Seldom do we meet Bollywood celebs and other famous personalities shopping at a grocery store or bargaining from a streetside vendor. (Although we always wish to bump into one at the airport.)
But when we do, either most of us are star-struck and tongue-tied or just scream our lungs out, eventually creeping them out.
But who would have thought some of us would be lucky to have Hrithik Roshan help them with their loaded shopping cart or Justin Bieber would give them drinks!
I once pulled up at a red light next to Richard Simmons in a Chevy SSR. You never forget that sight.
Oh, and I worked for a celeb who has since been Me Too'd and no longer works much.
— Lauren Modery (@Hipstercrite) January 24, 2022
Well, these lucky people actually bumped into famous personalities and had some strange but memorable encounters that they’d cherish for the rest of their lives.
Read on:
Was waiting in the food court of Mumbai Airport for an early morning flight when I spotted John Abraham sitting alone. Asked for a selfie he obliged
But while clicking, I accidentally kept the mobile camera on timer instead and he said "khud ka phone to theek se use karo" 😭 https://t.co/Q2tb933pGP pic.twitter.com/HG3CnatiCW
— 𝕯𝖗. 𝕭𝖆𝖙𝖒𝖆𝖓 (@Our_Levodopa) January 27, 2022
i carried beer & batata wada to surat station for @SirPareshRawal while he rode from bombay to amdavad for his shows (was family friend). i found him uninteresting and his wife swaroop (who visited us on becoming miss india in 1980 bcos her dad bachu was my dad friend) banal https://t.co/Np1YkA2EQy
— Aakar (@Aakar__Patel) January 27, 2022
Was eating dabeli with a bunch of friends at a street corner on Law College Road in Pune. A Mitsubishi Lancer kept honking at us to move. Friend turned around and said "arrey Nana Patekar". We turned and waved to him nicely but he angrily replied with "hatt na BC". https://t.co/6ph6aTxGHJ
— अंशुल (@Ghair_Kanooni) January 27, 2022
Met @ShashiTharoor while at a job I didn’t want to be at, and promised myself I would make it into politics. As of today, I have.
I was screaming internally courtesy exhaustion, and told @ZeeMohamed_ that I’d met his BFF later. https://t.co/9HUf2tQOXu pic.twitter.com/cEl6HVcpTL— Abhilasha (@Dhoop94) January 27, 2022
SRK had to dub for an ad & he was running very late. Arrived around 2am & I had to get him from the main gate which was locked now. so the plan was that he’d reach & call me and say “ raat mein kitne taare hain” and I had to sing back “janaam hum tumhaare hain” https://t.co/f540plWZcD
— Deepa Bhatia (@Drowzydee) January 27, 2022
Sabyasachi at my building's lift when I was a work out tshirt
Asked Vishal Bhardwaj if he was from Aligarh very stupidly
I met Anupama (Rupali Ganguly) at the airport before she was Anupama
Late Pandit Jasraj got angry with me when I called him Panditji https://t.co/qkj0JkJ4dW— Brookedavis (@Dhatingnaaach) January 27, 2022
At TV Today, I was asked to rush to the Assignment Desk. Dev Anand was on the line and wanted me to fly down to Bombay to audition for a film. He must have easily been 90 then. I still remember him asking me to write down his address, 'Zig Zag Road, Pali Hill.' No, I didn't go. https://t.co/ixUJwA3ZIu
— Mitali Mukherjee (@MitaliLive) January 27, 2022
On an early morning Indigo flight from Hyderabad to Chennai. Actor Prabhu was next to me. He was sweet, asked what I was doing and he said he was returning after filming a Kalyan jewelers shoot. Then the two of us, slept head against head for the entirety of the flight. The end. https://t.co/WkiJ59ZxwU
— Wolfgang (@Farmers_FC) January 27, 2022
Saw @dulQuer at an airport restaurant and after exchanging a few glances chumma went to say hi to him and he said "do I know you from somewhere? I was just telling my mother you look familiar". I assured him he didn't and that I was just a random fan and I liked Kammatipaadam https://t.co/zElSImuCV7
— Vinay Aravind (@vinayaravind) January 27, 2022
My parents, taking a walk by the seaside, maybe 20 years ago. Mother sees three men running past and comments to father, "See these people running, hope these are not purse-snatchers."
It was Salman Khan and two bodyguards. https://t.co/dlVfSTXsGs
— Sanchia deSouza (@bombil_fry) January 26, 2022
When we returned to 🇮🇳 after a decade in UK & were house-hunting in Pune, a gentleman in the neighbouring row house invited us over for tea. Saw a lot of trophies & plaques on wall. Asked him about it & he said he was Kader Khan.
I said "should I know you?"
He just smiled. https://t.co/2Lyl1VUKCQ— Dr Soumitra Pathare সৌমিত্র சௌமித்ரா பாடாரே (@netshrink) January 26, 2022
Few years ago, at Delhi airport, a tall handsome guy surrounded by guards was walking towards me, he smiled and the first thought that crossed my mind,"how strange?" He kept smiling n walked past me.
2 mins later, it clicked n I screamed,"oh sh*t Hrithik Roshan." I was mortified. https://t.co/cGBHhcFf7m— Far فرحانہ (@FarhanaCvg) January 27, 2022
One time I overfilled my shopping cart in a supermarket & it was stuck in the ridge of the lift. I struggled, a tall man in a hoodie came out of the lift, helped push the cart inside. I thanked, I looked, Hrithik Roshan smiled away. I was 😱❤️ https://t.co/HYEvwBwwas
— Paushali Sahu (@dreamzdotcom) January 27, 2022
Another celeb who was utterly charming was Sridevi, our co had a guesthouse right next to her flat in Mumbai. Once we asked her for a pic and autograph in Tamizh. The next time we were there she sent a good south Indian breakfast over 🙂 https://t.co/qG4117s4JW
— subbakrishna rao (@SubkrishnaRao) January 27, 2022
These encounters with Hollywood celebs are equally funny.
I was in the outside break area and brad pitt walked in to smoke a cigarette, he was on the lot shooting ad astra, and he said "beautiful day today" and I said "yeah, so are you here interning?" as a joke and he said "no?" https://t.co/BaeO0KBPiN
— sloane (sîpihkopiyesîs) (@cottoncandaddy) January 26, 2022
When I was younger i was in a club in Paris with friends and the guy next to me was @justinbieber ! He gave us drinks 🥂🍸🍹… not strangest but funniest 😀 #memories #paris #party https://t.co/CA6Fe4Uh5F pic.twitter.com/wDIuVVUlHQ
— saad merzak (@saadmerzak) January 26, 2022
taylor swift knew i thought her bf was hot so she upgraded my seat at her concert to be closer to him (???????????????????????) https://t.co/BnaWCSEXzV
— sarah snook’s emmy 🌾 (@onthattightrope) January 26, 2022
My son was almost 2 and we were at the lounge at JFK and he was throwing a tantrum and flinging his toys. Reese Witherspoon walked into the lounge, he looked at her and she smiled at him. The tantrum stopped and the sweetest natured baby emerged for the next few hours. https://t.co/nnHCxym6xH
— Rohini Singh (@rohini_sgh) January 27, 2022
I used to be a performer and a float driver in the Electrical Parade at Walt Disney World. There was a week where Tom Cruise watched every single parade showing. Two showings each night, for seven nights in a row https://t.co/axjIDMHz7J
— Narl (@narlstrom) January 26, 2022
After reading these encounters, I’m just manifesting to bump into Diljit Dosanjh the next time I travel to Punjab.