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Director Hansal Mehta and his son, Jai Mehta, both expressed their disappointment on X (formerly Twitter) regarding the behaviour of South star Nagarjuna’s bodyguard, who shoved a fan at the Mumbai airport. Jai shared that the incident was particularly triggering for him as it reminded him of his own brother, Pallava, who has Down syndrome. Hansal Mehta amplified Jai’s post, admitting that Pallava never got to meet his favourite star despite multiple requests.
In his post, Jai speculated that the fan might be ‘specially-abled’ and recalled seeing the same gentleman in an airport outlet before. Criticising the behaviour of Nagarjuna’s bodyguard, Jai stressed the need for celebrities, politicians, and sports figures to be more considerate and less self-obsessed. He wrote, “The security guards ought to be educated on how to control a crowd better and more respectfully. Celebrities/politicians/sportsmen need to start being a little less self-obsessed and a little more giving.”
Jai also pointed out that Nagarjuna did not even glance at the person his bodyguard had shoved aside. “But I hate that he didn’t even bother to look at the person that walked into him and didn’t even bother to look back the person that got shoved away from him by his security guard,” he wrote.
I’d like to point out (I could be wrong. But I don’t think I am) that the gentleman asking for the ‘stars’ attention seems to be specially abled. Do they actually think a staff member/ employee at an airport who must be witnessing celebrities walk in and out of that very same… https://t.co/Lbig2Zo5NX
— Jai Mehta (@JaiHMehta) June 24, 2024
He added that his his brother Pallava is a massive fan of Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, but he refrains from taking him to screenings and public events to avoid similar incidents. Jai mentioned that Pallava has often received ‘weird looks’ from so-called ‘woke people.’
Supporting Jai’s tweet, Hansal Mehta shared his own experience of trying to arrange a meeting between Pallava and his favorite star, to no avail. He wrote, “True story. So my son Pallava is a fan of this massive star. I’d requested through his brother, his close friends at various times that meeting the star would mean the world to him. And it would be my gift to my boy. When his eyes were operated the first person he recognised in the newspaper was that star. But no. There was no response from the star or his friends. I gave up. Now over the years Pallu’s cognitive abilities have declined. And this will have no meaning even if it has to happen,” he wrote.
True story. So my son Pallava is a fan of this massive star. I’d requested through his brother, his close friends at various times that meeting the star would mean the world to him. And it would be my gift to my boy. When his eyes were operated the first person he recognised in… https://t.co/7WQYqn1pg3
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) June 24, 2024
After the video went viral on social media, Nagarjuna took to X to apologise and promised that such incidents would not happen again. He wrote, “This just came to my notice … this shouldn’t have happened!! I apologise to the gentleman 🙏and will take necessary precautions that it will not happen in the future !!”
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