Veteran Bollywood paparazzi Varinder Chawla hosted an AMA session on Reddit yesterday where he revealed things like who are the kindest and rudest celebrities, who is dating who in the industry, etc. Being a paparazzi with 25 years of experience, Chawla was well placed to answer the many questions that were thrown before him.
When asked to name his most and least favourite actors, the Bollywood paparazzi had no hesitation in answering: he named Ranveer Singh, Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Kareena Kapoor as his “all time” favourites.
Meanwhile, Taapsee Pannu and Jaya Bachchan made it into Varinder Chawla’s ‘most disliked’ list.
“My favourites are Ranveer Singh, Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Kareena. My least favourites are Tapsee Pannu and Jaya Bachchan. [sic]” he wrote on Reddit.
See his response below:
Jaya Bachchan is well known for her opposition to paparazzi and photographers. Danki Actress Taapsee Pannu’s inclusion on the list came as a surprise to many – she also received an (unfavourable) mention in Chawla’s “Ask Me Anything” session on June 19.
“Taapsee Pannu doesn’t like paparazzi photos at all,” he said in response to a user’s question, “Who is a genuinely kind celebrity who is sweet and kind not just on camera but off camera too?”
Recently, while appearing on a popular YouTuber’s channel, Chawla had also spoken about the paparazzi’s obsession with Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan’s son Taima.
“The demands became so great that we started following our son 24/7. We were there when he went to school or cram school. We followed him when he played. We were interfering with his private life. So, we were asked to avoid certain places like school and cram school,” he revealed.
