that night my goddaughter kirby and i
were honored by an invitation to what
the indian press called a star-studded
bash with the who's who of bollywood i
was happy to have kirby because
all experiences are better if you have
somebody to share them with hi
how are you
thank you
on the way to the party we paid a visit
to the home of one of the world's most
photographed and famous couples on earth
ashwarya rai and abhishek bachchan
they are the brad and angelina of the
indian film industry known as bollywood
indians love going to the movies
bollywood sells 5 billion tickets a year
you may think americans go crazy for
famous celebrities india is in a class
all by itself
to the billions of fans who hang on
their every move no stars shine as
bright as ash and abi
she's been called the most beautiful
woman in the world and he starred in
over 50 films that's more than tom
cruise
three years ago it created big buzz in
india when the couple appeared on the
oprah show for their first ever
interview together so i had said to
ashwaria and abhishek when they were
there if i ever come to india i'm going
to come visit you nobody ever believes
it when you say that i'm going to come
visit you one day so when we called and
said i wanted to stop by
they had just had a baby
but they said come on by
you cannot bring the cameras because of
course we say can we bring the cameras
when ash gave birth in 2011 the couple's
newborn daughter became one of the most
famous babies in the world her parents
have kept her hidden from the public eye
her face has never been in a photo even
her name has never been released to the
press
i got to hold her just like her parents
let me tell you she's gorgeous and
lipped from within
well thanks for letting me see the baby
you're welcome thank you it's beautiful
thank you thank you i actually made it
abi and his equally famous parents
bollywood legends amitabh and jaya were
invited to the same party i was headed
to next
they said okay we'll see you out would
you like to ride with us i said sure
i'll write with you and i decided to do
it just because
i was trying to understand the level of
adoration and worship
when those gates open i went whoa
i've seen paparazzi
but i ain't never seen nothing like this
i don't know what that is out there and
people crawling over the cars and
yelling and screaming and looking
good evening good evening good evening
this way
we're going to a party
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this is what you got to know before i
walk into this party i think i probably
had two hours of sleep maybe
in the past two days
really really really exhausted when i
walked into that party
and
suddenly
i came alive
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oh
thank you
our hostess was billionaire socialite
parmesar godric there to be honored
what an honor to be honored by you
thank you
parmesar and her husband adi are among
the richest in the country worth nearly
seven billion dollars i'm told they hold
a place at the top of the mumbai social
scene everyone was at their house
including ar ramen
oh my gosh time magazine called the
oscar and grammy winner the most popular
film composer in the world i promised
him one day i visit his homeland india i
told you i was gonna come i don't think
you really believed me i didn't believe
you you didn't how do you feel
i feel
i will have to tell you there was a
sense of exhilaration coming in the city
and it just felt like another world and
i was so happy to see all the women in
the sorries because you immediately had
you look lovely
thank you uh the identification that it
was a it was another
place another space but the the thing
that's just really moving to me is the
spirit that's what i that's my biggest
impression so far
god bless
ar runs a school for gifted young
musicians from across india he brought a
few of his most talented students to
mumbai's party of the year
hi
how are you everybody who i was
introduced to was a bollywood star
or a screenwriter or a producer
thank you or a director or a poet or an
author so it really was an artist party
i think i took more pictures that night
than i probably have
i can't remember when i've done that
many pictures can we just take this
picture and
was happy to do it actually
because i was excited that they were
excited and they were excited that i was
there and excited and it was all very
nice
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you