Arjun Kapoor

• Bollywood has expressed disgust and shock over Alia Bhatt’s ‘invasion of privacy’ by a media portal.
• Anushka Sharma and Janhvi Kapoor have shared their own similar experiences.
• Karan Johar, Arjun Kapoor and Swara Bhasker have called the incident ‘shameful’.

As a media outlet published photos of Alia Bhatt sitting inside her home that were taken using a zoom lens from a neighboring building, the whole Bollywood community voiced outrage and contempt on social media. Anushka Sharma and Janhvi Kapoor have criticized the media platform for this “infringement of privacy” by sharing their own comparable experiences. The incident has been referred to as “shameful” by Karan Johar, Arjun Kapoor, and Swara Bhasker.

Anushka recounted on her Instagram Stories how the media outlet used images of her daughter Vamika in a similar way. She penned, “They have done this previously as well. We called them out for the same reason about two years ago! You’d think that they would now be more considerate of other people’s personal space. A total disgrace! Despite repeated pleas, they were also the only guys who posted pictures of our daughter.”

When the media source published photos of her taken through the glass door as she was working out in the gym, Janhvi Kapoor also discussed how she too had to deal with a similar issue. She commented, “This is disgustingly intrusive,” on her Instagram Stories. This publication has a history of publishing similar content. Even, despite my repeated pleas, taking photos of me when I was working out via the glass door of the gym I frequent. in an area that is meant to be private and where no one expects to be photographed.

She continued to criticize the media portal for their “journalistic accomplishment” in her letter, saying, “I understand turning up to places and performing your job in open sight. a situation where both the photographers’ profession and the obligations of being a public figure are understood on both sides. It is not at all a journalistic success to zoom in on someone’s private place without asking permission or even letting them know and then call it exclusive.

It was described as a stalker event by Arjun Kapoor. On his Instagram Stories, he wrote: “absolutely without shame Any sane person who photographs public figures for a living needs to know that this is pathetic conduct because if a woman doesn’t feel safe in her own home, forget about whether or not she is a public figure for a second. These are people in the media who we have implicit faith in because we believe they are here to do a job, not to harass women or invade their privacy. Nothing short of stalking @mumbaipolice is going on here.”

There is no excuse for this utterly repugnant breach of privacy, Karan Johar continued. There HAS to be a LIMIT, but everyone in the entertainment sector ALWAYS supports the media and the paparazzi and is accommodating. Everyone has the right to feel secure in their own houses, after all! This is a fundamental human right; it has nothing to do with performers or superstars.

The portal was also called out by Swara Bhasker. “This is definitely NOT Acceptable and a criminal invasion of @aliabhatt’s privacy. Shame on you,” she stated in a story on Instagram.

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