Actress Harshika Poonacha had an embarrassing moment, when her seat gave way as she cheered the Royal Challengers with Kannada star Ramya yesterday
Actress Harshika Poonacha had an embarrassing moment, when her seat gave way as she cheered the Royal Challengers with Kannada star Ramya yesterday
The quality of seating posed a serious problem for film stars Ramya and Harshika Poonacha at what was touted as the costliest and therefore the best stand in Chinnaswamy Stadium, where the hosts Bangalore Royal Challengers beat Kings XI Punjab yesterday.
Even as the actors cheered the home team, Harshika, who is in news for her role in Jugari, fell off her chair, after it gave way.
No value for money
And, the actors were the only ones who faced the problem.
"This stand is the most expensive one in the stadium. However, there is no value foru00a0 money here," said one frustrated spectator, who had come all the way from Mysore to enjoy the match with in company of heartthrob Ramya.
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Harshika's broken seat |
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Ramya and a friend get new chairs |
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Harshika prefers to sit on the floor |
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Actors Puneet Raj Kumar and Ramya at the |
Harshika chose to cheer seated on the floor after the mishap.
Spectators who bought the tickets that were sold for Rs 2,750, where promised good food, comfortable seating
and a pleasant ambiance. "This is worse than cattle class to put it in Shashi Taroor's words," said Ravikiran, a Kannada TV star, who abandoned the stand for the P2 box later in the day.
u00a0While Ramya ordered for extra chairs and they were provided to herm, she chose to sit on the floor because it was reportedly visible how other guests were not really enjoying.
Ouch, it hurts
"Yes, it hurts," admitted Ramya. "However, the RCB win has compensated us for all our woes. I am ready to forget the bad experience in the cheer of victory."
Harshika had no qualms in sitting on the floor, as cricket was her first priority and she was happy because she met Preity Zinta, who is her favourite actress and Deepika Padukone. "This is India.
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We must not forget it," said Harshika. " We don't pay attention to such minor issues when we do something big. This is just an example."
u00a0Tallam Venkatesh, honorary treasurer, KSCA (Karnataka State Cricket Association), who oversaw the seating arrangement at the stadium, said, " We were running against time.
We oly began preparations for the match last week. I admit, there were some shortcomings, but we will surely take care of al such issues in the next matches."
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Matinee idol Punit Rajkumar gave company to fans at D Corporate box, where the ticket price was Rs 1,100 and RCB owner was seen in P2 box flanked by his son Sidhartha Mallya, Deepika Padukone, designer Manoviraj Kosla and others.
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