The paparazzi trend is rapidly gaining momentum in India.
Originating in the West, this culture has swiftly made its mark in India, with photographers tailing celebrities and divulging their intimate moments on social platforms for their fans' delight.
Recently, Malaika Arora and Arbaaz Khan's son, Arhaan Khan, along with his two friends, started a podcast, Dumb Biryani, with his two buddies, Dev Raiyani and Arush Verma. Herein, the boys invited two paparazzi as their special guests, and the secrets the shutterbugs revealed were definitely not something we saw coming.
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In the podcast, the paparazzi shared that they try to respect the celebrities' boundaries as they all have to coexist.
Citing examples of the same, a paparazzo shared that once he got exclusive footage of Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal during their initial dating days.
However, Katrina requested them not post the picture and keep their relationship hidden, and in return, she would give them exclusive solo bytes.
Adhering to Katrina's request, the paparazzo did not publish the exclusive pictures of the former with Vicky. A few days later, keeping her side of the deal, Katrina's manager called him at the YRF studios, and Katrina gave him solo shots.
When the hosts asked the paparazzi to reveal any adventurous or hectic incident, Vishal revealed that his boss had mentioned a new couple in Tinseltown who was vacationing in Goa at that time, and he had to spot them at the airport. The paparazzo shared that he had to spot them at the Goa airport because they would go on their separate ways once they landed in Mumbai. Vishal said after an hour of waiting, he then sneakily took their pictures.
After the hosts asked them to reveal the name of the couple, quite hesitantly, Vishal said, “Aditya, uske aage wala tum jod lo,” and further added that he took the first exclusive picture of the co The paparazzo mentioned that the duo was helping each other with their luggage, and walking together inside the airport. However, they could not spot him as he was hiding, and if they could, Aditya and Ananya would have asked him to delete the picture, hence, his boss had ordered him not to reveal his face. Sneh recalled one incident when he spotted Ananya with Aditya and the actress had asked him to delete the picture back then.
Paparazzo also reveals how Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor asked them to maintain privacy around their daughter, Raha. They requested that they use emoticons over Raha’s face if accidentally capture her.
During the conversation, the two paparazzi also named the funniest celebrities. They said 'Bhidu', aka Jackie Shroff, is a funny person and he never gets angry on them. Moreover, Sneh revealed that Babil Khan, Irrfan Khan’s son, interacts a lot with the paparazzi, and all of them agreed that the star kid is also a very down-to-earth personality.
And upon asking which celebrity has the most attitude, they said that it depends on the mood of the celebrities if they want to be papped or not.