Traffic Stopper!

Ranbir Kapoor may have already become a gay icon, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have an equally crazy female following. Nothing proves this better than a visit he made to Hyderabad on October 8, to promote his debut film Saawariya. A source who travelled with Ranbir says, “Ranbir is hugely popular with the girls. I’ve seen them go berserk when he’s around. We were in Indore when a girl jumped from the crowd and couldn’t stop smooching Ranbir. On Monday, we had another crazy experience in Hyderabad.” Ranbir and Co were travelling by car from their hotel Taj Krishna to PVR Mall in Hyderabad on Monday afternoon, when a crazy fan brought traffic to a halt. Says the source, “A blue-coloured Santro stopped next to Ranbir’s car at a signal and a young girl was in the driver’s seat. When she saw Ranbir, she did a double take and ran out of her car with the engine still running! She asked Ranbir for an autograph and he was horrified by her behaviour. He tried to persuade her to get back into her car since she was obstructing traffic, but she wouldn’t budge. Finally, the police had to come and sort out the massive traffic snarl she had caused!” The source adds that Ranbir gets very embarrassed by his fans’ antics and is still to come to terms with his popularity. “Sometimes, girls shout at him not to pull his car window up and bang on the car’s doors, or they tear his shirt, jacket or whatever he’s wearing and blow flying kisses at him. It’s crazy and he doesn’t know how to handle it!” When we ask Ranbir, he sounds equally excited but sheepish. He says, “I felt like Tom Cruise.”