Katrina Kaif stampede in Abu Dhabi

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Katrina Kaif stampede in Abu Dhabi. Eager fans in Abu Dhabi cause a stampede while trying to catch a glimpse of Bollywood star Katrina Kaif at the Marina Mall premier of her new film Mere Brother Ki Dulhan. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00It all started off so well, as people gathered in their hundreds to welcome Katrina Kaif,

00:10Imran Khan and Ali Zafar for the premiere of their latest movie at Abu Dhabi's Marina

00:15Mall. Security drafted in, barriers in place, people waited for more than three hours to

00:21greet the stars. We caught up with Katrina earlier at a press conference at Abu Dhabi's

00:26Hilton Hotel.

00:28Yeah, I think that was a really good learning experience I think for a lot of us, for the

00:34entire industry actually, for me as well, for everybody. Because sometimes there's a

00:39certain thinking, a certain stereotype that the film has got to be like, it's got to be

00:45masala, it's got to be like a ready or it's got to be like a welcome or a singer's king

00:50for a film to be a big commercial blockbuster. A film like Zindagi was always considered

00:55to be a great film but slightly niche and this was the general environment before the

01:00film was up for release. And I think the fact that it did so well at the box office is really

01:06an encouraging sign. I think it's showing that our audiences are ready and willing to

01:10see any type of film. They don't require a formula nor do you have to think that this

01:16is what they're expecting. If you give them a good product and a film which is running

01:21on its own merit, then people are coming and it is doing the numbers. Obviously the

01:25story is something which is fiction, which is written by the director, but the character

01:29is something which we really worked on, which in a way I think has a lot of me in it as

01:34well. The kind of expressions the director has tried to take, the kind of nuances, because

01:40he knows me quite well. I play a girl who's in Delhi University in the portion of the

01:45film where you see this kind of rock song. But that is really just about them having

01:50fun. It's kind of this big group of people who are studying at Delhi University. They

01:56go on this trip and that's just part of her character. But I'm not a rock star in the

02:02film, nor am I a guitarist, nor am I supposed to be a serious singer at all.

02:06But soon after the press conference, things turned ugly.

02:10As the star arrived, the crowd turned into what can only be described as a tsunami. It

02:15surged forward, taking women and children in its wake.

02:39Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

03:09Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

03:18Guys, guys, guys, please calm down. Somebody's going to get hurt. Come on.

03:23Otherwise we'll have to go.

03:26In the end, things even proved too much for a visibly shaking Katrina Cave. The stars

03:30were whisked through a back entrance of the cinema as things got too dangerous outside.

03:36Seems this is going to be one premiere the stars will never forget.

03:44Kelly Crane, Gulf News.

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