The man

I would be around thirteen or fourteen when i saw this man on t.v. He seems to be a quite chilled out person back then when i first saw him. I instantly started liking him. He was not an actor or a singer. He was a vj and a producer who made the show in which i saw him and liked him. By the way liking someone is not a crime. Not in a religion like Islam also but liking should have some boundaries also. Which i maintained, alhumdulillah.

As the time passed, i saw a very different side of his. He started abusing young aspirants. Who participates in his show to prove their mettle to the world. Later on i realised that he does not abuse those young aspirants just like that. They used to be really annoying at times and its only then that he abuse them. He has also said once, "i don't always abuse bhosdike". Incidents like those has only increased my likings for him. Its not easy to use those kind of words in an interview. To show displeasure over something wrong that too in public is for me couragous. I mean look around you, you would find like thousands of people who will support the right in private but not in public.

Time was running like a snake runs after seeing a mole. He was groing more likable for me. Still i was not ready to call it "love" because it is a feeling that still is so pious for me. I just do not believe in saying "i love you" to every other person. He wasn't that every other person but still. The feel was so crappy as i was unable to concentrate on my studies.

One day i thought of searching him on "wikipedia". what i found there was horrifying. I was like how can a person write so nonsense for a celebrity. If not for a celeb than for a man who may have a life and a family. But then, i believe reality and truth are two really sour fruits.

So, you guys must have guessed it by now whom i am referring. He is a man in disguise, he is Raghu Ram of Mtv Roadies.

Years passed and finally he penned an autobiography. I so logged to buy it but some problems were continously falling in my way. He even set stalls near the auditorium to make it available within the reach of a common man. He even gave it to the people who made it to the "personal interview"(PI). First, it looked quite disgusting that he gave away the book to every other fellow who got qualified to the PI. I am talking of present.

When i saw some more clips of his, being the giver. I actually seriously started thinking of working with him. Like he once sang his most loved song, "manmani" for a really depressed girl aspirant. Its hard to believe that a celeb actually sang a song to cheer a depressed fellow but Raghu sir is that kind of a MAN. For me he is the man but sadly he quit television so i would not be able to see THE MAN every year. People usually say, "you are the man, bro". I would love to say that to Raghu sir some day. There are many such incidents in which he brought smile to a deperessed face.

I will not call him my idol and i would definitely not call him "love of my life" but i do respect him like i do my parents. I really do not want to be tagged as a fan. I also do not want to climb the rooftop to make my presence felt. I would just love to be called his "secret admirer". Do not think the other way, dude. He has done so much but i am kind of weak in the language so finding it hard to frame them in sentences.