Sudheer Andicot, an Indian expat residing in the United Arab Emirates is now a star among his friends for quite a unique reason. The 64-year-old Dubai-based employee in a private company has posted more than 80,000 selfies on Facebook during the last four years.
Selfies Are Not Just For Youngsters
Andicot claims that he has posted more than 146,000 photos on the social media site in the last four years, of which 80,000 are selfies, Gulf News reported. That makes it an average of one selfie clicked by him every 26 minutes. Most selfies have been taken with friends, family members, celebrities, and sometimes, even with strangers.
Known among friends as Omanakuttan alias OK, Andicot, who hails from Kerala, has now emerged as an overnight sensation among them after the news about him was published.
His obsession with taking selfies was triggered when his attempt to take a selfie with Malayalam superstar Nivin Pauly failed miserably. “I was so upset to see only some strands of my hair in that selfie. One gentleman then helped me take a proper picture on my phone,” recalled Andicot, who has been working as a business development manager at RAG Foodstuff Trading in Dubai Investment Park for eight years.
This failure propelled him to practice hard to master the art of taking selfies quickly. It gradually became his hobby, and he started taking more than 60-80 selfies a day.
“I had always been fond of taking everyone’s pictures. After I started taking selfies, I felt it is a better way of taking pictures in my signature style. Thus it became my hobby,” he told Gulf News.
He also made it clear that he does not have any mental health problems, something that people routinely say about his obsession.
“Maybe that is applicable to people who take only their own selfies in different poses and post them. I take selfies to freeze the memories of my life at least in this last leg of my journey,” he added.
Even though he is a selfie maniac himself, Andicot strongly conveys his warning to all the people who risk their lives to capture the shots.
“It is not worth risking your life to take dangerous selfies. Just enjoy the moment and spread happiness by capturing special moments in a selfie,” says Andicot, who will retire next year. His dream now is to own an iPhone X.