Bollywood actors call out media house for invading Alia Bhatt’s privacy.
On Tuesday night, Alia Bhatt criticized a media outlet for taking and publishing illegal photos of her when she was at home.
In a forceful statement, Alia Bhatt criticized the website for publishing images of her without her permission and tagged the Mumbai Police in the post.
“Are you kidding me? I was at my house having a perfectly normal afternoon sitting in my living room when I felt something watching me… I looked up and saw two men on the terrace of my neighboring building with a camera right at me! In what world is this okay and allowed? This is a gross invasion of someone’s privacy and it’s safe to say all lines were crossed,” wrote the actress.
Anushka Sharma, re-posted Alia Bhatt’s story and she wrote: “This is not the first time they are doing this. About two years ago, we called them out for the same reason. You’d think it would have made them more respectful of people’s space and privacy. Absolutely shameful. They were also the only guys posting photos of our daughter despite repeated requests.”
Arjun Kapoor also re-posted the actress’ Instagram story and he wrote: “Absolutely shameless. This is crossing all limits if a woman isn’t feeling. Safe in her own home forget if she is a public figure or not for a second. Any sane person who takes photographs of public figures for a living needs to know that this is pathetic conduct and these are people in the media we have trusted and shown implicit faith in believing they are here to do a job not to make women feel unsafe or invade one’s privacy. This is nothing short of stalking.” The actor also tagged Mumbai Police in his post.
Bhatt’s sister Shaheen Bhatt also wrote in her Instagram story: “So it’s totally cool to point zoom lenses into people’s homes while hiding in neighboring buildings for “content” now? Grown men. With cameras. Hiding across the road. Taking surreptitious photos of an unaware woman. Without her consent. In her home. The fact that the person in the photo is a celebrity does not somehow make this okay. If this was any other situation, with any other person – this would be considered harassment and a complete assault on privacy. Which is what it is. The lack of basic human decency is honestly terrifying.”
Filmmaker Karan Johar wrote by calling out the media house: “There is no justification to this absolutely disgusting invasion of privacy. Everyone from the entertainment industry is always for the media and the paparazzi and is accommodating … but there HAS to be a LIMIT… This is about anyone’s right to feel safe in their own homes! This is not about actors or celebrities it’s a basic human right.”
Earlier, Alia Bhatt and her husband Ranbir Kapoor had especially met the paparazzi in Mumbai along with Neetu Kapoor.
They requested the paparazzi for privacy and asked them not to click pictures of their daughter Raha.
