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Kumar Gaurav: Star of 1980s
Dear God, how time flies. Kumar Gaurav, of melting, caramel eyes and bee-stung lips and the signature blue jeans and red jacket that he wore along with the coolest vibe we had seen a young hero sport in the 80s, for a while atleast, is in his mid 50s! 
I watch him sometimes in YouTube grabs from films like Lovers, Romance, Naam, Love Story and remember what it was like to be a teenager and collect his posters (Sun magazine had released his life-sized poster in two parts…denim clad legs first and then the torso!). 

I remember how cathartic it was to cry every time he pouted at the camera with a heart-felt, “Yaad Aa Rahi Hai.” Decades later I saw him and his daughter Saatchi walk the ramp for a cause in Mumbai and let out a deep sigh of resignation.  Time changes and it changes people, unsparingly and without exception.

 Post: April 2014
http://unboxedwriters.com/2014/04/the-illusion-of-fame/#.VeczrCWqqko

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