Filmmaker Rescues Stranded Foreign Tourists

Brut India

He first helped stranded foreigners find a place to stay in India. Then he got them to help Indians stranded in their country. Meet Shubham Dharmsktu from Mumbai.

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00:00So are you ready to go home?

00:02Just make a goodbye video

00:22On 20th March I was in Jaisalmer to shoot some documentaries

00:26I suddenly found that a lot of foreigners are going around with their bags

00:30and they don't have a place to stay because all the hotels were closing

00:33and all the foreigners who were staying in any hotel they were thrown out of it

00:38and I just saw the whole condition and found it's not good

00:43and I gathered as many tourists as possible and then I got them to Delhi

00:56Whenever I call any hotel or hostel they just straight forwardly say no to any foreigner

01:02so that is the most time taking process in this whole thing

01:07and yeah even this Delhi place where I am right now, that stop

01:12this was my 50th place which I was like, I was calling for 2 hours in Jaisalmer

01:17from Jaisalmer to Delhi, every place, every big hotel and they all were saying no

01:22and this was the only place which I found

01:24After I reached here I saw around 40-50 more foreigners stuck in Delhi

01:28which made me realize that this problem is really big

01:31and the first thing I did is I made a post in Instagram with my phone number

01:44First thing is to find them a safe stay where they feel space, where they feel safe

01:48and then get them checked to a nearest hospital

01:52After that we work for the transportation to come to Delhi or Bombay

01:56where we contact the embassy so they can fly back to their home

02:00So far I have been taking care of 300 international tourists stuck in different parts of India

02:15Your money is going for the food, stay and now taxi

02:18Thank you so much

02:20Thank you, thank you, thank you

02:26Now this part is very interesting and which I called a reverse networking

02:31So this is how I am helping the Indians stuck in different parts of the world

02:35For example I got a case message from 2 people stuck in Philippines

02:40and they didn't have a safe stay to spend the lockdown

02:45So what I did is the people, the Philippine people I helped in Bombay and Delhi

02:50I asked them if they can help them in their hometown

02:53So it worked out and these Philippine people which I helped

02:57they got the Indians in Philippines a good safe stay which was free of cost

03:02So this is like something of a reverse networking I am doing now

03:07for Indians who are stuck in different countries

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