Famous People you have met in India

karuna · Feb 20th, 2008, 23:05

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I'm on a forum with someone who once met someone who's just met Sean Connery at the Taj!

And I hope you're suitably humbled by my presence too!

New-South-Welshman · Sep 28th, 2008, 18:50

Posed for a photo with Zakir Hussain after I was told he was famous. Outside Blue Frog in Lower Parel.

Brisso · Sep 29th, 2008, 05:53

Dalai Lama in his car on the backroad from Dharamsala to McG - he waved. Cool guy.

billyshake · Sep 29th, 2008, 13:17

I work for a family of very famous actors in the South Indian film industry -- they do both Telugu and Tamil films. They're ultra famous here, yet I don't think people in other regions are that familiar with them.

At various functions, I'm always meeting Telugu and Tamil actors whom I'm later told are now famous Bollywood actors but I don't yet recognize anyone.

Fame is different here than it is in the States. I worked in network television for 13 years and knew plenty of famous people but somehow it's nothing like the fame people achieve in India. Generally, the press seem somewhat more respectful of them here. (Or am I wrong and just haven't seen the negative?) Yesterday, I was watching an interview with, apparently, a famous actor on CNN/IBN. I was floored when the interviewer said he looked fat compared to the guy he was playing against (I think it was a film about gay lovers). Then they had a long conversation about just that. It was fascinating.

alouise · Sep 29th, 2008, 15:42

Could have been David Suzuki in Pondi 2008, or Charles Sobraj Mapusa 1984, but then people mistake me for Geraldine Cox/ "Big Mumma" who started up an orphanage in Cambodia...

billyshake · Sep 29th, 2008, 15:57

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Originally Posted by alouise

Could have been David Suzuki in Pondi 2008, or Charles Sobraj Mapusa 1984, but then people mistake me for Geraldine Cox/ "Big Mumma" who started up an orphanage in Cambodia...

Yeah, she's at Sunrise still, I think. I worked at CCH, a locally run orphanage in Phnom Penh.

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Sep 29th, 2008, 05:53	#108
Brisso Specialist muddler Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Brisbane Posts: 1,084	Dalai Lama in his car on the backroad from Dharamsala to McG - he waved. Cool guy.

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billyshake The Prison Yard In Winter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hyderabad, India Posts: 1,278	I work for a family of very famous actors in the South Indian film industry -- they do both Telugu and Tamil films. They're ultra famous here, yet I don't think people in other regions are that familiar with them. At various functions, I'm always meeting Telugu and Tamil actors whom I'm later told are now famous Bollywood actors but I don't yet recognize anyone. Fame is different here than it is in the States. I worked in network television for 13 years and knew plenty of famous people but somehow it's nothing like the fame people achieve in India. Generally, the press seem somewhat more respectful of them here. (Or am I wrong and just haven't seen the negative?) Yesterday, I was watching an interview with, apparently, a famous actor on CNN/IBN. I was floored when the interviewer said he looked fat compared to the guy he was playing against (I think it was a film about gay lovers). Then they had a long conversation about just that. It was fascinating.

Sep 29th, 2008, 15:42	#110
alouise Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: sydney Posts: 821	Could have been David Suzuki in Pondi 2008, or Charles Sobraj Mapusa 1984, but then people mistake me for Geraldine Cox/ "Big Mumma" who started up an orphanage in Cambodia...