Ananya Panday Looks Visibly Uncomfortable As Male Fan Touches Her Without Consent, Video Goes Viral – News18

Curated By: Chirag Sehgal

Last Updated: October 13, 2023, 08:43 IST

Ananya Panday will soon be seen in Kho Gaye Hum Kahaan. (Photos: Voompla)

This is not the first time that a fan touched an actress without her consent. Earlier this year, Aahana Kumra also encountered a similar situation.

It is no less than a daily routine for a celebrity to pose for the paparazzi and oblige with fans’ selfies demand. On Thursday night, Ananya Panday was also snapped by the shutterbugs as she arrived for an event in Mumbai. In the video that surfaced on social media, Ananya can be seen entering the venue in a gorgeous off-soulder black gown when a fan comes to her and touches her without consent to request for a picture. Ananya looks visibly uncomfortable but she maintains her calm and continues to pose for the paparazzi.

This is not the first time that a fan touched an actress without her consent. Earlier this year, Aahana Kumra, the actress known for her unforgettable roles in movies like Lipstick Under My Burkha, Salaam Venky, and Rangbaaz among others, also encountered a similar situation. She was attending an event in Mumbai when a a fan overstepped the line, invading Aahana’s personal space.

Later in an interview with Hindustan Times, Aahana opened up about the incident and said, “I agreed for a picture but I was like, ‘Sorry, you can’t touch me’. It was kind of weird.” “Being public figures who have our lives out in the open on social media, people think we are so accessible, as they see us almost every day. Sometimes the lines get blurred. They think that they know us, but we don’t know them. I feel like there has to be a boundary maintained,” she added.

Meanwhile, taking about Ananya Panday, recently delivered her first film to enter the Rs. 100 crore club – Dream Girl 2 alongside Ayushmann Khurrana. She will next be seen in the film Kho Gaye Hum Kahaan alongside Adarsh Gourav and Siddhant Chaturvedi. Ananya Panday also has the films Control and Shankara in her pipeline.