I was heavily into fb those days, trying to reconnect with my old classmates, just after a long awaited reunion. When one day, this lone, red, friend request button signaled my immediate attention.
Clicking on it, I found a very good looking young man vying to be my friend.
At least I thought so.
He looked sideways in the picture, with a half smile that lit up his chiseled features.
I accepted without hesitation. Going through his profile, I found him to be a popular guy. Lots of friends.
Wow. Nice to have a friend like him.
He had an attractive personality.
Felt drawn to him.
One day we chatted. He was an ayurvedic doctor based in Kerala. At least something in common with him, I thought, being a mallu myself.
Friendly, he talked about his work.
Must be ever surrounded by female patients, I thought.
In answer to his query where I was put up, I replied, "Well,quite close to movie stars, you know."
His ears perked up, now he was curious. "How far, where do they live?"
I quickly changed the topic. Wasn't into filmi stuff then.
Suddenly he logged off, without even a bye.
How arrogant!
We had no interaction since then.
To add insult to injury, one day he unfriended me.
It wasn't a good feeling, though I quickly got over it.
Months passed. One day chancing upon his name on a friend's post, I got back to his profile. Only to see a dark young man in the picture instead of the friend I had gotten to like.
A thought flashed through my mind. Checking out the net, I found my old friend back!
But he was a celebrity. I didn't know that. An upcoming malayalee actor then,now is a famous guy down south.
Prithviraj!
How embarrassing!
I turned red as a beetroot. All this while I had been friends with a man who posed as an actor.
I laughed and laughed.
Am now a movie buff.
Into his movies.
Prithviraj's.
