Now and then people lash out at the paparazzi for their more than needed involvement in the celebrity’s life. The celebrities have expressed their emotions about the unethical behavior of the paparazzi at every given time.
Every time there has been a death in Bollywood, the paparazzi have shown no mercy on the celebrities to give them privacy to mourn about the death. They are everywhere, from the hospital to the funeral, they roll on their camera relentlessly every chance they get, even if someone is grieving their deepest sorrow and pouring their heart out. In moments of grief, even your worst enemy might spare you but the paps, never. Not even death grants a break from the paps invading their privacy and flashing camera lenses at them. In a recent incident, the paparazzi were criticized all over social media for covering Malaika Arora and her family so closely during her father’s sudden demise. This reminded me that it is nothing compared to what they did with Shehnaaz Gill at the time of Sidharth Shukla’s death. They mercilessly documented her from her home to the cemetery, while she was going through such tragedy in her life. No amount of sorrow can get you relief from the paps, all they know is how to get their job done.
Now, this was only one side of the whole celebrity-paps relationship there is one more aspect to it, which I believe in. We all know that celebrities share a co-dependent relationship with the paparazzi. Sometimes they’re uninvited but mostly they’re called by the celebrities themselves. What, I don’t understand is the fact that why make such a fuss about this whole privacy thing if you’re the only one asking for the publicity. You signed up for a not-so-private life the second you chose to be a public figure. I agree that sometimes the paps cross the boundaries without maintaining their moral values and showing no signs of humanity. But we need to get our facts straight, it’s not the paparazzi that decide, they need to get their job done at any cost or else they lose their jobs. It’s the upper authorities, the bosses, the news agencies who pay them. My advice to celebrities is, if you don’t want visibility, stop asking for it, there is no need for this duality.
