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Entertainment
Indian Paparazzi Criticized for Invading Actors' Privacy, Selling Backside Shots
✍️ ThePrint
🗓 20 Sep 2026, 04:23 AM
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ThePrint reports that Indian paparazzi frequently cross personal boundaries, capturing and selling photos of actors' backsides for profit. This practice raises concerns about privacy violations and ethical standards in celebrity photography.
Indian paparazzi have been accused of routinely ignoring the personal space of film actors, often positioning themselves to capture intimate angles that focus on the actors' backsides.
These images, described by industry observers as 'money shots,' are sold to various media outlets and online platforms, generating significant revenue for the photographers.
Observers say the trend underscores growing worries about the erosion of personal privacy and the need for stronger ethical standards in celebrity photography.
These images, described by industry observers as 'money shots,' are sold to various media outlets and online platforms, generating significant revenue for the photographers.
Observers say the trend underscores growing worries about the erosion of personal privacy and the need for stronger ethical standards in celebrity photography.