While surfing channels on the TV today, I came across the movie ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ on Set Max and that was the end of all suffering…err …I mean surfing. That movie has my earliest and fondest memories attached to it. It is the first movie I remember watching in a theater. Prtam Dada had come to visit us after his ICSE exams and Ma had taken him for the movie as a treat. Lata aunty was the third one in the team and Sanju and I were tagged along since there was no one to babysit us. We were what…five years old! It was after the final exams of class Prep and our new session of standard One was yet to begin. I still remember the moment I saw Aamir Khan… Oh my gosh! Still the same set of butterflies flutter in my stomach and I still go weak in the knees every time I watch him, especially in that particular movie.
Aamir Khan was my first ever crush and boy did I start early or what! I don’t remember much of the movie from then but what is still etched deeply in my memory is the cover of the audio cassette of the movie with his picture on it. That was my companion for a long time to come and Pritam Dada bears testimony to that. The thrill of something never felt before, the immensely cute looks and the super lovable factor of THE Aamir Khan has not left me till date.
Just a fortnight after my first ‘real’ movie the new session began. I was still seeing Aamir Khan all around and there came Chetan. He had flunked class I and hence was destined to be with us. I took it as God’s signal that Aamir and I were meant to be together because Chetan, to my birdbrain, looked exactly like my darling Aamir. I used to follow Chetan around since he was the closest I could get to my LOVE…silly me!
Time passed and I outgrew the affection for Aamir? Naah… it was Chetan whom I wasn’t attracted to anymore. I still wonder what made him Aamir’s lookalike in my eyes and the answer still eludes me. As far as my loyalties are concerned, Aamir still rules my heart and there is still a very special corner reserved for him. Love you Aamir!
Aamir Khan was my first ever crush and boy did I start early or what! I don’t remember much of the movie from then but what is still etched deeply in my memory is the cover of the audio cassette of the movie with his picture on it. That was my companion for a long time to come and Pritam Dada bears testimony to that. The thrill of something never felt before, the immensely cute looks and the super lovable factor of THE Aamir Khan has not left me till date.
Just a fortnight after my first ‘real’ movie the new session began. I was still seeing Aamir Khan all around and there came Chetan. He had flunked class I and hence was destined to be with us. I took it as God’s signal that Aamir and I were meant to be together because Chetan, to my birdbrain, looked exactly like my darling Aamir. I used to follow Chetan around since he was the closest I could get to my LOVE…silly me!
Time passed and I outgrew the affection for Aamir? Naah… it was Chetan whom I wasn’t attracted to anymore. I still wonder what made him Aamir’s lookalike in my eyes and the answer still eludes me. As far as my loyalties are concerned, Aamir still rules my heart and there is still a very special corner reserved for him. Love you Aamir!
