Actor Nagarjuna apologises as video of bodyguards mistreating fan goes viral
Telugu superstar Nagarjuna Akkineni apologised on Sunday to a fan after the actor’s bodyguards roughed him up. A video of the incident had gone viral, inviting a massive backlash. The actor promised that he would take the necessary precautions to prevent it from happening again.
The incident, reportedly filmed inside an airport, shows a fan attempting to approach Nagarjuna as he walks through a busy area. However, the actor proceeds without noticing the fan, while his bodyguards push the fan away. Many on the internet slammed the actor over the incident.
Nagarjuna has a massive fan following across South India, especially in the Telugu states. Though he is particularly known for his work in Telugu films, he has also acted in Tamil and Hindi films.
He has starred in critically acclaimed movies such as Gitanjali and Ninne Pelladatha, which won a National Film Award, as well as Annamayya, which received a Special Mention National Film Award for his acting, among others. His decades-long career, which peaked in the 1990s and early 2000s, delivered several blockbusters including Killer, President Gari Pellam, and Varasudu
