Why was Virat Kohli obsessed with Hrithik Roshan? Here are some secrets from the cricketer’s slam book.
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00:00Kamona Pyaar Hai had come out and I went mad watching him dance.
00:05So, I used to regularly watch Ekphal Kazeena.
00:09And I was like, how can someone dance like that?
00:11So, I always had a very convinced feeling that I will play at the top level.
00:17It wasn't like my setup was such that I felt like,
00:20you know, I've got this great setup and the academy is a famous academy.
00:24So, people will have their eyes on me and I have chances.
00:27It wasn't like that.
00:30Slambook
00:33Slambook?
00:35Yes.
00:37Pause it, Peer. Pause it here.
00:39First of all, no one wants the address.
00:41It's a matter of Rs. 50 and Rs. 50.
00:43Not now.
00:44Not now?
00:45Not now.
00:46But I mean, whatever is written on the left,
00:50I still can't pronounce the phone number.
00:53And address, PIN code, everything.
00:57This is my friend's Slambook.
01:00He used to play with me.
01:02Cricket.
01:03Was it Piyush?
01:04No, it wasn't Piyush.
01:05Piyush.
01:06He used to have a Slambook, right?
01:08No, no, no.
01:10Piyush is actually my best friend.
01:15So, even today, I am in touch with the same person.
01:18He is still the same as before.
01:21He hasn't changed at all.
01:22So, that's why I wrote his name.
01:24This Slambook is, I think, of Shailaj.
01:27He used to play cricket with me.
01:29And I grew up at his house.
01:31What stood out here is ambition.
01:33This was a long time ago.
01:35VK, do you remember this?
01:36I mean, obviously, Hrithik had made his debut in Bollywood.
01:39Yes, by then, Kauna Pyaar Hai had come out.
01:42And I went mad watching him dance.
01:45So, I used to regularly watch Iqbal Kazina.
01:49And I was like, how can someone dance like this?
01:52So, this happened after that.
01:54That was, what, 2000?
01:562000.
01:572002-2003?
01:58I don't know.
01:59Around that time.
02:00It was around 2004.
02:01Yes, I know.
02:02At least, I was maybe 13, 12, 13.
02:08But you knew you wanted to become an Indian cricketer.
02:10Yes, yes.
02:11It's about ambition.
02:12And I actually remember it from the very first interview.
02:14One thing is that, yes, I will become one.
02:16Was it always like that?
02:17Ever since you started playing serious cricket,
02:19you were almost like, then bat seriously.
02:21It will happen.
02:22Yes, get that feeling.
02:23I used to think so, honestly.
02:25I mean, I won't sit and lie that, no, I didn't think so.
02:30I think, now I realize that the path is already laid out for you.
02:36Then it depends on your hard work.
02:38So, I always had a very convinced feeling that I will play at the top level.
02:44I don't know what it was.
02:46It wasn't like my setup was such that I felt like, you know,
02:49I've got this great setup and the academy is a famous academy.
02:53So, people will have their eyes on me and I have chances.
02:56It wasn't like that.
02:57It was just a case of performing and going up step by step.
03:03But there was a common feeling that I can reach.
03:08I will reach.