Nana Patekar shared his side of the story in a new video shared by ANI, a day after a video showed him hitting a boy for taking a photo with him on set went viral. He stated that slapping a boy was part of a scene in his upcoming movie and he thought the boy was one of the crew members who was meant to be in the scene, but he later learned that he was a real fan.
Speaking in Hindi, Nana said in the video, “A video is going viral where I have hit a boy. Though this sequence is a part of our film, we had one rehearsal. We were scheduled to have a second rehearsal. The director told me to begin. We were about to begin when the boy in the video came in.”
#WATCH | On a viral showing him slapping a boy for taking a selfie with him, actor Nana Patekar says, "A video is going viral where I have hit a boy. Though this sequence is a part of our film, we had one rehearsal…We were scheduled to have a second rehearsal. The director told… pic.twitter.com/CVgCainRg1
— ANI (@ANI) November 16, 2023
He added, “I didn’t know who he was, I thought he was one of our crew so I slapped him as per the scene and I told him to leave. Later, I came to know that he was not a part of the crew. So, I was going to call him back but he ran away. Maybe his friend shot the video. I have never said no to anybody for a photo. I don’t do this. This happened by mistake. If there is some misunderstanding, please forgive me. I will never do anything like this.”
In the video, he also said that he wanted to apologize to the boy, but he also said that he ran away because he was afraid and that they couldn’t track him.