NEW DELHI: Veteran actor Nana Patekar has hit the headlines once more, years after he was named within the MeToo motion in 2018 by actress Tanushree Dutta. The actor has been caught on the digicam smacking a fan who tried taking a selfie with him. A video of the incident has gone viral on the web and never gone down nicely with the netizens, who at the moment are bashing the actor for his motion.
The ten-second viral video is of the route resulting in Dashashwamedh Ghat the place Nana Patekar is taking pictures for his subsequent movie. The actor is seen dressed up in a brown blazer and a hat, taking pictures for a challenge on the streets of Varanasi.
The video shared on Instagram and Reddit reveals the veteran actor surrounded by a bunch of individuals on a movie set. A person in a darkish blue tee and pink stole on his shoulder approaches the actor from behind, with a telephone held out to take a selfie with him.
As quickly as Nana notices him clicking his picture, he reacts by hitting him on his head with seen power. As the person stumbles ahead after being hit by Nana, he’s grabbed by one other man from the neck, presumably a safety official of the actor, and dragged away from the spot.
फिल्म शूटिंग के दौरान सेल्फी लेने पहुंचे फैंस को नाना पाटेकर ने थप्पड़ मारा।
ये कैसा घमंड है जो सिर्फ गरीबो पर फूटता है
शर्मनाक है pic.twitter.com/pycj27eDpq
— Yati Sharma (@yati_Official1) November 15, 2023
“Poor child,’ reacted a social media consumer.
“That was too laborious,” wrote one other.
Nana Patekar was final seen in Vivek Agnihotri’s ‘The Vaccine Battle’. The movie marked his first theatrical launch since Rajinikanth-starrer ‘Kaala’, the place he was seen as an antagonist. He’ll quickly make his OTT debut with ‘Laal Batti’, a political thriller directed by Prakash Jha.
A couple of days in the past, Nana Patekar shared photos on Instagram asserting his subsequent movie ‘Journey’. The movie shall be directed by ‘Gadar’ fame Anil Sharma, and also will star actor Utkarsh Sharma.
In 2018, Nana Patekar was accused of sexual misconduct by actress Tanushree Dutta. An FIR was filed towards him in 2018, however the investigation ended a yr later after the Oshiwara police recommended that complaints towards him might have been malicious in intent. Tanushree in her grievance had alleged that Nana touched her inappropriately whereas filming an merchandise music on the units of ‘Horn OK Pleassss’ in 2008.
Nana Patekar is understood for his movies like ‘Khamoshi’, ‘Krantiveer’, ‘Ab Take Chhappan’, ‘Tirangaa’, ‘Yeshwant’, ‘Welcome’, and lots of others.