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Salman in the Circus




It had to be different! It had to be unique and of course lavish and extraordinary. Tina Ambani wondered why not set up a Mini Circus for the Birthday celebrations?They approached the best circus in India.A brilliant idea only a corporate giant could afford. Well it was the first of its kind .The celebration was held in early January 1993 at Ambani Bungalow , Narimanpoint, Mumbai.Initially a special show was arranged for the Ambanis at the Jumbo Circus. Tina Ambani ,Anil Ambani, Mukesh Ambani and their relatives had come to see the show which was an exclusive performance that was held after 10.00 p.m in the night The Ambani family shortlisted some of the items which they felt could be a part of the circus show to be held at their bungalow. A Mini Circus Tent was set up in the garden area of the bungalow. This gave a feel of the circus. A fifteen-member troupe led by C.Lakshmanan, the programme director, Band Master Mehboob, Kalam Khan, Usmankhan, Anthony, Moinudeen, Damodaran, Arathi, Jamuna, Shiv Ram Raju with lions, tigers, camels, horses, elephants, macaws and cockatoos. The circus show began at 8.00 p.m and went on for nearly an hour. Moinudeen’s juggling,spine chilling brick balance on the rod, single wheel and high wheel by Anthony, ball juggling by Ganesh and family,Hula- hoop by the glamorous Puthli, clownish antics,boxing farce, magic farce of Kalam and Usmankhan. The highlight was the Happy Birthday song sung by the Clowns Kalam and Usman to give a typical circus touch. Jackie shroff, Vinod Khanna, Dharmendra, the entire gliterrati of Mumbai was their to celebrate the occasion.
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A limousine screeched to an abrupt halt, Woken up by the noise the watchman rubbed his eyes in disbelief. It was Salman Khan,the Bollywood heartthrob in his usual attire; a sleeveless black banian and blue jeans, showing off his rocky muscular build A typical Salman style for which he is famous! It was on the midnight of January 15th 1993 that he had come.The whole circus township had gone to sleep. Kalam Khan welcomed him and took him to the cages of lions and tigers. Naseerudin was woken up by Kalam Khan. Wiping the sleep from his eyes he rushed to see Salman Khan. Naseeruddin saw him patting the lions Sangeetha and Seetha and calling them his dearest friends ! He appeared intrepid and cool but the ring master intervened and requested Salman to be careful as it was midnight when they could be really wild and dangerous but Salman was undeterred. He was very warm and cordial to all the artistes.When he saw the sprightly clown Patel he remarked “Arrey Chacha maine apko bahut pahele bachpan me dekha hai.” Patil then reminded him of the film “Mera Naam Joker” in which he had acted with Raj Kapoor. Salman Khan bent down in all humility to embrace him.
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