Ayesha, a school friend, talks about Ranbir!

Good-looking, ambitious, hard-working, shy, generous, sweet -- that's Ranbir Kapoor. But to me, he's all that and more. Thinking of him brings a smile to my face while being with him makes me laugh.

I've known him for 17 years so to me, he's family! We practically grew up together and studied at Bombay Scottish School where we would constantly get into trouble.

He was 'filmy' right from the day he was born. He would dance on stage during Christmas concerts and always participated in drama competitions. He would even incorporate movies into academics -- every essay in his English grammar paper would be an entire Hindi movie screenplay summarised!

He was also a little bit of a shaitaan -- he played a million pranks, getting caught each time! He would steal my dabba and eat it for breakfast. He would also emotionally blackmail me into doing all his school projects. The funny thing is that he would study two days before an examination and still pass each time.

His idea of fun is to watch a Malayalam channel on mute while he would come up with his own dialogues. He would also play 'Stone, paper, scissors' with himself in the mirror so that he never loses!

But for all his craziness, Ranbir takes a lot of time to open up to people. He's extremely shy and reserved, but once you've entered his comfort zone you're there to stay. He is a child at heart and I guess that's what makes him so endearing.

Now, when I look at the promos of Saawariya, I feel so proud of him. To the world, Ranbir's an upcoming star but to me he's already a winner. He's my star!

Sharing her memories is Ayesha Devetri, who studied in the same school as Ranbir Kapoor.

Source: http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2007/nov/06readers.htm