Jayanth Seege, a struggling Indian filmmaker from Karnataka state, has been camping outside Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's house for the past few days in the hope that he gets the opportunity to pitch a film script - "#ProjectX" - to him personally.
Seege has already written and directed an Indian Kannada thriller 96, and written the script for Katha Sangama.
The freelance filmmaker flew from the Indian city of Bengaluru to Mumbai - the "city of dreams" - to meet the actor. He has been sharing updates of camping outside the actor's house since 31 December. From sunrise until midnight, he waits in front of the actor's house.
On his Instagram handle, Seege wrote last week, "Doing something completely bonkers and stupid to end this crazy year called 2020. I am outside #SRK house trying to get his attention for a dream called #ProjectX."
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The freelance filmmaker has been tweeting posts since 31 December to persuade the actor to meet him.
Day 3
— Jayanth Seege (@JayanthSeege) January 2, 2021
Friends: Weekend Plans?
Waiting for
Me: P̵a̵r̵t̵y̵i̵n̵g̵ ̵w̵i̵t̵h̵ @iamsrk#ProjectX #MakeItHappen https://t.co/jQzLEXLYBw pic.twitter.com/5sCHEr7PFN
In an interview with Humans of Bombay on 7 January, Seege said: "In August, when I came across Shah Rukh Khan's interview where he said that he hadn't signed any new movies since Zero, I went bonkers; I was like, 'What if I get SRK to act in my movie?' So, I created a movie poster overnight and tweeted it, tagging SRK.
“Obviously, nothing happened. But I still couldn't shake off the thought – I retweeted it on his birthday. Finally, in December, I don't know what got into me – I thought, 'Why not just go to [Shah Rukh Khan's vast seaside mansion] Mannat and narrate the script to him face to face?"
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Various netizens have got behind Seege and are supporting him on the micro-blogging site Twitter and Instagram. And the Instagram post of Humans of Bombay has gone viral, eliciting more than 49,000 comments and views in less than 24 hours since Thursday.
Some tagged Shah Rukh Khan's Twitter handle to draw the actor's attention to the filmmaker from South India waiting for him outside his home.
A netizen wrote, "Support your enthusiasm." Another wrote, "All the best, hope @iamsrk calls you."
Appreciate your enthusiasm.
— BRIJWA SRK FAN (@BrijwaSRKman) January 1, 2021
But plz don't expect SRK to immediately consider your request.
Best of luck.
Always here to support
I really hope you get a chance to narrate him the script ❤️ All the best sir
— 𝕊𝕣𝕦𝕛𝕒𝕟𝕒💞💫 (@iamsrj19) January 1, 2021
All the best.. hope @iamsrk calls you..👍
— Sravant Bitra (@SravantBitra) December 31, 2020
Hope @JayanthSeege gets a chance to meet @iamsrk #SRK #ShahRukhKhan pic.twitter.com/OOs4NnFbIo
— Troll SRK Haters (@trollsrkhaters5) January 1, 2021
