On A Date With Amy Jackson: Part 1

AJ: You’ve wrapped it pretty well. DP: Just rip it off! AJ: Oh! Here we go. DP: Ok, Read More">what’s the best thing Cinderella has ever done? AJ: She found her shoe. DP: Bang on! Yes darling. (I take the box in my hand to do the honours and take the present out) DP: And IRead More

AJ: You've wrapped it pretty well.

DP: Just rip it off!

AJ: Oh! Here we go.

DP: Ok, what's the best thing Cinderella has ever done?

AJ: She found her shoe.

DP: Bang on! Yes darling.

(I take the box in my hand to do the honours and take the present out)

DP: And I found this beautiful anklet because I'd figured out that you did have the shoe on.

AJ: Awwwww, look at how nice it is. This is such a lovely gift.

(I go down on my knees and fit the anklet on her striking legs)

AJ: No one's bought me a gift on my first date. I liked it.

(Hugs Hugs Hugs)

DP: It's made your day?

AJ: Yea! I was in a very bad mood this morning but now it's fine.

DP: Recall your first date.

AJ: My very first date in life was when I was sixteen and it was a guy from my school. It was very awkward and I was super shy back then. I think we went to a cinema but it wasn't anything exciting.

DP: What? Your first date wasn't exciting? You're kidding me. He was such a loser.

AJ: No. I'm not kidding. Yes, he was (laughs). But this has been the top three best 'date' gifts I've ever received and I thank you for that.

DP: What were the other two?

AJ: I think it was a nice lunch near the riverside. It was back in the U.K. when I was taken to York. It was an hour and a half drive from Liverpool. It was a 'day time' date and was relaxed and easy going. We had a lovely meal.

DP: You know something beautiful, I've never made a friend from Liverpool while I was in the U.K. but it's good to know that you're my first.

AJ: Where were you from the U.K.? DP: London, Harrow. AJ: Me too. I mean, Read More">you’re my first friend from Harrow. I don’t know anyone who stays there. DP: This is so surreal Amy. I want to touch you. AJ: (laughs and more laughs) You can. I am real. I am the Miss Teen World.Read More

AJ: Where were you from the U.K.?

DP: London, Harrow.

AJ: Me too. I mean, you're my first friend from Harrow. I don't know anyone who stays there.

DP: This is so surreal Amy. I want to touch you.

AJ: (laughs and more laughs) You can. I am real. I am the Miss Teen World.

(I touch her fine hands)

DP: Miss Teen World. Wow!

AJ: Do you want to see my 'sash'?

DP: Have you got your sash with you? The Miss Teen World one?

AJ: Yea, yea! It's in the cupboard.

DP: You should be getting the Miss Best Date crown and the sash.

AJ: And you should be getting Mr. Best Date.

DP: Listen, I think we should just get up a bit and make our 'date' a little more relaxed. What say?

AJ: Yea! We can go in my room. It's got a beautiful view outside my window that overlooks the ocean.

DP: Perfect timing! Let's go.

(Amy and I enter her bedroom... No, don't even think about it!)

AJ: Now this is what I was talking about. The beautiful view. Look at it; it's awesome, isn't it?

(I am looking at the picturesque Bandra sea face)

DP: It's so scenic.

(Amy looks outside and points towards an apartment that's diagonally opposite hers)

AJ: I can also spy on John here (John Abraham). I have my binoculars (laughs). I do that many times (laughs).

(I can clearly see John Abraham's lavish penthouse from Amy's room)

DP: That's bad. That's not allowed. But you are lucky.

AJ: You're right, not when our date is on. But honestly, I am lucky.

Watch this space for Part Two of On A Date With Amy Jackson

Devansh Patel: It’s a surprise ‘date’ but I’d rather call it a ‘blind’ one. Amy Jackson: Of course it’s a ‘blind date’ for me. I’ve never met you or heard about you. DP: Well, it’s time you do but I hope Prateik’s not around. AJ: (laughs) Don’t worry, Read More">he won’t be. I’m excited now! DP:Read More

Devansh Patel: It's a surprise 'date' but I'd rather call it a 'blind' one.

Amy Jackson: Of course it's a 'blind date' for me. I've never met you or heard about you.

DP: Well, it's time you do but I hope Prateik's not around.

AJ: (laughs) Don't worry, he won't be. I'm excited now!

DP: The most difficult thing for a man to do on a 'date' is to find a perfect present for the perfect someone. So I'm sorry for being a bit late and that's not an excuse. I took my time because I knew I had to gift you something perfect.

AJ: That's fine but you don't even have to get me a present. It's very kind of you.

DP: How couldn't I and that too for a fellow Brit.

AJ: Of course you have to. Now that's a good reason. Precisely! I can't wait for it now. Where is it?

(This one had to be a surprise and surprise it was. So I get up from the black couch and from behind the chair at a distance I surprise Amy with a small rectangular box wrapped in shimmery red)

DP: There you go babe. Unwrap time! I think it's going to be the most beautiful gift I've ever given to a girl.

(And just as Amy was about to tear open her present, suddenly the television is switched on - 'God-knows-how' that happened. Amy looks at the T.V. and then we both stare at each other with eyes wide open and in her cute Liverpool accent she said....)

AJ: That's weird isn't it? How did that happen?

DP: (Laughs) Is Prateik around?

AJ: (laughs) was it him? You've wrapped it pretty well. I think you don't even know what it is. You've been given this box to gift to me.

DP: No no no no lady! Don't even think about it. I've spent half an hour trying to find you this priceless surprise.

(It's taking time for Amy to open up the present)

Read More">Truth be told – There is something surreal about being thrust into Amy Jackson’s domain. I ring the door bell. Amy opens the door and in a fraction of a second I get hit by her everlasting beauty. And a couple of steps into her house I was already feeling like I’ve entered Amy’s Wonderland.Read More

Truth be told - There is something surreal about being thrust into Amy Jackson's domain. I ring the door bell. Amy opens the door and in a fraction of a second I get hit by her everlasting beauty. And a couple of steps into her house I was already feeling like I've entered Amy's Wonderland. Her newly furnished house in Bandra's Mount Mary Road is all black n silver in the living room and dark tones of lavender and brown in her bedroom. She doesn't much walk into a room as float through it; a fragrant, other-worldly presence who seems to appear out of nowhere like a shimmering mysterious light. Her physical presence is alluring, so much so that I asked her, "Can I touch you?" That was it! The touch was for real. Amy was for real. She is quite unlike any other actress you'll ever meet. She ticks all the required movie star boxes - beautiful, talented and confident - but she's something else that you don't often find in an A-lister: she's real. Right there in front of me she sat at ease with her 'cat eyes' looking right at me, her lips supple, her hair as smooth as silk, and one look at her legs and you can tell she's got it all. Perfect! Ten on Ten! In place! For myself, I had everything in place except time (Amy and Prateik had to go to the beach side to promote their movie in exactly twenty minutes). I couldn't help but just stare at her. In the next twenty minutes, we did talk about her first date, her movie, her family, her love for shopping and her crazy antics while we posed for pictures but in-between all this something magical happened that occurs once in a lifetime. The clock was ticking and I was still questioning myself: How can I be so silly? How could I have just stayed tight-lipped? Oh God! I mean, Amy Jackson gives you an offer you can't refuse. But I like an idiot, did. For all she offered me was a 'massage'. Funny, but what followed was some 'Yoga' lesson. Can't I rewind time? Can't I rewind this date?

UK's Harrow Observer columnist and Bollywood Hungama's London correspondent gets down on his knees and surprises his 'date' in this Part 1 of a two part special - On a Date with Amy Jackson.