'Zyada zoom mat karna': Karisma Kapoor's polite request to paparazzi sparks debate online

Bollywood actress and National Film Award winner Karisma Kapoor is making headlines, not for a film, but for a calm and composed moment outside the sets of 'India's Best Dancer' Season 5. A viral video shows the 90s icon politely asking paparazzi not to zoom in while photographing or filming her, sparking a wider debate about celebrity privacy and respectful media conduct.

Karisma Kapoor asks paparazzi not to zoom in on her

Karisma Kapoor, who joins Geeta Kapur, Terence Lewis, and Jaaved Jaaferi as a judge on the upcoming season of 'India's Best Dancer', was posing for cameras outside the studio when the incident occurred. After the session ended, she calmly turned to the photographers and said, "Zyada zoom mat karna (Don't zoom too much)."

The short clip quickly spread across social media, drawing reactions from fans and netizens who found her composed approach both refreshing and necessary.

Internet reacts to Karisma Kapoor's video

The video stirred strong responses online. A Reddit user wrote, "The fact that this needs to be told to grown-a* individuals!"* Another commented: "It's actually very sad."



A third user summed it up sharply, "BREAKING NEWS: A mother of two kids, an established actress, and most importantly a woman asks grown men to be decent and basic human beings having basic etiquettes required to be in a society."

Not the first time celebrities have spoken up

This is far from an isolated incident. Over the years, Shruti Haasan, Jaya Bachchan, Salman Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, and Saif Ali Khan have all had public run-ins with intrusive paparazzi, each time reigniting the debate around boundaries in celebrity media coverage.

More about Karisma Kapoor

A veteran of Hindi cinema, Karisma Kapoor rose to become one of the highest-paid actresses of the 1990s, earning a National Film Award. She comes from the legendary Kapoor film family and is the daughter of actors Randhir Kapoor and Babita Kapoor.

On the film and OTT front, Karisma was last seen in 'Murder Mubarak' (2024) and has an upcoming web series, 'Brown', in the pipeline, with its release date yet to be announced.Get the latest entertainment updates from the Times of India, along with the latest Hindi movies, upcoming Hindi movies in 2026 , and Telugu movies.”