As you exit the Mumbai airport, have you ever heard coordinated voices shouting, “Ma’am/Sir, one photo, one pose”? If you are lucky enough to have love from all over India, the request might be for you. But if you are one of the millions of people who come to Mumbai every day to fulfill their ambition, your keen eyes will be searching for this ‘oh-so-popular’ person next to you. But then in the post-Covid world, masking has made it difficult to predict. so what next? Obvious answer – Instagram handles of Viral Bhayani, Yogen Shah and the likes.
Some of the two classes have one thing in common – the popular and the curious about the popular – have some troubling questions: “Why would someone get in your face? Shouldn’t some parts of life be private?” While hundreds of us belong to the second category, it is the gentry of Anushka Sharma and Karan Kundrra whose voices matter to some degree. Yes, ‘fixed limits’ because the answer lies in ‘symbiosis’ – a mutually beneficial relationship between celebrities and their fans and the paparazzi.
Take a sample of:
Recently, TV actor Karan Kundrra lost his cool when paparazzi chased his actor girlfriend Tejasswi Prakash at their house.
“Arre woh safe nahi hai. Ghar ke andar ghus rahe hain, aise accha thodi nahi lagta hai. Mazaak thodi hai, izzat karte hain, respect karte hain iska matlab ye thodi ki aap ghar ke andar hi ghus jaao. (It is not safe. They are entering her house. It’s no joke. If we respect you, it doesn’t mean you will enter the house.),” he told the paps at Mumbai airport.
Weeks later, the couple were spotted at choreographer Nishant Bhat’s birthday party, where they were not only posing for the paparazzi but also reacting to his comments: “Karan bhai, bhabhi ko I love you bol do”. (Just say I love you).”
Anushka Sharma has also hit out at the media for invading her privacy. Sharma had invited a paparazzo to click her picture in the balcony with her cricketer husband Virat Kohli. “Despite requests from the said photographer and publication, they still continue to invade our privacy. People! Stop it now!” The furious actor wrote.
Recalling the incident, Raju Shelar was quoted as saying etimes“I took a picture the same night Anushka and Virat came to stay at their flat. Anushka didn’t like it and requested her not to invade her privacy. I stood for the picture that night till 11 o’clock. He had a party. The next day I went there again at 7 in the morning. He came to the balcony around 9 in the morning when I took that picture.’
But recently he was seen posing for shutterbugs outside Mehboob Studio in Bandra, Mumbai.
Sometimes fans also get stuck on the wrong side.
Television actor Rashmi Desai recently contacted Mumbai Police on Twitter, alleging that fans of Umar Riaz (his co-contestant in Bigg Boss 15) were “harassing” her family by “dragging” her into an altercation. The row started after Desai hinted that Riyaz should not be single, which is causing the anger of his fans.
Katrina Kaif was surrounded by a group of people during a promotional event in 2010. Her co-star Akshay Kumar had to form a human shield around her to protect her from the crowd. Sushmita Sen, Sonakshi Sinha and Deepika Padukone have also had bitter experiences in 2009.
However, it’s not just celebrities who are on the receiving end, fans have received their share of trauma too. In 2008, Govinda slapped a fan, while Salman Khan’s bodyguard Shera thrashed a fan because he came too close to the star and his mother.
Some of these celebrities, so far, have managed to win accolades. Superstar Shah Rukh Khan was surrounded by cameras when he went to meet his son Aryan, lodged in a drug case at Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai. The Bollywood star did not react when the cameras came too close to his face but chose to greet people waiting outside to meet his jailed relatives.
How important are paparazzi and fans
Before we saw shutterbugs hovering over celebrities, it was Princess Diana who realized the power of the paparazzi. Ever since she began seeing the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, in the early 80s, she had learned to manipulate and control the photographers who followed her.
According to a report in time In the magazine, after an estimated 750 million people flocked to watch Diana’s wedding to Charles, the paparazzi began documenting her every move. The Princess of Wales quickly became the most photographed person in the world, with paparazzi offering up to 500,000 GBP for grainy photos of Diana.
Now the dynamics have changed with the rise of social media. You can track every event happening in the life of your favorite star with just one click. Papa has been following veteran actor Neetu Kapoor lately, and has been repeatedly asking her about son Ranbir’s marriage to Alia Bhatt. Saif Ali Khan faced the cameras very close to his face while going out for lunch with his kids Sara and Ibrahim. However, no one responded and Sara was seen smiling.
A few months back, actor Raveena Tandon had admitted that while shutterbugs are hidden all the time, there is no such thing as privacy in a celeb’s life. “It is our chosen way of life. It is part of our industry. It is a price we all have to pay,” he was quoted by etimes,
When to stop?
Believe it or not, we all secretly enjoy watching our stars get caught on camera. We get some kind of bliss-cum-leisure over the weekend to marvel at what Ibrahim Ali Khan was up to with Shweta Tiwari’s daughter Palak; Or who is that young celeb Saba Azad with whom Hrithik Roshan was spotted in a restaurant in Mumbai.
By now even celebrities have come to know that they cannot completely avoid the camera. Plus, because they know it’s the best way to stay in touch with their fans. Paps also request their stars at times. This is the reason why Raveena Tandon’s children have not been seen in the cameras till now.
Photographers have revealed that celebrities reached out to them during Kovid-19. “Celebrities were always kind to us. During the pandemic, some of them themselves contacted us and donated money to each of our photographers in times of crisis.” etimes The report quoted Yogen Shah as saying.
However, there are times when both fans and paparazzi don’t miss any chance to know about a celebrity especially when they are a burning topic.
We can’t forget the scenes of Rhea Chakraborty being chased by the paparazzi to her house two years ago, when she was in the eye of a storm after the untimely demise of her actor-boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput.
In 2021, when actor Sidharth Shukla passed away, the cameras were all around an inconsolable Shehnaaz Gill. As she arrived at the crematorium, the lens clung to her car window until she was guarded by her brother, who kept on pleading with the media to move away and give them a place to go inside.
I believe there should be some guideline issued by individual organization or government body outlining where pap should draw a line, especially in a world where internet has more power than any other medium keeps. While some may agree with me, many others may not share the same opinion. It is up to us personally to decide what content we enjoy and what bothers us.
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