Gone are the days when Ranbir Kapoor used to be a media-friendly guy. The actor, who was earlier known for his polite ways with the paparazzi, now makes his irritation evident, every time they go near him. The constant invasion into his personal space, is now getting the better of him and Ranbir has had multiple instances of scuffle with the media.
Not too long ago he had snatched a television photographer’s camera and just a couple of days ago he took away a freelance photographer’s phone. It seems the latter was trying to click Ranbir’s photo while he was stepping out of his car. When the actor saw that, he confronted the photographer, took away his phone and drove off. His best friend Ayan Mukerji was accompanying him at the time. It took numerous calls for the photographer’s employer to get hold of Ranbir to request him to return the phone. The actor warned him that he would take police action next time an incident like this happens.
He has been in the bad books of the paparazzi for a while now. On November 14 last year, Ranbir made headlines after he lost his cool when some television photographer tried to capture him and his former lady love Katrina Kaif at their previous residence. From the time the star couple moved in together, the paparazzi would wait outside the gate. Reportedly, the other residents in the neighbourhood complained of the constant media frenzy, irking Ranbir further more. It was then, that the furious actor chased down a TV cameraperson and finally snatched his bag refusing to give it back. Only when the owner of the concerned TV channel called Ranbir, did he return it.
Less than a month later, when he was partying at a swish Bandra hub with his besties Ayan Mukerji and Aarti Shetty, he was followed again and this time too he snatched away a journalist’s camera, telling him to ask his boss to call him, if he wanted it back. The incident had taken place right outside his Pali Hill home.
Speaking of this behavioural pattern, a friend of the actor said, “Ranbir gets very irked by how the paparazzi chases him wherever he goes. And his anger is justified — one can only tolerate so much invasion of privacy. To a certain degree it is part and parcel of a star’s life, but not to this extent. He is a friendly guy otherwise, if you will meet him at events and interviews. But no one will like it if they are constantly being followed by the cameras.”
