“I listen to Bollywood songs every day – I have Indian channels on my TV because of that and for me that is normal! That’s my life, so I don’t understand how, because of my skin colour, people can laugh or not take my passions seriously.”
This is Fabienne Menoud, a Haitian nurse currently living in Switzerland.
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Fabienne Menoud
She's been a massive fan of Bollywood films since she was 14 years old, and has even met a bunch of Bollywood actors.
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Menoud told BuzzFeed that Deepika Padukone, Vidya Balan, Ranbir Kapoor, Randeep Hooda, Kangana Ranaut, Tabu, Ranveer Singh, Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, and Priyanka Chopra are her favourite actors.
Fabienne Menoud
Menoud said she's seen over 300 Bollywood films, and that Ram Leela, Devdas, My Name Is Khan, DDLJ, and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai are her favourites.
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Fabienne Menoud
Recently, Menoud penned an open letter calling out people (mostly Indians) who have mistreated her because of her ethnicity in relation to her love for Hindi cinema.
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Fabienne Menoud