What fan fare!
During their recent US trip, actors Sharad and Keerti Kelkar received a cap and a cigarette lighter as gifts from fans!
Sapana Patil Poojary
Being recognised by fans is not a new thing for actors. While it certainly is a pleasant prospect to be appreciated by fans, it is equally exciting for actors to know that they have fans overseas as well.
This is exactly what happened with the reel and real husband-wife duo of actors Sharad and Keerti Kelkar during a recent pleasure-cum-business trip to the US. Sharad and Keerti play Nahar and Chandni in Saat Phere.
The couple was shopping in a mall in the city of Houston, Texas. "As we entered the mall, we realised that most shops belonged to Indians and Pakistanis. Naturally, there were many Asians around. We had just entered the mall and were looking around when we realised that many people were staring at us. It was intimidating," says Sharad.
And when Sharad and Keerti stepped out of the mall, one of the couples who were staring at them stopped them. "They said they were our fans and that they couldn't believe it was really us in person. We were touched. They introduced themselves—an Indian man married to a Pakistani woman," says Sharad. They were so overwhelmed on meeting us that they started to call their friends and told them that they were with Nahar and Chandni!"
The couple then clicked pictures of Sharad and Keerti and gifted them a cap and a cigarette lighter. "It was sweet of them to have treated us with so much adoration. We were in seventh heaven!" says Sharad.
