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.

Image: SRK signs autographs for fans
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