This idiom took a different meaning altogether when I shifted to Mumbai. The floor on which I live has a well known actress living besides me, my neighbor, man… who wouldn’t love to love her;-)
But then as gradually I began living and started getting to know the darker side of life. She was forever being driven mad by her Great Momma! One could hear the shoutings in the middle of the night. That’s the usual time for her to return from shoot i guess. When we used to cross each other at the lift space we would greet each other but I would always end up having sympathies for her as I thought she was being badly treated by her Momma. But she never let that show on her confident stylish self. She isn’t tall as I would have wanted her to be but she still maintains that svelte figure for which I guess she has been working at a 30K a year Health club. Phew! I wonder many people still don’t get that as an annual salary!!
At the Holi bash in our society building we all were invited and we had a great time together. Only society, strictly. No outsiders allowed. It was fun. There was a DJ, loads of colors, a tank full of water (kinda swimming pool for kids-a pit) then the usual mithais and snacks and then a full blown lunch.
She also came down and played Holi with the neighbours. Her Mom was unwell and she didn’t come down that day at all. She lives with her Mom while her Dad is away in the UAE. He works for some MNC and he has given them this four bedroom swanky apartment with a terrace to live in. The girl has been seen in more than a dozen films and has made her mark. I wonder where her siblings if any are. The only male members who arrive at her home are her helps and her Manager. As a curious guy I always wanted to see how she lived - like what was her living room like? Was she too filmy? Did she have that class which I was hoping she did! She did speak very well and was at her best in all the interactions we have had since the last year.
After the Holi the ice was broken and she now used to greet me before I could and she was always smiling. I as a gentleman should used to open the lift doors for her and I enjoyed doing that. One sunday when her Mom had gone away some where she had come to my door and rang the doorbell. As usual we are lounging in pajamas on the weekends and I didn’t bother to look through the Magic-Eye and opened the door thinking someone must have come to visit me. I was surprised to see her at the door. Stunned, I invited her to come in but she said, “Why don’t you join me for a cup of coffee and chit chat!” WOW. That hit me.
I asked her for a few minutes and I rushed to shower myself and put on a neat linen shirt and jeans and splashed on my Gucci aftershave for a pleasant effect and headed to her door which was open for me.
As I knocked she promptly came and showed me in - I was heaved a sigh of relief at what I saw … the decor was great, things in her living room were quite chic and elegant. I settled in a lovely art deco sofa and kept on observing the lovely painting which adorned the huge wall. She asked me if I needed water and asked her maid to get it. I congratulated her for the lovely place she had created and she smiled. We chatted over coffee and she asked me about my life and why I was still single. I told her that it was very difficult to get a soul mate in Mumbai and she giggled at me. As gentlemen never ask women their age I was tempted too but didn’t ask. In between our first sit-down meeting i wanted to ask about her relationship with her Mom but after churning a lot of the idea in my mind I gave it up as it was not appropriate for a stranger like me to question her about personal relations. After about an hour and a half I said I should go as I had planned to go watch a film with my friends and since they had given me umpteen calls till now I couldn’t ditch them. She was warm affectionate attentive and quite a charming girl which I never thought would let some stranger as me befriend her. But here she was chatting away to glory. I loved the moments. I cherish them.
Since then we have been catching up more often and i have also bumped into her at the airport and it has been fun.
But for the past one month I haven’t seen her and I have caught glimpses of her Mom but never her. I wonder where she has gone- may be she must have gone for her outdoor. Hope she comes back and my affection for my neighbor never diminishes.
So fellows, just be yourself and love thy neighbours.
Spread Joy n Cheer!
Always:)
whos she ??break the ice
bugger !!! …Friends for a movie !!!??? must vae been some great movie if u had to ditch a hot actress!!!… :-))… nah just kidding … Good post man
nice post. congratulations for being on home page.
AM wondering if its fiction…lol..and anyway, in times of cell phones and emails, how come you guys dint exchange that? considering you had bump into each other more than often
Good luck!
Nice Post , Congrats for being on home page and also for lovely neighbour .. .. keep posting ..
moneee…ne evide chennalum ninte olipeeru nirthilla alle ???
More than ur post..we wanna know who the lady??? common..spill the beans dude!!
whozzz she??
enjoyed it…! nicely written… i would say its a “sweet nothing”
well not everybody r lucky like u …………..some have pretty nasty neighbours …….and delhi has a habit of neighbours not even knowing each other
very pleasant.
Dear I reed till the end very interesting , still it is suspence. mind like to know further, please iform
dear it’’s such a very nice post. being a human being its our duty that we will care our neighbour. not only coz he or she is actress or fame personaliyt ,either they r also human like us.
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good post….
have a goood friendship with all ur nieghbours not with the actress only….
Nice post. Do let us know when she’’s back.
There were few grammatical errors.Use of words momma,writing I as i ,bunped in airport……………….be careful.Can be written better.
very interesting!!!lnjoyed reading….
enjoyed reading !! Well she’’s back dat’’s gr8 do let us know who’’s she??
Congrats for being on the home page! Enjoyed reading your experience…
yeah man…she told me tht u were her neighbour..
can”t access your previous posts….
Thank You Glancy, Meena, Sahil and the anonymous person who commented here. She is back and i shall write in detail tonight.
All is fine at this end. You all too take good care of yourselves and yeah do not indulge in the rains too much. 
koolio….
enjoyed reading..is she ok now?
woh kaun thie !
Bhagwan Kare Aise Padosen sab ko miley………. Padosen …… Tere samne wali khirki main ek film ki actress rahti hai…. afsos ye hai ki ek mahiney se woh outdoor hai ……nice blog
good read. is it true??
if yes then i hope she returns soon.
Love thy neighbor..
Thanks Tapasya:) Thanks A DREAM… its a real experience…. and Harshit very true good nature is rare and we should appreciate it.
Wonderful comments folks.
BOWs!
Hey dude..nice post, good neighbours are gifts……I think
just one question.. is it a fiction or ur true experience? anyways enjoyed reading
Hi dude, lucky one…actress or not, the good nature matters (good looks help convert casual relationship in to serious one…) ….b t w curiosity rules..amongst ilanders..k i u….n all d best…
Thanks Tanaka:)
Hehehe.. Madhavan wish I cud be like spiderman!
Tammanna its the truth had i been good with fantasy would be doling out scripts to Ekta!
Thnx Niki:) Well I shall reveal it indirectly as I dun wanna sound boastful at all, but let me gain li”l more know how of her life and her thoughts in the meanwhile..some more memories… to cherish!
Shals well same goes for you too!
Trish yeah i did but havent had the time to catch up with her. Lets see when and how that happens. I shall keep you posted thru the blog.
Thanks once again for taking your precious time out and commenting on my page.
did you spot her yet? T
even i am curius to know which actress she is
Am I curious to know which actress this is. Well written too.
Truth or fantasy?
Hmmm, thou are the friendly neighbourhood spiderman. Cheers!
this is good!