Jayanth Seege is on a mission to meet Shah Rukh Khan – and if that implies camping outdoors his property for days, then so be it. The Bengaluru-primarily based freelance filmmaker has been standing outdoors Mannat – the dwelling of the Bollywood superstar – for days now, and plans to continue carrying out so till he gets to meet Shah Rukh Khan.
“In August, when I came across Shahrukh Khan’s interview where he said that he hadn’t signed any new movies since Zero, I literally went bonkers,” Jayanth Seege revealed to ‘Humans of Bombay’. “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 absolutely nothing occurred, but the filmmaker was undeterred. On a whim, he flew to Mumbai from Bengaluru in December in order to narrate the script face to face. Since then, he says, he stood outdoors the superstar’s property each day from sunrise to midnight – to the point exactly where even the safety guards have gotten friendly with him.
“Eventually, I realised I had to do something atrociously magnanimous like he does in his movies,” says Jayanth. “Here I am. And I’m going to stay put until he signs my movie.”
The mission to meet SRK has taken on the name of ‘Project X’.
Since December 31, Jayanth has been sharing updates on Twitter when camping outdoors Mannat, hoping to pitch his script to Shah Rukh Khan.
Friends: New year plans?
Me: I am pitching my script to @iamsrk.How?#SRK#PROJECTX#MakeItCountpic.twitter.com/g1EBYmZu2K
— Jayanth Seege (@JayanthSeege) December 31, 2020
His most current update is from January 3, exactly where he thanked everybody who posted on his behalf.
Jayanth Seege’s grand gesture to catch the superstar’s focus has earned him pretty a couple of fans himself.
“I’d definitely watch this movie, not because SRK will be in it but because of this man’s resilience! Good luck,” wrote a single Facebook user.
“Dedication in action right there!!! So awesome!!!” stated yet another.