Bollywood actress and winner of the National Film Award Karisma Kapoor is making headlines, not for a movie, but for a calm and composed moment off the sets of ‘India’s Best Dancer’ Season 5. A viral video shows the ’90s icon politely asking paparazzi not to zoom in while being photographed or filmed, sparking a wider debate about celebrity privacy and respectful media conduct.
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Karisma Kapoor, who joins Geeta Kapur, Terence Lewis and Jaaved Jaaferi as a judge on the upcoming season of ‘India’s Best Dancer’, was posing for the cameras outside the studio when the incident happened. After the session, he calmly turned to the photographers and said, “Zyada zoom mat karna (Don’t zoom in too much).”The short clip quickly went viral on social media, drawing reactions from fans and netizens who found its composite approach refreshing and necessary.
Internet reacts to Karisma Kapoor’s video
The video elicited strong responses online. One Reddit user wrote: “Adults need to be told this!”* Another commented: “Honestly, it’s really sad.”
A third user summed it up succinctly: “NEWS: A mother of two, an established actress, and most of all, a woman is asking grown men to have basic etiquette for decent, basic human beings to be in a society.”
It’s not the first time celebrities have spoken out
This is far from an isolated incident. Over the years, Shruti HaasanJaya Bachchan, Salman KhanRanbir Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan have had public run-ins with intrusive paparazzi, each time sparking debate about boundaries in celebrity media.
More about Karisma Kapoor
A veteran of Hindi cinema, Karisma Kapoor went on to become one of the finest actresses of the 1990s, winning a National Film Award. She hails from the legendary Kapoor film family and is the daughter of actors Randhir Kapoor and Babita Kapoor.On the film and OTT front, Karisma was last seen in ‘Murder Mubarak’ (2024) and has a web series ‘Brown’ in the pipeline, the release date of which is yet to be announced.
