13th Feb 2012,Monday
Thousands of fans thronged the Berlin International Film Festival to catch a glimpse of Shah Rukh Khan at the Don 2 premiere. We caught some of the frenzy.
Last Wednesday, Theresa Hert made a 900-km trip by train from Leutville, Switzerland, to Berlin, Germany, to see her favourite actor Shah Rukh Khan.
She had first seen the actor six years ago in Santosh Sivan's Asoka, and according to her, that experience somewhat changed her life.
"He's a great movie star and a great human being," she says as she stands along the red carpet at Berlin's grand Freidrichstadt-Palast theatre.
She does not have a ticket for Saturday evening's sold-out premiere of Farhan Akhtar's Don 2 at the ongoing Berlin International Film Festival. But she stands there, hoping to catch a glimpse of the actor.
She reveals that she had been standing along the red carpet for eight hours and it's one of Berlin's coldest evenings. Her trip to Berlin, plus accommodation had cost her over 500 Euros. "It's crazy no?" she asks.
Hert is only one of the few hundred fans who stand by the red carpet, hoping to see their favourite Bollywood actor, Shah Rukh Khan. There is a huge demand for the premiere tickets and many fans were shut out.
To make matters worse, Shah Rukh was down with fever last week and nearly missed his trip to Berlin. First, he did not fly for the Don 2 press conference held on Friday and then his flight to Berlin was cancelled. Reliance came to the rescue and arranged for a private aircraft to fly the actor in time for the film's premiere.
That was just good enough for Ina Grimms from Hanover, who also did not get a ticket for the screening. But she still travelled 250 km to get a chance to see Khan in person.
"He's got the charisma," Grimms says about the actor.
Her first Shah Rukh film was Khabhi Khushi Khabhie Gham that she watched on television with German subtitles. But her favourite film is Om Shanti Om. Grimms also likes a few other Bollywood stars like Hrithik Roshan, Aamir Khan and John Abraham. But for her, Shah Rukh is the number one actor in the world.
"He's George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise combined together," she says.
Annette Goeckolda has travelled 800 km from Sandhofen to see Shah Rukh walk on the red carpet and then watch the film. Her husband, Martin points out that the trip had cost the two of them 1,000 Euros.
But why Shah Rukh? "I think it is the character after the actor," Annette says.
And although she had never seen him before, she said she could judge the star's character by watching his interviews online. She laughed out loudly when asked if she would spend 1,000 Euros to see Brad Pitt in Berlin, giving a look that suggests she is going to ignore the question.
Thousands of fans thronged the Berlin International Film Festival to catch a glimpse of Shah Rukh Khan at the Don 2 premiere. We caught some of the frenzy.
Last Wednesday, Theresa Hert made a 900-km trip by train from Leutville, Switzerland, to Berlin, Germany, to see her favourite actor Shah Rukh Khan.
She had first seen the actor six years ago in Santosh Sivan's Asoka, and according to her, that experience somewhat changed her life.
"He's a great movie star and a great human being," she says as she stands along the red carpet at Berlin's grand Freidrichstadt-Palast theatre.
She does not have a ticket for Saturday evening's sold-out premiere of Farhan Akhtar's Don 2 at the ongoing Berlin International Film Festival. But she stands there, hoping to catch a glimpse of the actor.
She reveals that she had been standing along the red carpet for eight hours and it's one of Berlin's coldest evenings. Her trip to Berlin, plus accommodation had cost her over 500 Euros. "It's crazy no?" she asks.
Hert is only one of the few hundred fans who stand by the red carpet, hoping to see their favourite Bollywood actor, Shah Rukh Khan. There is a huge demand for the premiere tickets and many fans were shut out.
To make matters worse, Shah Rukh was down with fever last week and nearly missed his trip to Berlin. First, he did not fly for the Don 2 press conference held on Friday and then his flight to Berlin was cancelled. Reliance came to the rescue and arranged for a private aircraft to fly the actor in time for the film's premiere.
That was just good enough for Ina Grimms from Hanover, who also did not get a ticket for the screening. But she still travelled 250 km to get a chance to see Khan in person.
"He's got the charisma," Grimms says about the actor.
Her first Shah Rukh film was Khabhi Khushi Khabhie Gham that she watched on television with German subtitles. But her favourite film is Om Shanti Om. Grimms also likes a few other Bollywood stars like Hrithik Roshan, Aamir Khan and John Abraham. But for her, Shah Rukh is the number one actor in the world.
"He's George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise combined together," she says.
Annette Goeckolda has travelled 800 km from Sandhofen to see Shah Rukh walk on the red carpet and then watch the film. Her husband, Martin points out that the trip had cost the two of them 1,000 Euros.
But why Shah Rukh? "I think it is the character after the actor," Annette says.
And although she had never seen him before, she said she could judge the star's character by watching his interviews online. She laughed out loudly when asked if she would spend 1,000 Euros to see Brad Pitt in Berlin, giving a look that suggests she is going to ignore the question.
Regards
KD
SRK Rocks!!!!
ReplyDelete-- ketaki
Yes True,Very True.Though most of the core group of the industry is against him nowadays,he still remains at the number one position!
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