Celebrities are often photographed by paparazzi at airports and restaurants in Mumbai, and their reactions to the paparazzi vary widely. While some stars happily pose, others prefer to keep their distance. Now, photographer Snehkumar Zala has shared his experiences interacting with several celebrities, including Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma and Taapsee Pannu.
Celebrities are often photographed by paparazzi at airports and restaurants in Mumbai, and their reactions to the paparazzi vary widely. While some stars happily pose, others prefer to keep their distance.
Now, photographer Sneehkumar Zala has shared his experiences interacting with several celebrities, including Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Virat Kohli,
Anushka Sharma
and
Taapsee Pannu
.
About Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Speaking to Indian Rush, Snekumar pointed out that Abhishek and Aishwarya are usually polite and often appear when they are with their daughter Aaradhya Bachchan.
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“The three of them – Abhishek, Aishwarya and Aaradhya – are smiling and posing in front of us. Sid Abhishek sometimes says no to pictures when he travels alone, but they never refuse to take pictures when they are together,” he said.He also shared an early lesson he learned while covering the couple. “Once, when I was new at work, I saw Abhishek and Aishwarya at the airport, and I called Aishwarya ‘Aish’. At that time, Abhishek looked at me, and I understood that I should not call her ‘Aish’.”
About Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma
The paparazzi also talked about photographing Virat and Anushka, who are known to be protective of their children, including their son Akai Kohli.
“Virat and Anushka are friendly with us. We know how they will pose for pictures. They come and put their children in the car, then they pose for pictures,” he said.Recalling a particular moment, he added, “Once, when they were travelling, Anushka was carrying Akai and Virat asked us to just click on him and not on them. At that moment, the paparazzi started behaving like fans and asked to take a picture with Virat. At that time, they should have let him go as his wife and children were waiting.”
On Taapsee Pannu
However, Snekumar admitted that he finds Taapsee Pannu less approachable compared to some other celebrities.“Celebrities are not rude. They just ask us not to click pictures sometimes – that’s all. But I find Taapsee Pannu rude. If you don’t want to be captured by the paparazzi, say no to the paparazzi, that’s all,” he said.He added, “I don’t want to say anything negative about her, but she is a bit rude, and she says no, and she says anything to the paparazzi. I have just clicked on her once or twice, but I have seen many clips of her where she talks rudely to the paparazzi, and I don’t like being clicked. I enjoy clicking on other actors, but not her.”