Bollywood actor Kajol has slammed paparazzi culture as disrespectful and intrusive. In an interview with a portal, Kajol — star of the upcoming horror movie Maa — took problem with being continuously tailed by photographers, and the way it violates an actor’s private house.
“I am a little conscious with paps,” Kajol instructed Bollywood Hungama. “I think there are certain places where they shouldn’t be. Like I find it very strange when they run after actors at someone’s funeral and ask for photos. I find that odd and a little disrespectful. I find it strange that you cannot even go for lunch.”
In the previous, a number of movie celebrities (together with Kajol) have expressed their annoyance with pap culture. A ‘pap’ or paparazzo is a photographer engaged to click on photos of celebrities, usually milling exterior airports, gyms and eating places. While some are invited or handed ‘tip-offs’ by an actor’s publicity group, there are additionally those that flip up unannounced or behave indecorously.
Most not too long ago, actor Rana Daggubati misplaced his cool after being pursued by photographers on the airport. A video went viral of Daggubati, a serious Telugu star who options within the Hindi-Telugu net sequence Rana Naidu, by chance dropping his telephone after a stranger ran into him. The actor, waving his hand in displeasure, regarded irritated on the snappers who continued filming him.
Speaking concerning the airport incident, Daggubati later instructed India Today, “I didn’t call them (the photographers). I don’t like it. I don’t like them in my personal space, and I have been very vocal about it. They come outside my home, which I have respectfully told them [not to do]. And even at airports, they still turn up. I think it’s pretty annoying.”
Published – June 12, 2025 10:28 am IST
