"I Will Never Do Anything Like This" - Nana Patekar Clarifies That Viral Slap Video Has Been Misunderstood By People

Nana Patekar is certainly one of the best actors and most humble human beings. We have heard stories about how he lives his life, how he stays away from regular glamour nights, and all that. Contrary to all this, yesterday we saw a video of Nana Patekar slapping a boy who was trying to take a selfie with him during the shoot of his upcoming movie Journey. The video went viral in no time, and the actor had to come forward and clarify things.

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Nana Patekar shared a video to describe what actually happened. The caption reads, "The video which is circulating on social media has been misinterpreted by many. What actually happened was a misunderstanding during the rehearsal of a shot from my upcoming film 'Journey'."

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In a video, we hear him saying, " A video is going viral where I have hit a boy. Though this sequence is a part of our film, we had one rehearsal. We were scheduled to have a second rehearsal. The director told me to begin. We were about to begin when the boy in the video came in. I didn't know who he was. I thought he was one of our crew so I slapped him as per the scene and I told him to leave."

He added, " Later, I came to know that he was not a part of the crew. So, I was going to call him back but he ran away. Maybe his friend shot the video. I have never said no to anybody for a photo. I don't do this...This happened by mistake. If there is some misunderstanding, please forgive me. I will never do anything like this."