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Recently, actors Mrunal Thakur and Palak Tiwari reprimanded a section of the paparazzi for clicking inappropriate pictures of them. And now, former Bigg Boss contestant Ayesha Khan has also schooled photographers on basic manners. Ayesha posted a long note on Instagram stories, questioning the ‘obnoxious’ behaviour of certain photographers. She was outraged at the angles that some photographers were going for after spotting her.
Ayesha wrote on Instagram, “What are these angles? Where are you Zooming? Consent? What is wrong with some of the media houses? Can’t a woman dress the way she wants without having to fear ke pata nahi kaha kis angle see capture karlega koi? (god knows who would click at what angle) Absolutely obnoxious!”
She further wrote, “A woman is adjusting her dress before stepping out the car and you want to capture that exact moment and post, a woman is saying don’t capture me from the back. Tadaa! The caption for the next post. XYZ says peeche ka mat lena (don’t click from behind). Some of our media houses need to learn basic manners.”
Some time back, Ayesha had spoken to Hautterfly and expressed displeasure over the paparazzi culture, she had said, “When we talk about media, I experienced it very recently, how are they papping you? They are zooming into parts, following you, they are ready to capture if there is the slightest wardrobe malfunction or an oops moment. They as media should respect it, and give space. I don’t know what is going wrong, recently, I was watching an actress in an interview where she recalled being told by photographers that ‘even you’ll show what you want in movies’, if I feel I want to wear a dress, it is my wish, nobody can tell me if should wear it or no. You cannot click a picture of me without my permission. I am a public figure, it is okay if you click me, but zooming in on angles is wrong.”
Just a few days back, Mrunal Thakur also snapped at the paparazzi while she posed at an award function red carpet. When the photographers asked her to pose with her back turned to them, Mrunal curtly said that they’ll find a way themselves, whether she likes it or not. A few days later, Palak Tiwari also made a similar request to the photographers.
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When Palak was spotted in the city, she sweetly greeted the paparazzi and requested them to not click on her from behind, however, when she turned, a few of them went ahead and clicked pictures anyway. Privacy has been discussed often in Bollywood, with major stars such as Alia Bhatt and Anushka Sharma lashing out at the paparazzi for stepping over certain lines.