<p>In 2000, when Hrithik visited Siri Fort auditorium in Delhi to promote his debut film `Kaho Na Pyaar Hai', a young boy, Surjeet, waited for hours to meet him.<br /><br />However, due to the chaos at the venue, the police had to turn the fans away.<br /><br />"Mujhe wahan se dande maarke bhagaya gaya tha (They beat me up with sticks and forced me to run away)," he recalls.<br /><br />Surjeet said he was not interested in dance until 2000, when Hrithik took the Bollywood by storm.<br /><br />"He has always been an inspiration to me. In fact, I learnt to dance by watching him on TV and copying his steps," said the young dancer, who has now set his heart on a career in dancing.<br /><br />Surjeet, who calls the actor his "idol", even named his niece, `Hrithika'. "When my brother's daughter was born, I wanted her name somehow to be related to Hrithik, so I convinced everyone to name her Hrithika. I feel I have a special connection with him because even my own daughter was born on the same day as he January 10," Surjeet said.<br /><br />"When I met him and performed in front of him, it was seriously like a dream come true," Surjeet said.<br /><br />"I call him `sirji' and he too calls me `Surjeet sirji'," the participant said, adding that he found Hrithik to be a down to earth person</p>
<p>In 2000, when Hrithik visited Siri Fort auditorium in Delhi to promote his debut film `Kaho Na Pyaar Hai', a young boy, Surjeet, waited for hours to meet him.<br /><br />However, due to the chaos at the venue, the police had to turn the fans away.<br /><br />"Mujhe wahan se dande maarke bhagaya gaya tha (They beat me up with sticks and forced me to run away)," he recalls.<br /><br />Surjeet said he was not interested in dance until 2000, when Hrithik took the Bollywood by storm.<br /><br />"He has always been an inspiration to me. In fact, I learnt to dance by watching him on TV and copying his steps," said the young dancer, who has now set his heart on a career in dancing.<br /><br />Surjeet, who calls the actor his "idol", even named his niece, `Hrithika'. "When my brother's daughter was born, I wanted her name somehow to be related to Hrithik, so I convinced everyone to name her Hrithika. I feel I have a special connection with him because even my own daughter was born on the same day as he January 10," Surjeet said.<br /><br />"When I met him and performed in front of him, it was seriously like a dream come true," Surjeet said.<br /><br />"I call him `sirji' and he too calls me `Surjeet sirji'," the participant said, adding that he found Hrithik to be a down to earth person</p>