Highlights
- When it comes to catching a glimpse of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, 27-year-old Mehjabeen Alim will stop at nothing, even if it means spending more than one lakh rupees.
- The young Bangladeshi, who is a student at a local university here, said that she has spent 1,50,000 rupees in the last two months just to have a photograph taken with her idol who is currently shooting in Malaysia for 'Don 2'.
When it comes to catching aglimpse of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, 27-year-oldMehjabeen Alim will stop at nothing, even if it means spendingmore than one lakh rupees.
The young Bangladeshi, who is a student at a localuniversity here, said that she has spent 1,50,000 rupees inthe last two months just to have a photograph taken with heridol who is currently shooting in Malaysia for 'Don 2'.
"I paid about RM 8,000 (1,20,000 rupees) last month toget a VIP seat at Marina Bay when he was in Singapore on Jan14 for the Zee awards," she said, adding that "sadly, I onlygot to see the back of his head."
To pay for that trip, she worked part-time for amonth and saved her birthday money.
Her latest pursuit of the celebrity saw her renting acar and booking into a hotel in Malacca after she found outthat King Khan was filming there.
Accompanied by her boyfriend, she braved the scorchingsun yesterday to catch a glimpse of the Bollywood heartthroboutside the location set in Sungai Udang yesterday, local Starnewspaper said.
"I have been his fan ever since he first appeared asan actor on TV. I know everything about him and my dream is tohave a photograph taken with him," she said.
She waited under the sun for almost four hours beforegetting a glimpse of the actor from a distance.
The 45-year-old is extremely popular in Malaysiaespecially among the Malays who don't understand Hindi butfollow the movies with the help of subtitles.
Meanwhile, Khan, who was bestowed the title of 'Datuk'by the state of Malacca, said that he was happy to be ablekeep his promise to shoot a movie here.
He is currently in Sungai Udang to shoot the sequel tohis 2006 hit 'Don', which he described as an action thrillerin the same genre as the Bond movies.
"However, I play the villain but one which the womenlove," he said after a luncheon with Malacca Chief MinisterMohd Ali Rustam yesterday.
The Bollywood heartthrob said he was also consideringdoing a romantic movie in Malacca.
"There is a lot of beautiful and romantic scenery inMalacca especially near the Malacca River," he said.
Khan was conferred the Darjah Gemilang Seri Melakawhich carries the title 'Datuk' by Malacca Governor MohdKhalil Yaakob in 2008.