Hello friends i am back again to share one of my experiences which many of you would like to read as it is about my interaction with none other than the KING KHAN........yes it's SHAHRUKH KHAN.
Actually i am talking about a quiz oragnised by IIPM in which the finals were hosted by Shahrukh and i was lucky enough to meet him in person. Somehwere during my summer internship i came to know that IIPM had signed Shahrukh to host a quiz although i had no further information. When our classes started again, my friend Tanmay informed me about the quiz called as DARE09 for which the western zonals were scheduled on 22nd JULY. Me and my quiz partner Anirban Mohanty went to IIPM,mumbai campus on that day and became the western zone champions and were asked to go to Delhi to attend further rounds starting from 30th july.
We reached Delhi by train and were floored by the hospitality showered on us by IIPM people. We were accomadated in a 3 star hotel near to IIPM campus where the rooma nd the food were awesome. We were able to clear all rounds and reach the finals which was to be hosted by the great Showman SRK. On the D-day, when Shahrukh arrived i had the chance to see him upfront in a very odd manner. My friend told me that Shahrukh was coming into the hotel and when i peeped out i saw him coming straight towards my room.
The crowd behind him was erupting. Girls were standing outside the hotel with placards saying SRK marry me and all that stuff. It was the first time i saw any bollywood star and his fame directly.
Our quiz started somewhere around 5.30 p.m,when Shahrukh invited all the finalists on stage and shaked hands with them and made them sit. Then he took a brief introduction and faced difficulty pronouncng Anirban's name. The quiz was more supposed to be focused on Shahrukh's antics and less on serious quizzing. After all Arindam choudhary ahd spent crores on hiring Shahrukh and was miising no opportunity to encash on his presence.
We scored well in first round. In the second round we were the highest scorers and Shahrukh presented us with a boomerang signed by him which is now kept in my room and will be relished by me and my partner as a souvenir of our quizzing days for ever. In the next round IIFT kolkata managed a slender lead. The next round had one of each group to dance with Shahrukh and i still can't believe it that what people dream of, i was able to accomplish it.I danced on the tunes of Gori gori from Main Hoo Na and Shahrukh infact applauded my moves. But i could not score any point in that round. Then Shahrukh took a break and a dance was performed by IIPM students . This was the first time i saw this on a quiz. When the rounds commenced these IIPM guys had scrapped three rounds to our utter dismay giving the excuse that SRK was running out of time. the quizng spirit was dampened by this among all contestants. In The last round Anirban pressed buzzer on almost every question as they were on movies but SRK didn't recognise one of our buzzers and it hurt us the most as IIFT kolkata won by 5 points at end.For that i will never forgive shahrukh who took away my opportunity to win an international level quiz. But destiny always has new tricks up its sleeves andwe fall prey to it
We came second but the winners and the crowd complemented us on our tremendous performance. Overall it was nice to bring our college some name and fame and make a mark for ourselves in the national quizzing circuit by beating some established teams. this is a memory that i will cherish for ever.