By:
Upala
KBR,
Mid-day
Tuesday,
September
25,
2007
Usman
Afzal
put
rumours
about
his
alleged
break-up
with
Amrita
Arora
to
rest
in
style.
Fed
up
with
false
reports
and
terribly
missing
his
girlfriend,
the
county
cricketer
decided
to
spring
a
surprise
on
his
ladylove
by
landing
in
Mumbai
three
weeks
ahead
his
scheduled
arrival!
Says
Usman,
“I
finished
my
cricket
season
last
week
and
signed
a
three-year
contract
with
Surrey
County.
But
I
still
have
a
month
before
I
join,
so
I
decided
to
come
to
Mumbai.
finished
my
press
conference
and
was
missing
Amu
a
lot,
so
instead
of
waiting
for
three
weeks
to
meet
her,
I
decided
to
surprise
her
and
landed
up
on
Thursday
morning."
He
adds
that
his
brother
Aqib
fetched
him
from
the
airport
and
took
him
to
his
apartment,
after
which
her
dropped
in
to
meet
Amu.
“She
was
at
Royal
China
for
lunch
with
her
parents
when
I
surprised
her!" says
Usman.
Desired
effect
Well,
the
efforts
sure
paid
off.
Usman
says
that
Amu
was
so
stunned
at
seeing
him
that
she
swallowed
a
dimsum!
“I
strolled
in
and
she
was
shocked
to
see
me.
She
had
her
mouth
hanging
open!
After
the
initial
shock,
she
was
like
—
'Oh
my
God!
What
are
you
doing
here?"
And
then
she
was
chattering
nineteen
to
the
dozen
and
extremely
thrilled
with
my
'surprise."
Since
then,
the
couple
has
been
inseparable,
even
attending
Kareena
Kapoor"s
birthday
party
at
designer
Aki
Narula"s
home.
A
delighted
Amu
adds,
“I
was
shocked
to
see
Usman,
as
I
wasn"t
expecting
him
for
three
weeks.
He"s
very
romantic
and
loves
surprising
me
like
this."
Unaffected
Talking
about
rumours
of
a
break-up,
Usman
says,
“Talk
is
cheap,
but
I
don"t
let
rumours
upset
me.
My
family
knows
there
is
no
truth
to
it.
In
fact,
Amu
had
come
down
to
London
in
July
for
the
Regent
Street
event
and
I
had
gone
to
cheer
her."
Amu
echoes
his
feelings,
saying,
“I
don"t
feel
bad
as
my
family
and
I
know
the
truth.
It"s
true
that
we
have
to
work
on
the
relationship
every
day,
especially
with
the
distance,
but
Usi
is
awesome
and
totally
helps
keep
it
stable."
About
her
rumoured
link-ups
with
Aftab
Shivdasani
and
Dino
Morea,
she
says,
“Usi
knows
that
both
of
them
are
dear
friends.
I
respect
my
relationship
with
him
too
much
to
bring
it
to
the
level
of
explaining
the
rumours
to
him.
He
trusts
me."
2007
has
been
known
to
be
the
year
of
break-ups
but
Amu
chirps,
“It"s
been
great
for
us!"