New Delhi: US President Barack Obama, who addressed a town hall-style meeting in Delhi on the last day of his tour to India, went the Bollywood way to connect with the university students and activists. In the first two minutes of his speech, Obama quoted popular dialogue from ‘DDLJ’. “Senorita… bade bade deshon mein,” he said.

In an attempt to leave an impact with the audience, he delivered a well thought-out, strategic speech with allusions to eminent Indian personalities. Obama who started his speech in Hindi with ‘Namaste’ and ‘Dhanyawaad’, referred to star Shah Rukh Khan, sportspersons Milkha Singh and Mary Kom in his speech. “Every Indian should celebrate the success of Shah Rukh Khan, Mary Kom, Milkha Singh equally, not by the colour of skin, or worship,” he said.

His Siri Fort address ended with an Indian touch. ‘O Mitwa, Sun mitwa’ from movie ‘Lagaan’ was played as he posed for photographs with wife Michelle Obama.