When Life Gives You Surprise!!!!

It was back in 2015. I was assigned to coordinate a fashion shoot in Bangalore. We wanted ordinary girls from Bangalore without a modeling background to pose in different locations in the city. It was challenging for me, as it was an entirely new experience. The huge task involved everything from the high-headed beautician working in a small parlor of a gali to college-going girls showing off in English and low-budget shopping from local vendors. Somehow, we managed two shoots. We wanted one more. Sreekanth Kalarikkal, our photographer, decided to contact a friend of his to get the third model, Sreenidhi, but she was a professional. After a few minutes of interaction, I realized that this girl was different from all the others. I felt at ease in her company. While we were talking, my poor English began to improve. Her level of enthusiasm was different. She came in jeans and a shirt, if I remember. I told her we needed her to wear something Indo-Western, but she had nothing at that time in her hand. All the other models had already donned their outfits, leaving us to concentrate solely on their makeup. To avoid wasting time and light, we went to the immediate clothing store next to the place where we were standing. We visited a Reliance store, where we saw a display featuring a woman wearing a skirt and tank top. I told her that was on my mind. I got to pick out her outfit—a red skirt, a black tank top, and a shawl—and she let me. She proposed a jacket as a possible option. Additionally, Sreekanth chettan was okay with our decision. Metro was the setting. The first set of photos in the jacket went well. The metro was crowded. She had to remove her jacket for the next set of pictures and to wear the shawl. Some men in the metro start to tease her verbally. For a brief moment, her confidence crumbled. The next moment she came back with vibrancy. I loved her attitude, and when we parted ways, she took a selfie of us together. I thanked her for being kind and cooperative. She told me that she also found it to be a wonderful experience. We talked pretty well during that shoot. She mentioned she had a wonderful friend in Kerala, whom she met during a beauty pageant. She added the girl was first runner-up in the competition, and even her academics were impressive—it was about actress Gayathri Suresh. She was happy for Gayathri, as her "Jamna Pyari" was a HIT. She said she was just waiting for her chance. I wished her good luck. And yesterday when I watched HIT3, I felt I knew the girl. Not watching KGF, I googled her name, and her name was Sreenidhi Shetty.