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Actors stranded at Delhi airport for six hours
By Subhash K. Jha, Indo-Asian News Service

Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) This could be their worst travel experience. Four of Bollywood's biggest stars were stuck in an immobile flight at Delhi airport for nearly six hours. 

  

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Actors Priyanka Chopra, Esha Deol, Zayed Khan and Rani Mukerji along with singers Abhijeet Sawant and Shweta Pundit had a harrowing time while returning to Mumbai from Delhi Saturday evening after their Temptations 2005 concert.

Exhausted and barely able to speak, Priyanka recounted the experience at Delhi airport. 

"It's really funny. But Zayed was supposed to take an earlier flight, which Shah Rukh left on. But Zayed decided to be a sport. He didn't want to break the team. So he chose to travel with me, Rani, Esha and the rest. After what happened, I'm sure Zayed would think twice before being generous. While the earlier flight left on time, we got into the 7.40 p.m. flight on Saturday evening... and finally left Delhi at 11 a.m. on Sunday."

So what happened? "When we got into flight everything was fine. Shah Rukh messaged to say his flight had taken off. We hop, skipped and jumped on board. Within 10 minutes the entire airport was enveloped in the thickest fog. We waited patiently for a clearance. The clock ticked way... We didn't feel the pressure of delay since we had two singers Abhijeet Sawant and Shweta Pundit as part of our team. And since I'm fond of singing, I didn't mind playing Antakshari on board. That kept us going for a couple of hours."

Finally at 1.30 a.m. Priyanka and other passengers de-boarded and booked into a hotel. 

"We checked in at the hotel at around 2 a.m. and caught the flight back in the morning. I haven't slept for five days. I had just landed from a concert in Dubai before leaving immediately for the concert in Delhi. Now, what I really want is to sleep," said Priyanka.

This was her second tryst with an inordinate flight delay from Delhi to Mumbai. Two months ago after a plane skidded off the Mumbai airport, Priyanka was left circling the airport for several hours.

"Why do these things keep happening to me?" Priyanka wailed, before crashing out.