Hours after Nana Patekar’s video of allegedly hitting a fan went viral, director Anil Sharma got here in defence of the actor. Earlier on Tuesday, a video of Nana slapping a fan at Varanasi went viral. The veteran actor was vastly criticised for his gesture in direction of the fan. However now, director Anil Sharma claimed that the slap was really a shot from the scene of their upcoming movie Journey. 

For the unversed, Nana Patekar together with Utkarsh Sharma are capturing in Varanasi for Journey, and now, as per the newest revelations made by Anil Sharma, the entire incident was part of the scene they have been capturing. As reported by India Immediately, Anil mentioned that the video, which emerged on-line on Wednesday, was a shot from his movie Journey. 

What did Anil Sharma say about Nana’s slap incident?
As Hindustan Occasions reported, Anil Sharma mentioned, “I’ve simply come to find out about this information. I used to be watching the identical video simply now. Nana has not hit anybody, fairly that may be a shot from my movie. We have been filming it on the street in the course of Banaras, the place a boy who comes close to Nana needs to be hit on the top. Taking pictures was occurring and Nana additionally hit him.” Sharma additional mentioned that the gang gathered on the location, recorded on their cell after which leaked the shot of the movie. Anil asserted, “Nana is being projected as a damaging and impolite actor on social media, which is totally improper…I might request that the followers perceive the reality of this video. This can be a shot from the movie. Nana has not hit anybody.”

What was within the video

Would this make Nana Patekar probably the most conceited and offended superstar? Or does another person beat him to it?

(Think about, he really slapped a fan onerous!!) pic.twitter.com/7oNSATzNz3

— Sandeep Manudhane (@sandeep_PT) November 15, 2023

The video exhibits Nana, in apparel for a shot, standing in the course of a busy avenue throughout the shoot. Then, a fan seems subsequent to him, greets him and proceeds to take out his telephone to take a selfie with the actor. Nana loses his cool and smacks the fan on the again of his head angrily earlier than on-set safety escorts the fan away from the actor. Nana is then seen gesturing on the fan together with his finger. Nana Patekar was most lately seen on display screen in Vivek Agnihotri’s The Vaccine Conflict. Whereas the actor obtained reward for his efficiency within the movie, it didn’t do too effectively on the field workplace.