when i met John Abraham....

I was told to come down to the sets at around 7.30. I was tensed and moreover very scared. I have never faced a camera with such huge celebrities ever in my life. I wore my black shirt with my black denim. I was wired with micro phone as I went downstairs. The boy who did the miking arrangement told me to remain calm. The beard gentle man who had met me at CAMERA VISION that day was sitting very casually outside the set. He greeted me and told me what I am actually expected to do over there.

I entered the set and another gentleman came and told me the same things once again. As soon as I entered the set, I saw Karan Johar and John Abraham in his exquisite black suite were sitting in front of me!!! I was all frozen for a while when I saw 7-8 cameras with the audience and these two celeb’s. The beautiful lady Shagun came to me (and that’s when I realized that she was the assistant director) putting her arms around my shoulders she smiled and asked,

“What’s the matter sweet heart? You seem to be quite nervous!!!”

I said “yes yaar… obviously”

“Don’t worry dude, lemme introduce our director to you” she said.

A gentleman in his 50’s came to me and asked “hey ya… are you scared?”

“Yes sir… I am indeed” I said in a low voice.

“Don’t worry yaar… these guys are really cool people to work with” he pointed towards JOHNY.

“And we can always cut and re-shoot even if you make a mistake” he assured.

“Come with me I will introduce you to them”

As soon as I reached Karan Johar, director said

“Akshay, this is Karan and that is John…”

I didn’t expect him to introduce me to them in such a way. I was like OH c’mon man!!! Who doesn’t know these people? To my surprise, Mr. Johar stood up and greeted me with his humbleness. He said

 “Hello Akshay!! How you doin?”

I was so pleased by his humbleness and politeness that I really felt happy and special. I was honored!!! I shook hands with him and said

“I am doing great sir. Thank you so much”

Then we moved on to none other than JOHN ABRAHAM. I was quite easy by this time. I was the one to speak here. I said

“Hi JOHNETTA” he smiled, shook hands and said

“Hey bro… listen… I donno even a bit of Malayalam… so you’ll have to manage!!! Okay?”

I said “Okay Johny… no worries”

Then the shoot began. I was told that they will cut and re-shoot in case if I make a mistake. As soon as it was about figures, like (10, 16,250) I started fumbling. Karan helped me to keep it calm and translated the amount for me in English. We had small talks in between and it was all fun. I obviously was very tensed and nervous. They completed the shoot in a single stretch without much cuts and it was all done.

I was lucky enough to have few words in person with both Johny and Karan. I couldn’t manage to take any autographs and photographs as the audience and the staff dropped down to the stage to hug, shake hands and take autographs and photos with the hunk. I and shell, somehow managed to click a snap and have some words with Johny.

As mentioned before, I first agreed on doing this to satisfy my relation with Merlin, now I feel that it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life and I truly had a great time. All thanks to Merlin.