Bollywood actor Taapsee Pannu often gets into arguments with the paparazzi. Videos of her getting irritated with them for chasing her car or shouting her name have surfaced on social media in the past. And Taapsee doesn’t even feel obliged to “appease” them. She feels making them happy won’t get her films.
Taapsee, who is busy promoting her upcoming Netflix film Phir Aayi Haseen Dilruba, recently spoke to Fever FM and shared why she doesn’t feel obligated to fulfil the requests of the paparazzi. She said she has a problem with the clickbait one-liners that go along with the paparazzi videos on social media.
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Focusing on how people click more on ‘sensational’ headlines on social media, Taapsee said, “Tell me who clicks on positive news? When was the last time you clicked on positive news? Now, this kind of news is more sensational. ‘She’s being nasty and rude to paparazzi’ so everyone is like, ‘Kya ho gaya, kya ho gaya, dekhna padega’ (what happened? Let’s see). So that is more exciting for an audience.”
She continued, “Mujhe ye cheezein picturein laa kar nahin de rahi (These things aren’t bringing me films). My films speak for themselves. So, I don’t have to appease a section of the so-called media. I don’t even call them direct media because they’re serving their vested interest ki koi humare portal par click kar de bas (that someone just clicks on our portal). I don’t call them media. Media is not supposed to desperately put out lines or videos jis par bas click karna pade (that are clickbait).”
In 2022, a photographer got upset with Taapsee since she didn’t stop for pictures when she arrived at the event. He got into an argument with the actor, and the actor told him with folded hands, “It is only you who is always right, and the actor is the one who is always wrong.”
Speaking about the incident then, she told Bollywood Hungama that anyone today with a phone or a camera is paparazzi, and to degrade someone just on the basis of one-sided videos has become easier in this age of social media.
Work-wise, Taapsee will next be seen in Phir Aayi Haseen Dilruba. The film, also starring Sunny Kaushal and Vikrant Massey, will stream on Netflix from August 9.
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