New Delhi: Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi has become a target of online scrutiny after a video of him at an airport went viral. In the video, Chiranjeevi is seen nudging away and walking past an Indigo Airlines personnel after he refuses to pose for a selfie. The video which has been doing the rounds on social media has caught people's attention.
While loyal Chiranjeevi fans have defended him with full force, many on the internet have not been so kind.
In a video that has been doing the rounds on social media, we see Chiranjeevi and his Surekha accompanied by ground personnel as they step out of a lift at the airport.
A man working for IndiGo Airlines approached Chiranjeevi for a selfie and was ignored. As he pursues the actor and stands in his way, Chiranjeevi is seen nudging him aside and leaving.
Netizens on social media platforms like X and Instagram were not particularly impressed with the way the megastar behaved with the fan.
“Chiranjeevi Rude Behaviour with Fans Airport,” wrote one fan sharing the video, while another justified by saying, "The ground staff accompanying him asked the man to step aside. Isn’t it wrong of him to approach a man who just took a long flight and is accompanied by his family? There’s something called civic sense, because Chiranjeevi is a good person, he just nudged him.”
Another person wrote, "Mana abhimana hero em chesina venakesukoste ela mastaru.( Just because we like him we can't justify it)." A person wrote, "Vallu emi mana laga economy class lo raru. Business or first class lo vastharu with all amenities like home feeling or else charted flights lo vastharu inka luxury ga( It's not like he has travelled in economy like us, he came in business or first class or a chartered flight)."
Nagarjuna
This is not the first time celebrities have become targets of online trolling or ignoring fans or pushing them out of the way at the airport. Recently, a video of Nagarjuna's bodyguard pushing a specially abled fan out of the way went viral.
Nagarjuna later apologised and claimed that he did not see what happened at the airport. He met withthe fan later and posed for a selfie with him.