Actor Nana Patekar has explained the viral video of him hitting a fan who tried to take a selfie during the shooting of a film. Nana Patekar said that the scene was a part of the film he was shooting but he did not know that the boy he slapped was not on the set. Nana Patekar also said that he apologizes for this.
Nana Patekar folded his hands and apologised for his behaviour and said he is ready to apologise to the boy in question who was hit by him.
At the same time, he explained that he never refused to take a selfie with his fans. “I have never told anyone not to take a photograph. I don’t do this. This happened by mistake. Sorry for any misunderstanding and i will not do anything like this.”
A video of the 72-year-old actor shooting for his next film “Journey” with Anil Sharma from Varanasi is going viral on the internet. In the 10-second video, a fan of Nana Patekar approaches him and tries to take a selfie. Then suddenly angry Nana Patekar hits him on the head. Then one of the crew pulls the boy out.
Fans strongly condemned the video of Nana Patekar hitting a boy who came to take a selfie with the actor.
Responding to the criticism of the viral video, Nana Patekar said, “The video of me hitting a boy is going viral. Although this scene was part of our film, we held a rehearsal. We are planning to hold a second rehearsal. The director asked to start. We were about to start when the boy in the video walked in.I didn’t know who he was, I thought he was one of our group, so I slapped him scene wise, I asked him to leave. Later, I came to know that he was not on the set. So, I was going to call him again, but he ran away. His friend may have shot the video,” he said.