According to Nana Patekar, the youngster he smacked demanded an apology, but he fled in panic, saying, “This happened by mistake.”

According to Nana Patekar, the youngster he smacked demanded an apology, but he fled in panic, saying, “This happened by mistake.”

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Nana Patekar claims in a new video that he slapped a child as part of a scenario, but the boy was actually a fan and not a member of the crew.

In a new video released by ANI, Nana Patekar offers his side of the story, one day after a video surfaced online showing him striking a fan for taking a photo with him on set. He claimed that the scene in which he smacked the youngster was from his upcoming movie. At the time, he believed the fan to be a member of the crew who was meant to be in the scene, but he later found out that the boy was a true fan.

Nana Patekar describes the moment.

In the video, Nana speaks in Hindi and says, “Namaskar.” I hit a boy in a video that went viral. In one scene, a child approaches me from behind and asks, “Ae budhau, topi bechni hai (hey old man, do you want to sell your hat)?” I catch him, slap him, and tell him to behave himself, at which point he flees the scene.