Aall Izzz Welll!!!

Yes this 3 idiots quote seems to be overtaking Gabbar's "Kitne Aadmi The" one in a big way. The impact this film has made is huge and so is the message that it conveys. We loved the movie, so did Aarav as he plays the "Aall Izz Well" song a few tens of times a day. And then imagine the thrill of meeting Aamir Khan recently face to face and actually having a chat with him for some time. It was an amazing experience, especially since I being an ardent fan of his and his films for the past 20 years. Yes that does make me sound a bit old, but then there are very few actors in bollywood about whom you can say that for such a long time. After his recent film, the Aamir Khan is certainly the biggest brand in Bollywood right now and with an envious success rate. To top it all, the film which he produced - "Peepli Live" had been selected in the competitive films category to play at the Sundance Festival in Park City. It is the first hindi film to be selected to play at Sundance which is a great achievement.

As soon as the news of him coming to Park City was out, we started looking for tickets to the film's screening. On the opening show, we missed him by a tantalizing 10 mins. The next showing was then in Salt Lake City itself, but we knew it would be difficult to meet him as there would be a big desi crowd. And is what happened, we were not able to meet him personally as the crowd went berserk and he had to leave early. We did get to see him during the Q&A session. We did manage to take some snaps with his wife Kiran Rao who was very nice to talk to. Also we managed some snaps with the director of the movie Anusha Rizvi and the actor Onkar Das. The film was nice, a black comedy on the topic of farmer suicides in Indian villages. After the movie we did get an autograph from Aamir Khan, but the thought of not meeting him personally lingered and we decided to try our luck again a couple of days later at the film's next showing in Park City.

Fortunately for us, since the showing was in the morning, we did not run in to any crowds and got to meet him personally. First he seemed busy but then agreed to meet with us on the way out. We talked for quite some time, about his padma bhushan, the blog and his movies. Yes one can say that it certainly was the experience of a lifetime. He seemed like a very genuine person to talk to and signed some more autographs for us. I being from Bombay, know how diffcult it is to meet a celebrity there and hence it was a big deal I guess. Last time I met someone was Aishwarya Rai who was sitting next to me at the American Consulate, but thats a different story and for a different blog article.