For a celebrity, it’s quite common to have fans, but earning a fanatic is extra-ordinary for sure. We’ve come across several stories of super-dedicated fans who go far and beyond to showcase their love for their favorite celebrity. From a fan who turned his entire house into a shrine for SRK to Tendulkar’s crazy fan who cycled all the way from Bihar to meet his idol in Bangladesh in 2003, the tales of fanatics and their craze for celebrities are countless.
The Indian cricket team captain, Virat Kohli too commands a humungous fan following. World’s No. 1 batsman, Kohli, boasts a fanfare that borders mass frenzy but his fan from Orrisa, Pintu Behra has gone that extra mile to show his devotion for the cricketer.
As Kohli walked out of the conference room ahead of Ind Vs SA test match in Vizag, he was surrounded by several fans, reports Mumbai Mirror. Like always, he sportingly greeted all his fans, one among which was Pintu Behra. Kohli would have certainly thought that Behra is ‘just another fan’ who wanted to click selfies and take his autograph until a journalist present at the spot asked Pintu to take off his t-shirt.
To Kohli’s surprise, he saw Pintu’s body full of tattoos, each one of them dedicated to the cricketer. From his name, portrait, jersey number to his achievements, Pintu has got every milestone achieved by Virat Kohli inked on his body.
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Behra has in all 15 tattoos all about Kohli on his body presently. He says,
“People get tattoos as fashion or to show respect to god. Kohli is my god and this is my way of showing my love and respect for him and how he plays his cricket. Whatever he has achieved so far or done on the field that I liked, I got it inked.”
Virat Kohli hugged him, clicked pictures with him making Behra’s most awaited dream come true.
Behra’s got his first tattoo three years back and has no plans to stop anytime soon. “The first one I got was in 2016 and I have been adding to that since. In total now I have 15. The first one I got was his face on my right chest and the latest has been the World Cup,” he shares.
Behra shares that he first fell in love with Kohli when he saw him smashing Lasith Malinga during Ind-Aus ODI. “That was when I decided that I will do this. But I didn’t have enough money for it. So I started saving money and as soon as I had enough, I got the first one and continued to add to that,” he explains.
Behra’s 15 tattoos consist of one from his under 19 world cup, one that shows Virat blowing a kiss to his wife Anushka Sharma, one that him paying respect to Sachin Tendulkar after scoring half-century against Pakistan in Kolkata and the list of awards won by Virat like Arjuna Award and Khel Ratna Award.
He also has a tattoo dedicated to Kohli’s coach, Rajkumar Sharma with his picture and words that read, ‘A coach is someone who can give correction without resentment.’
Behra, plans to ink more such tattoos dedicated to his idol but also mentions that his wife keeps advising to save money for their daughter. The next one he wishes to have is Kohli holding the World Cup 2023 trophy. And we wish this comes true!
Kudos to Behra for his unconditional love for Virat Kohli, he’s surely one-of-a-kind fan any celebrity could ever have!