Nagarjuna Apologises After His Bodyguard Pushed Fan at Airport in Shocking Video: 'This Shouldn't...'

South superstar Nagarjuna Akkineni has issued an apology after a video of his bodyguard pushing a fan at the airport went viral. The incident, which occurred as Nagarjuna was making his way through a busy airport, has sparked a huge backlash on social media, with many criticising the actor for not reacting at the time.

However, the actor has finally addressed the incident and also apologised to the fan. Reposting the video of the incident, Nagarjuna wrote on his official X account: “This just came to my notice… this shouldn’t have happened!! I apologise to the gentleman and will take necessary precautions that it will not happen in the future!!!”

In the video, shared by Bollywood Pap, Nagarjuna can be seen walking through the airport surrounded by his bodyguards. A fan, who was eager to meet the star, approached him. However, the actor’s bodyguard aggressively pushed him away. The fan fell down but the actor left the scene without reacting to the incident. He was seen walking straight. As soon as the video was shared, netizens reacted. One of the fans wrote, “Bahut bura. They are not God they are because of public.” Another wrote, “It’s disheartening.”

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Nagarjuna Akkineni, popularly known by his screen name Nagarjuna, is a two-time National Award winner and nine-time Nandi Award winner. He got his break in 1986 as a lead actor. Since then, he has appeared in over 84 Telugu films and 14 Hindi movies to date.

Nagarjuna debuted as a leading man in the V. Madhusudhana Rao-directed hit film Vikram (1986). In 1988 he delivered back-to-back hits, namely, Aakhari Poratam and Janaki Ramudu. The actor also worked on critically acclaimed films such as Geethanjali (1989), directed by Mani Ratnam.

However, the role and film for which Nagarjuna became a household name was Siva, directed by the then relatively unknown filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma. Released in 1989, the superhit Telugu-language action and crime drama became a critical darling and achieved cult status. Varma remade the film in Hindi, the following year with Nagarjuna again in the lead. It too became a resounding success.

Nagarjuna delivered more blockbusters like Killer (1992), President Gari Pellam (1992), Varasudu (1993), and critically acclaimed films like Ninne Pelladatha (1996) and Annamayya (1997), which won him his first National Award. He also appeared in several Hindi films such as Khuda Gawah (1992), Criminal (1995), Zakhm (1998) and the recent, Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva (2022).