Watch Video: Nana Patekar Apologises With Folded Hands After Clip Of Him Slapping Fan Goes Viral
A video went viral in which veteran actor Nana Patekar could be seen hitting a fan, who asked him for a selfie.
Veteran actor Nana Patekar, who was last seen in Vivek Agnihotri’s 2023 Hindi movie ‘The Vaccine War’, has issued an apology a day after a video of him slapping a fan went viral. In the video, Nana Patekar was seen smacking a fan on the head after he was approached by him for a selfie. The fan was even dragged away by the scruff of his neck. However, Nana Patekar, while apologizing with folded hands, said that he mistook the fan for an actor of the film they were shooting.
Nana Patekar took to X (formerly Twitter) and posted a video, apologising for any “misunderstanding” that would have happened due to the incident.
“The video which is circulating on social media has been misinterpreted by many. What actually happened was a misunderstanding during the rehearsal of a shot from my upcoming film ‘Journey’,” the veteran actor captioned the video.
Check out his apology video here:
The video which is circulating on social media has been misinterpreted by many. What actually happened was a misunderstanding during the rehearsal of a shot from my upcoming film 'Journey'. pic.twitter.com/UwNClACGVG
— Nana Patekar (@nanagpatekar) November 15, 2023
In the apology video, Nana Patekar explained the sequence of events and said that the incident took place in Varanasi.
In the video, the veteran actor also said that he is ready to apologise to the man in question who he had struck.
In the video, which had gone viral earlier, Nana Patekar can be seen surrounded by a crowd of people. A man then approaches him from behind, with a phone in his hand.
Nana Patekar notices him, and then hits him on the head. The man stumbles forward, and he is then grabbed by another person, presumably a security official. The security official then grabs the fan by his neck, and drags him away from the actor.
Watch the viral video here:
Nana slaps his fan asking for a selfie
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Soon after the video surfaced on social media, several users reacted to it. "Not cool," wrote one user.
"That was too hard," commented another user.
"Poor kid," wrote another user.
"It is better to never meet your idols," commented one user.
"Ridiculous, what was the need to hit the person so hard?!?!? Ugh, I actually feel grossed out watching this," commented another user.
For the unversed, Nana Patekar had recently made his acting comeback after being accused of sexual misconduct during the #MeToo movement in India.
Nana Patekar's last release ‘The Vaccine War’ tanked at the box office as the Vivek Agnihotri directorial did not find many takers at the box office.
Before ‘The Vaccine War’, Nana Patekar was seen in Rajinikanth's ‘Kaala’ in 2018.
Nana Patekar's career derailed after he was accused of sexual misconduct by actress Tanushree Dutta.
