The frenzy round Hindi movie stars isn’t one thing that shocks us anymore as with the arrival of social media, we now have all seen movies and photographs the place hundreds of individuals collect to catch a single glimpse of their favourite star. However, earlier than social media made it simpler to entry the celebs, the craze round seeing your favourite movie actor was huge. In the e book Conversations with Waheeda Rehman, the actor had shared that again within the Sixties, a mob of scholars surrounded her in a practice as she was touring again from a movie shoot with Raj Kapoor, all as a result of they wished a glimpse of her,
Waheeda, in a dialog with Nasreen Munni Kabir, had shared that when she was taking pictures with Raj Kapoor for Teesri Kasam in Bina, Madhya Pradesh, that they had one of many wildest fan encounters. Waheeda shared that she was getting to depart the town by way of practice with Raj Kapoor, her sister and her hairdresser. The Guide actor shared that they settled of their practice compartment, heard the practice begin however then it all of a sudden stopped. They thought that it have to be a technical drawback however this occurred just a few occasions, which involved them a bit of bit.
Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman in a nonetheless from Teesri Kasam.
She recalled, “Finally, we looked out of the compartment window to see what was going on. The railway station at Bina was very small and on either side of the train, we could see huge crowds of students on the platforms. Then we heard people shouting, ‘Utro, utro, dekhna hai, dekhna hai’ (Get down. We want to see you).” By this time, somebody got here and advised Raj Kapoor that he ought to speak to the coed chief and request the gang to settle down to allow them to go away.
“They told Rajji that the local students had wanted to watch the shooting of Teesri Kasam, but were repeatedly given the wrong location address by the production team. By the time they cycled to the spot, having bunked their classes, they could not find a soul there. Apparently, this had happened over many days and so they did not get the chance to see Rajji and me. Now they were very insistent about seeing us” recalled Waheeda.
Raj Kapoor put his foot down upon listening to this and advised them that that they had already seen him, however Waheeda will not come out. Waheeda shared, “Rajji instantly stated, ‘You have seen me, however Waheeda Rehman isn’t popping out.’ ‘Why not? We’re her followers.’ He was adamant, ‘No, she will not come out. She is a girl’.”
Raj Kapoor’s purpose didn’t go down nicely with the mob as they gave an ultimatum that Waheeda should see her followers, or they will not let the practice go away the station. Raj ignored the assertion and stated a blanket no. She recalled, “Then he closed the compartment door. That did it! The crowd grew to become livid and began hurling stones and hitting the practice with large iron bars. They didn’t let the practice transfer an inch. We needed to duck down in our compartments to keep away from being damage whereas Rajji was getting increasingly more enraged. He wished to exit and confront the gang. His mates tried to restrain him and, after they realized they could not, they pushed him into our compartment and stated, ‘Ladies! Take care of him. He has gone wild.'”
Waheeda recalled that she, alongside along with her sister and her hairdresser, needed to bodily restrain Raj Kapoor so he may very well be held contained in the compartment. She stated, “The three of us had to literally pin Rajji on to the seat. I sat on his chest while my sister held on to his legs. He became red as a tomato and tried to wriggle out of our grip while we were struggling to keep him down. We kept imploring him, ‘No, Rajji, no!’ To which he protested, ‘Let me go! Let me go!’ It became such a drama — but maybe I should say a comedy.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
