Nana Patekar has again sparked trouble years after being named in a MeToo Moment. The Marathi superstar landed himself in a fresh controversy after a video of him smacking a fan who tried to take a selfie with him on the sets of his film has surfaced online.
Well, the sight didn’t go too well with many, and a slew of social media users took to their social media handles and slammed the actor for his radical actions. ALSO READ | Nana Patekar Predicted Shah Rukh Khan’s Success During The Shoot Of Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman; Veteran Recalls, ‘Pehli Film Mein Hi Maine Usko Bol Diya Tha’
A viral video featured Nana Patekar in a brown blazer and a hat, shooting for his next film Journey, on a street leading to the Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi. Soon after a boy comes from behind Nana to take a selfie with him, the actor smacks him on the back of his head, and shortly after he learns what the boy is doing. The crew member standing next to Nana then grabs the boy by the neck and makes him leave the set.
#WATCH | वाराणसी में फिल्म जर्नी की शूटिंग कर रहे नाना पाटेकर का फैन को थप्पड़ मारते हुए वीडियो वायरल हो गया। फैन नाना पाटेकर संग सेल्फी लेने पहुंचा तो अभिनेता ने गुस्से में उसके सिर पर थप्पड़ मारा। फिल्म की यूनिट के सदस्य ने लड़के की गर्दन पकड़कर भगाया। pic.twitter.com/oU2WrY2Bv1
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The clip sparked a widespread debate on social media and slammed the actor. A fan reacted to the video on X (formerly Twitter) in Hindi, “In fact, we the common people have given the status of God to these actors and cricket players in India, so we have to be ready to get slapped and kicked by them.”
Another said, “At the end of the 26/11 Mumbai Attack movie, this gentleman was talking as if he is the biggest patriot, but this is the reality of these artistes. Such behavior with common people is unfortunate, our real heroes are at the border, not on the film screen.”
One more tweeted, “The man slapping a kid is the ridiculous Nana Patekar. He has gone mad due to the glare of stardom…in olden times, people who used to dance and sing for money to entertain were called scoundrels.”
Nana Patekar’s Journey also stars Gadar 2 actor Utkarsh Sharma. After the movie went on floors in Varanasi earlier this month, Utkarsh had said as per ANI, “This script has been in the works for a few years, and it has evolved beautifully. The story is not just close to my heart but also resonates with the essence of every Indian.”
Nana Patekar was last seen in Vivek Agnihotri's The Vaccine War, in which he played the role of the former director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). ALSO READ | Tanushree Dutta Bashes Nana Patekar In Recent Press Conference, Says 'He Had No Status Earlier And Has No Status Even Today
Back in 2018, Tanushree Dutta once again accused him of sexual harassment during the shoot of the 2009 film Horn 'Ok' Pleassss and this led to the beginning of the MeToo movement.