"Take Your Photos, Don't Misbehave": Jaya Bachchan Is the Second Star This Month to Snap at the Paparazzi

Jaya Bachchan sharply told paparazzi to behave while arriving at a Mumbai event with her daughter Shweta Bachchan this week, telling them in Hindi to take their photos, stop misbehaving, and stop commenting afterward. It's not a new complaint from her; she has spoken before, including on granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda's podcast, about the gap between what photographers capture and what actually gets published.

The timing places it alongside a broader moment: Sunny Deol lashed out at paparazzi camped outside Dharmendra's home and hospital during his recent hospitalisation, calling for basic decency. Two senior stars pushing back within weeks of each other suggests a real, current friction point between Bollywood's older generation and paparazzi culture, not an isolated outburst.