Thread by @prernabindra

So here is my @iamsrk story. As a journalist working with @TheDailyPioneer I was trying desperately to get in touch with #ShahRukhKhan for an indepth interview. It was IMPOSSIBLE and his agent/PR lady who would either not respond or kept putting me off with barely contained 1/n

exasperation (i am being polite)
After patiently,politely following up for days,I lost it. as it is,doing films & running after stars wasn't my thing,I got hold of SRK's no(no guys, I don't have it now-honest.I failed to transfer it to a new phone🙄). My first few msgs went -2/n

-unanswered. Exasperated, I sent him a blunt-not rude- SMS-I was tired of following up on this, and i would prefer closure so I could get on with other things.A No, was better than maybe, soon etc -.and i would be grateful if he could do me the courtesy of a response. a few 3/n

hours later-~11 pm, the phone rang.I was in shabby night stuff,slogging on comp to wrap up a deadline. Crossly,i picked up the phone."I am Shah Rukh Khan," said an endearing, familiar voice. "And pigs do fly," i muttered, thinking colleagues-sick of my grumbling were pulling 4/n

a fast one on me. But it was SRK. He apologised "too many msg's, so sometimes I miss the imp ones." Come and see me tomorrow," he said. "that was SRK" i said airily to my family (we #wildlife types r allowed these moments) And we (with the editor) flew down the 5/n

next day to #Mumbai for the most fun, wonderful, invigorating, stimulating conversation I have had.the man was witty,polite,almost insecure. His house was full of #books his 3 #dogs were all over him, the coffee he made me was awesome. hen he spoke of his mom, he was in tears-6/n

I wasn't really a #SRK fan, but came out of #Mannat to write, "Why we love SRK'.
People- #IStandWithSRK
(I wrote on films and Bollywood at one point to make my living...)

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