Congratulations....you must have had the most precious moments of your life time...thanks for the images...ARR is really looking very tired....
Durba --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "arunkbganesh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Fellow Group-Mates, > > First of all, apologies for the late report.. > > Feb 12, 2007 > > I had no idea which flight AR was coming in - all I had with me was > an unconfirmed news that he was coming in the IA Flight reaching TVM > at 11.10AM. I went to the aiport and was relieved to see a "KAIRALI > TV" car parked there, with cameras ready at the airport's exit. The > flight was delayed by around 20 minutes and reached only at 11:30am. > Within 10-15 minutes, I could spot Yesudas inside the airport waiting > to pick up his luggage. I could not spot ARR.. (I had also checked > with the airport folks whether AR was coming in this flight - and > they had said yes). So I was kinda worried when I could not spot > him... Anyways, it took some time for them to come out of the airport > coz of the cargo delay. > Camera flashes started going off like mad, People started > crowding all of a sudden, policemen seemed to come out of nowhere - > ARR was on his way out with his Amma. He came down the aisle, was > walking towards the car. I was wearing the group T-Shirt, which has > his foto on it. He gave a nice stare onto it, smiled at me. > > I told him "Hi AR Sir, welcome to Trivandrum. I am from the ARR > group" . He acknowledged and moved on to his car.... > > I went round and again landed in front of him and said, "Sir, The > group in TVM would like to have a meet with you if it is not going to > cause ANY incovenience to you". > > AR : Hmmm... Do you have any number? > > (Damn me, I didnt have a pen, a paper or a visiting card @ that > time) .... He understood my situation and said come to the hotel. > > Well, 1 thing i noticed here was, as soon as AR heard I am from the > group, his response was fabulous. He kept on talking to me, even when > the organisers kept the car door open and was requesting AR to get > inside the car. > > [ Well.. after that, if anyone saw me driving to the hotel , they > would have understood that even a Maruti 800 could complete in a F1 > race. :-) ] .. En route. I called up the group friends at TVM who > had contacted me (Srijith, Swapna, Praveen, Sarath Lal, Hakkeem and > the Seven Bells band) and asked them to come to the hotel immd. I > reached the hotel around 12.15pm, but AR hadnt arrived yet. (Later, > got a confirmation that he had gone to the Bheemapally mosque > directly from the airport to pray). > > AR reached after half an hour. We were waiting at the entrance of the > hotel, He smiled at us and went inside the hotel with his Amma, > accompanied by the Kairali crew. We decided to wait for however long > it was going to take. After around 20 mins, the Kairali person came > up and said "You came to meet AR right? Pls come this way"... > There was no sign of ARR anywhere nearby, and the other flks had not > reached yet, so we decided to wait on at the lobby. > > After around 5 minutes, one hotel staff came up and said "Are you > guys not going there? AR is waiting for you" .... I got butterflies > in my stomach when I heard that!! Can anyone imagine a person like > ARR waiting at the lobby to meet his fans??? We rushed over.. and > apologised for the miss. His face looked very tired. We were 5 of us, > gathered around him and smiled. Nobody UTTERED a SINGLE WORD! :-) I > said "its a dream come true for all of us." He smiled. > I said "more people are on their way. they should be here any > minute". > AR : "Oh! but I am tired.. needed to get some sleep since I have to > wake up at 5pm, and go for the function".. (He was very tired, still > he came down to meet us and was waiting for us. We all felt so bad > making him wait).. We all said "Sure sir, please go ahead. This is > more than enuf for us". He said "Thanks" and got up to leave. > > He started walking off which is when we rememberd about taking > fotos.:-) He gladly obliged for it (without a small trace of dissent > on his face), I took around 4-5 snaps while others posed. And off he > walked. ( The number of fotos in the hotel we took must be 2-3, since > we didnt want him to wait. Yeah, we knew this was a great > opportunity, but we didnt want to make the most of it by troubling > ARR). > > Well... The more I see him in real, the more I am awed and amazed at > his humility, and down to earth attitude. He is a celebrity who is > not living in a fantasy world, and one knows what real life is all > about. > > > PS : Photos are uploaded at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ergusee > > There is technical problem in getting the videos (airport arrival > video and Swaralaya function video)out of the handycam. So please > bear with me for a day. I am trying to fix it. > > Cheers! > ~Arun KB >
