So this blog post is about how I met my favourite actor… in person. Now don't expect too many surprises from just the first line because there isn't any that you expect it to be. But before telling that, let me share the times I tried to see him and the times I missed it. So here goes!

So my favourite actor is a young superstar from the South Indian Film Industry whom I have been admiring for more than a decade. I became a fan of his by chance and I am not going to say more about it (maybe in a different blog post for a different occasion.) So the thing was, I admired him a lot and in a way obsessed that I was bickering a lot when I lose a chance to see him in person. It was ten years ago for an inauguration of a showroom in my hometown. I couldn't go on my own so I have been requesting my father to take me there but then we couldn't go for some personal reasons and it certainly wasn't because he didn't want to take. He had said that we would go in case but then we couldn't go. 

I thought I would get a chance when I was in Bangalore for college and I had the liberty of going on my own and I hoped to have my favourite actor come for some inauguration or something but didn't. However, he did come for his movie shoot but that was a really short schedule. 

I wasn't dying to meet him no matter what, I wanted the meeting and the encounter to happen naturally and I wouldn't barge in like a crazy stalker for sure or with any celebrity because one thing, I like them and respect them and so I wouldn't do anything that causes any sort of discomfort for them or anyone. And the second thing is, I am shy. I don't know what I would do if I get a chance to see them or interact with them and no one wants to look stupid in front of their favourite celebrities.

Then it was last year, I thought I could get to see him because he was supposed to inaugurate the institute where I am doing my diploma course and that news made my year. Ever since the news broke out, I was thrilled wondering how it would be to see him in person, would I get a selfie or an autograph which one should I pick? For all that I thought of, neither of it would have happened if the person wasn't there. Yes, you heard it right! He didn't come. I was super disappointed about it because it wasn't about a selfie or an autograph, if he had come, my day would have actually. That was the second time I was disappointed when I couldn't meet him. The first time, I couldn't make it and the second time he didn't make it. 

However, the second disappointment was compensated five months later when I got to meet him on a Zoom Call which was Virtual Fan Meet for his upcoming film and I got a screenshot with him. That was good.

Now, coming to the present day, my institute was right next to the studio where he was dubbing for his films and we all knew that when his car was parked right in front of the studio. I waited near the spot right after the morning session to get a glimpse of him while we steps out and gets in the car. That's the only thing I could do and nothing more. I waited at a spot watching his car for six hours without eating anything (oh yes, I did eat. Ordered and ate at that spot only.) There were some other actors and technicians who entered and exited the studio but my wait was for the main guy who can come out anytime and I can't afford to miss it. I was there even after the class and everyone had left, but I wasn't willing to stay that long either. 

But the time I decided to leave was the time he stepped out of the studio and got in the car. Well, I thought I would feel something but I didn't. I can only watch from a distance and can't really approach for a selfie or an autograph at that place and at that time. But I managed to get a video of him walking to his car. Yes, I was star struck for less than five seconds but I guess that was it. He came for the dub today as well, and this time he left right after we were done with the classes and some of us did have the luck to see him, well I was at the same spot I stood yesterday and watched him leave. Seeing him a second time felt really good even though it was for less than ten seconds. I hope to see him again and the next time, it will be a brief interaction.