Jeetu ji’s extremely filmy phone number – Bapu Bazaar (Jaipur)

The moment you step down from your tuk tuk, another one glides in front of you, ready to take you anywhere. Welcome to Bapu Bazaar, Jaipur’s world famous market for all things a girl/woman desires. One 360 degree look around feels like looking through a kaleidoscope of – juttis, bangles, jewellery, block-print dresses, quirky home-decor items, bandhej suits, sarees, and festive fabrics.

The T-shaped market, drenched in terracotta paint, has the shop names painted in black over a white background, followed by their shop number. This numbering system helps especially when your heart is set on a gota-patti suit, but a faint voice tells you to see other shops before buying it. A market where every other shop looks like the next one, you can easily trace your steps back to that gota-patti suit, just by remembering the shop number.

And if your legs happen to take you inside shop number 74, you’re quite likely to meet Jeetu ji, whose mausaji owns the shop. While he sells co-rd sets, crop tops, and other women’s clothing items, his most truest passion is reflected in his unique phone number.

A film buff at heart, his phone number – 9269211420, has many film names embedded within it. The most obvious one are the last three digits, 420, which is code for Akshay Kumar’s iconic Khiladi 420. But look closer, and you will see the digits 9211, and anyone worth their salt when it comes to film love, can tell that it’s the John Abraham and Nana Patekar’s quirky outing, Taxi No. 9211, a film that one cannot forget even if they’ve seen it just once.

But, we’re not done yet.

The second and third digits of the phone number are after a very special film – Special 26, a movie famous for its gripping storytelling, remembered for a great ensemble cast, and helmed by a sincere Akshay Kumar. And if you’re thinking there can be no other movies found in the number, Jeetu ji has a surprise for you. The first digit, number 9 stands for Salman Khan’s No Entry! Stressing upon the nau (number 9 in Hindi) and No, he justifies the fourth film, hidden in his cool phone number.

And if you’re in a fun mood, dial this filmy number, and say “Hello Jeetu Ji, aap aur aapka number bohot famous hain!”