It is eight months since I wrote something. Recently after attending a wedding in Hyderabad, I wrote on the selfie madness that overtook me. Read on and let me know if you are good at selfies.
I had my first brush with “selfie with celebrity” a few days ago at a wedding I attended in Hyderabad. The wedding had its fair share of celebrities right from the popular V.V.S. Lakshman, Jwala Gutta and the lesser known Pragyan OJha and yesteryear cricketer Arshad Ayub. This is the first wedding I am attending that had a few celebrities and I already had plans for selfies with them. However, I had made up my mind that I would take selfies only with Sania Mirza, Saina Nehwal, Sindhu and Gopichand. But they disappointed me by sending their parents as they were out playing matches. While I was meddling with my phone as to how to take a selfie without their knowing, the better half was fidgeting as to what embarrassment I might cause him by taking pics without their knowledge. I stopped that attempt much to his relief. However, I egged him to go and say hello to Arshad Ayub while I fiddled with my phone. He was appalled that I would even consider taking a photo of him and Ayub chatting that I abandoned that idea too. When Lakshman entered, the crowd went berserk. I have lost count of the number of photos that were clicked during his two-hour stay at the wedding venue. I went near the celebrity thrice and chickened out. I even asked the host to introduce me but the crowds were not as reticent, they just squeezed and pummelled their way around me that I didn’t feel like taking a pic. All the while, the spouse also dared me to go and talk to any celebrity as he had just spotted a few women talk and take selfies with Lakshman. That got to me I guess. So when I spotted Mitali Raj, the captain of the women’s cricket team who was sitting quietly in a corner with someone, I thought I would give it a go. I was thrilled that the crowds were busy with Lakshman so I further fiddled with my phone and finally her manager or friend, whoever he was, offered to take a pic that was even more blurry than my half-faced selfies. I thanked her and turned to find Jwala Gutta looking at me. I was so flummoxed that I didn’t dare ask her for pic. All this while the spouse was uncontrollably laughing at my efforts and urging me to get trained in taking selfies with our in-house “selfie with celebrity” expert Santhanam Rajan, who would have had a field day had he been in my shoes that day. I am sure he would have laughed his ass off at my attempts at selfies too. So I just put away the phone unable to look at the better half who was choking with laughter.
At the end of it all, I wonder was it worth it? I am no fan of selfies, nor am I fond of hounding celebrities, though I love spotting them in a crowd. In fact, I spotted Sania Mirza’s father and the spouse was surprised I knew him. Finally, I decided, “no more selfies for me. I will leave it to experts like Santhu! Well! I think that’s a thought till I find the next celebrity………..
I had my first brush with “selfie with celebrity” a few days ago at a wedding I attended in Hyderabad. The wedding had its fair share of celebrities right from the popular V.V.S. Lakshman, Jwala Gutta and the lesser known Pragyan OJha and yesteryear cricketer Arshad Ayub. This is the first wedding I am attending that had a few celebrities and I already had plans for selfies with them. However, I had made up my mind that I would take selfies only with Sania Mirza, Saina Nehwal, Sindhu and Gopichand. But they disappointed me by sending their parents as they were out playing matches. While I was meddling with my phone as to how to take a selfie without their knowing, the better half was fidgeting as to what embarrassment I might cause him by taking pics without their knowledge. I stopped that attempt much to his relief. However, I egged him to go and say hello to Arshad Ayub while I fiddled with my phone. He was appalled that I would even consider taking a photo of him and Ayub chatting that I abandoned that idea too. When Lakshman entered, the crowd went berserk. I have lost count of the number of photos that were clicked during his two-hour stay at the wedding venue. I went near the celebrity thrice and chickened out. I even asked the host to introduce me but the crowds were not as reticent, they just squeezed and pummelled their way around me that I didn’t feel like taking a pic. All the while, the spouse also dared me to go and talk to any celebrity as he had just spotted a few women talk and take selfies with Lakshman. That got to me I guess. So when I spotted Mitali Raj, the captain of the women’s cricket team who was sitting quietly in a corner with someone, I thought I would give it a go. I was thrilled that the crowds were busy with Lakshman so I further fiddled with my phone and finally her manager or friend, whoever he was, offered to take a pic that was even more blurry than my half-faced selfies. I thanked her and turned to find Jwala Gutta looking at me. I was so flummoxed that I didn’t dare ask her for pic. All this while the spouse was uncontrollably laughing at my efforts and urging me to get trained in taking selfies with our in-house “selfie with celebrity” expert Santhanam Rajan, who would have had a field day had he been in my shoes that day. I am sure he would have laughed his ass off at my attempts at selfies too. So I just put away the phone unable to look at the better half who was choking with laughter.
At the end of it all, I wonder was it worth it? I am no fan of selfies, nor am I fond of hounding celebrities, though I love spotting them in a crowd. In fact, I spotted Sania Mirza’s father and the spouse was surprised I knew him. Finally, I decided, “no more selfies for me. I will leave it to experts like Santhu! Well! I think that’s a thought till I find the next celebrity………..
