Ragini if you are reading it, you might forget that you met me but I would never ever for one second forget those few seconds, as I would cherished them UNTIL NEXT TIME !!!! HAAA HAAA I know you will be back!!! Suchitra ! Next Time I will bring something nicer for you !!!!