Bollywood veteran actor Nana Patekar, who got himself into hot waters after slapping a fan, has addressed the issue and apologised.
The Welcome actor made headlines recently after a video of him went viral for all the wrong reasons. He was shooting for his next movie titled ‘Journey’ in Varanasi where he slapped a fan and it was captured on camera.
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It is claimed that when a fan tried to click a selfie, the actor reacted by slapping him. Director Anil Sharma had earlier refuted the report. Now, Nana Patekar has himself reacted to the viral now and clarified his stance and said that the viral video of him slapping a boy was untrue.
As per him, it was actually a shot from his upcoming project. In a video message, the actor said, “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. I didn’t know who he was.”
He continued, “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.”
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He added, “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.”
On the work front, Patekar’s next movie revolves around the relationship between a father and his kid. The father is suffering from dementia and depicts his emotional relationship with his kid.
