The temptation concert tour in 2004 that had Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Rampal, Rani Mukherjee many other Bollywood stars would always be marked as one of the fatal incidents that ever happened.
The concert that was making rounds all across the world made an abrupt end in Sri Lanka for a fatal bomb blast, and that when Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan were performing together on stage.
In a talk with Rediff.com, Priyanka Chopra revealed, “Shah Rukh and I were dancing on stage for the last song of our show, Le ja le ja (Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham) and the mood was very upbeat. Suddenly, I heard a deafening noise. At first, I thought it was a smoke bomb. Then I realised that the noise was too loud to be a smoke bomb. As per the dance sequence, I had to go backstage to change my outfit. But before I did, I saw bodies lying on the ground. There was chaos and the police were trying to pacify the crowd. I was still not sure whether it was a real bomb or a smoke bomb. When I went backstage, Shah Rukh, Preity, Celina, Zayed and Saif were talking about the blast. Before I knew what to do next, I was ushered into a car with them and was heading for Colombo airport.”
Priyanka Chopra’s mother, Madhu Chopra was also there on the concert tour. She said, “My mother, who always sits in the first row at my shows, had been backstage. She was there because Rani Mukerji’s mother did not come to the event. Rani and Arjun Rampal were supposed to perform at the show but they could not come due to prior assignments. Zayed and Celina had replaced them. I think my mother was fortunate not to have been sitting in the first row at the time of the blast.”
She added on how the blast actually shook her up, “It is only now that I realise that Shah Rukh and I were only six feet away from where the blast occurred. Had we been nearer, it could have been catastrophic. We had no clue when we reached Colombo that this event could turn into a tragedy. I have never looked at death so closely in real life. The incident shook me up. It made me sick and I was in bed the whole day after reaching Mumbai. I pray for those who lost their dear ones in the blast.”
