The title was directly lifted from the subject that Mojo used for the mails that went into the planning.

TOP SECRET was intentional. It had to be. It was TAAP SECRET matter :)

It all began in the back seat of the KSRTC red bus that we took to chikkamagalur on our way to Mullainagiri trek. The masterminds – Mojo, Ranger, Sudhaam & Sandy(the ditcher).

The original plan was to embarass Thamie in front of his classmates on his arrival back home. We just wanted to ensure that the first words out of his mouth as soon as he lands in Bangalore would be, “Yen Chappa gaLu sisya!”(In his typical mid-england accent).

Draft Version of the plan:

Gather about 10-12 kumaarrs. Dress them up in typical Mandya lungi – shirtsu. Arrange for a band – Tamte Dholu. and to top it up some Annamman dancu. As soon as he sets his foot outside the terminal, to jump at his feet with “Addbiddvi buddhi” and put a “Notina haara” on him.

Some additions to the plan also included arranging for some ‘chakkas’ to embarrass him even more. :P

But the plan needed some refining provided the fact that the venue for this kumaarrgiri plan was the Bangalore airport. and the ‘maamas’ over there weren’t our actual ‘maamas’ to just let us go ahead with all these nakhras.

The revised plan:

Dress code : Formal attire, with ties. [of course we are the corporate kumaarrs now :) ]

The ‘Notina haara’ was too good an idea to ditch.

If not the ‘tamte dholu’ band, some ‘noise making apparatus’ as a replacement.

And of course a video camera to capture all the kumarrgiri[ which will be uploaded to Youtube/Kumaarrs soon ]

Ranger went about finding out the flight particulars from Thamie a couple of days earlier. He was flying by emirates, via Dubai. The fact that he would land here around 1745hrs ‘local time’ on a friday evening made it much more easier for us.
Another good news was that his parents weren’t going to be present at the airport to witness the ‘brutal assault’ that was to be meted out on him :P

The D-Day (14th December ‘07)

25 Rs.1000 notes( of course fake ones ). Check.

Shawl( oddisoke) – Missing! Replacement – A typical haLLi ishtyle patpate towel. Check.

Tilak(for the welcome) – small packet of Kumkuma from Chan’s house. Check.

Placard( to clearly indicate our presence). KG cardboard & markers(from Rami’s office :P ). Check.

Chamki material plastic Garland from the local fancy store at Domlur. Check.

‘Noise making apparatus’ – Chikk makkLa aaTad peepi. Check.

Cameramen. Ranger with 850IS & Sathya with S5IS. Double check.

Arrival time. Check. Double Check. Triple Check.( To ensure that the TAAP SECRET plan doesn’t turn into a self-goal :P )

1725: Flight landed.

1727: Rami is the first of the kumaarrs to reach the venue.

1732: Ranger’s in with the news that the flight has landed at 1725. Rami panics at the non-presence of the other kumaarrs.

1741: Baby & Sathya ( with his state-of-the-art rash driving on his Apache) reach the venue.
1749: Sudhaam also reaches the venue.

1750: Ranger & Sathya prepare the HUGE placard.( btw it read, “Thamie, SeineKumaarr. Chappar CEO in the making!” ) Sudhaam & Rami busy with the ‘Notina Haara’. Baby busy looking out for Thames & explaining our weird attire & crazy acts to the visibly surprised onlookers. :)

Everything is set. Jayu is still stuck in Airport Rd traffic. Katti is still stuck in Intermediate Ring road!

THE MAN arrives!(But to our disappointment, his classmates who were supposed to be witnesses to this historic assault were nowhere to be seen around him )

The ‘hawa’ begins! Thames thoroughly surprised to see a few familiar faces around, and very much embarrassed at what was happening to him. :D More so was his younger bro who kept quiet throughout the ‘act’.

Notina haara put. Chamki haara put. doDDa Naama put. The rest of the Kumaarrs did the ‘Thamie dance’ (reference Smriti ‘06 video) around THE MAN. Finally the words were out, “Yen chappa gal sisya!” (but this time with a hint of French influence to his mid-English accent). “I liked the attire though boys. Good stuff.” In the meanwhile OhJa signals his arrival with his ‘peepi’ sound. Katti c00l d00d still stuck in Intermediate ring road decides to take an U-Turn instead. All sort of Patel pics put at the airport with various poses around THE MAN. With Thamie speaking about the highlights of his trip for about an hour and the other Kumaarrs celebrating the success of the ‘act’ by relishing on the imported chocolate.

So this was how Operation SeineKumaarr [TOP SECRET] was successfully executed.

P.S: Seine is the Thames of Paris :)