'The Video Has Been Cleverly Edited': Journalist Allegedly Pushed by Rishi Kapoor Opens Up

Sunday, 18 September 2016
Read on to find out what actually happened
Recently, Rishi Kapoor was accused of bad behavior after a shocking video that went viral showed Rishi and brother Randhir Kapoor misbehaving with the media during Ganpati visarjan. The veteran actor expressed his displeasure about the whole fiasco and claimed that it was wrong on the media’s part to make this a big issue without asking them for any clarification. In the video, a journalist can be seen getting hit right at the end, when a bodyguard pushes and drops him on the floor.
The journalist with whom the incident took place, Sumit Sharma from India TV, finally broke his silence and explained what actually happened.
He was quoted saying, “I was going towards Ranbir with my cameraman to take his byte, but he sat in the car and left. The camera wire got stuck in my foot and I fell down on my own. The video has been cleverly edited because Ranbir never pushed or hit me. In fact, no one checked with me before carrying that video. I have no malice against Rishiji, Randhirji or Ranbir. There were a lot of us walking around close to Rishiji and he didn’t ask us to move aside or push us… I was there during the whole Ganpati procession that day… Given all the practical conditions – the heavy rains, the crowd going berserk, the Kapoor family did not target or misbehave with any media persons.”