Mumbaikars and fans all over India are very excited to witness the `King of Latin Pop` Enrique Iglesias perform in Mumbai after more than two decades, as he returns to India after 13 years. Many fans of the musician have memories of his past concert in the country. Among them is actress Vidya Balan, who received a life changing phone call while she was at Enrique`s Mumbai concert in 2004.
Vidya Balan`s 2004 Enrique Iglesias concert story
Speaking to Bombay Times, Vidya recalled the night in 2004 that changed her life forever. “My friend Pavitra and I were at Enrique’s concert in Mumbai in 2004, when director Pradeep Sarkar called me to offer Parineeta. We were trying to inch closer to the stage; my phone was off, and Enrique had gone off the stage between the songs. We were hoping to get to the front by the time he comes back to perform, and hoping he pulls me on stage. Around this time, Pradeep Dada must have called me, but he couldn’t get through, so he called Pavitra. He asked her, ‘Vidya kahan hai?’”
She further said, “Pavitra handed the phone to me. Dada told me that Vidhu Vinod Chopra wants to talk to me. I told him I am at a concert and can talk to him once I get out. By then, Mr Chopra came on the line and told me, ‘Vidya Balan, you need to get out of that venue and reach a quieter place where you can speak.”
Vidya and her friend were not happy at this instruction but still made their way away from the noisy crowd. “VVC told me then, ‘You are my Parineeta,’ and by then Enrique had come back on stage and sang Hero. While the song was always special to me, this moment sealed the deal for me. For me to receive this news when that song played, I couldn’t stop crying. My hands and legs were trembling. It is undoubtedly one of the most special moments of my life,” she shared.
Enrique Iglesias returns to Mumbai
The singer is set to perform in Mumbai this week on October 29 and 30 at the MMRDA Grounds in Bandra Kurla Complex. The last time Enrique performed in India was in 2012 for the ‘Euphoria World Tour’, he came on three-city India tour of Pune at Amanora Park Town on October 17, Gurugram at HUDA Grounds on October 19, and Bengaluru at NICE Grounds on October 21. It was eight years after he first came to India on a two-city tour that saw him perform in the Indian tech city, and Mumbai, where he performed at the same venue.
With India amid its music concert boom, fans are extremely excited to witness him live in a year, that has seen the likes of Coldplay and Guns N’ Roses, apart from Cigarettes After Sex and Ed Sheeran perform in India.
