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Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan will be prosecuted in the city of fans. But what can the 2500 Indians who live here?

On Tuesday they were on the Alexanderplatz, looking at the sky. What happened on the roof of the Park Inn hotel was hard to see. But the fans and spectators it was enough to know that Shah Rukh Khan was up there to film a scene for his film. In the hope of a short meeting with the star they were waiting in part of several hours.

For a week Shah Rukh Khan is in Berlin and put the city in a middle state of emergency. Result is the actor to turn his film 'Don 2', by December he will stay. Via Twitter Khan fans around the world can share in his residence. After the Park-Inn-scene, he presented a shaky mobile phone photo of Alex on the Internet. The first entry he had written shortly after his arrival in Berlin. good to see it in the day time. "

The fascination for India and its culture is not new. In the 20's was producer Joe May for Woltersdorf build two Hindu temples to rotate parts of the films "The Indian Tomb" and "The Tiger of Bengal". In Weissensee in 1985, renamed in memory of Indira Gandhi, the former Lichtenberger road to the politician. In addition, there are several yoga studios and Ayurvedic salons, which can be treated according to Berlin stressed traditional Indian medicine. N

Some stereotypes meet then. Others do not, says Sanjay Shihora, 42 For example, the notion that Indian women enjoy wearing gold jewelry lots. "What's wrong But we like colorful clothing." Shihora itself preferably wild patterned shirts, sometimes he wears a red turban, at least on stage. He is Germany's only Indian comedian and founder of "Comedy Club Kookaburra". 19 years ago he came to town, because of love. In Paris he met his future wife, a native Berliner, in tenth generation. The question of the common center of life stood as the first place.

The settling in the city fell, thanks to the support of his wife is not difficult. Difficulties only when Shihoras family was the first time came to Berlin. "We have no privacy, a home is equally accessible for everyone." The fact that it is a sign in Germany does not of curiosity but of incivility, to evaluate cabinet contents of hosts, he had to explain to his parents first. Meanwhile, they have become accustomed. Presumably it has to do with the serenity, the Indians commonly known. "If the car again 15 minutes late, we drink tea, the Germans write a letter of complaint," says Shihora.

From the hype surrounding Shah Rukh Khan's visit to Berlin can impress Sanjay Shihora little, he is busy preparing for his stage performances. Tonight he will be on the stage of the Kookaburra Club in the Schönhauser Allee in Prenzlauer Berg. Aamir Khan Javid followed the shooting of the Bollywood stars, however with more interest. He would like to invite him to his restaurant - on 2 November, the actor 45, which would be a good opportunity. Only "Chicken Curry" would not be served, this dish is it not in India. That was about the same as the doner kebab, Javid says: The was invented in Berlin.