Did Rishi, Ranbir attack newsmen at religious ceremony?

The actor said that he was just tying to manage the situation

Rishi and Ranbir Kapoor seem to have landed themselves in hot water as reports and a video of them thrashing mediamen has gone viral.

The Kapoor family gathered at RK Studio to commemorate the 60-year-old tradition of Ganpati Visarjan programme. However, all did not go well.

In a video which has gone viral, Rishi and Randhir Kapoor can be spotted thrashing a few media men at the festival. However, it is not clear what led to the scuffle.

Although, many lashed out at the Kapoor family for mistreatment of media personnel, Rishi while speaking to the media said it was the journalists who misbehaved with him. "Because Ranbir was also there everybody got so excited. I don't blame them, but they misbehaved with me. If I have indeed slapped them why don't you show the clip of me slapping?" Pinkvilla quoted Rishi as saying.



"I was behaving like the Mumbai police, trying to monitor the situation. They have misinterpreted it that I misbehaved with the media!" he added.

The Kapoor and Sons actor revealed that the journalists poking their cameras into their faces led to the furore. "This evening there was heavy rainfall. There were so many people and so much media. We have not called them.... It is impossible when there is so much rain and public (to not lose your temper). When we are respecting God, these small time journalists poke the damn camera in your face."

He further clarified that Ranbir was not a part of the scuffle. "You come because you know we are important and you are giving me bull** saying that I have hit you? They say Ranbir hit them, Ranbir would not hit a fly, how would he hit them?"

Expressing his disappointment over media reporting of the incident, the Bobby actor said, "I feel it is very unfair, what the news channels have shared everywhere. First of all we have no PR. We never invite anybody. You yourself come to my Ganpati. However, we give ample time to the press to do all what you have to do, in front of the Ganpati murthy. We do this Ganpati not for publicity but have been doing it for the past 64 yrs.”



“My grandfather started this tradition. There have always been thousands and thousands of people coming to see this Ganpati of RK. They came to see Ganpati, not us. Over 64 yrs they have been coming to see the immersion. When the Ganpati leaves RK studio, everybody is excited."

Watch a video of the incident here.

OMG ! What did we just see? Rishi Kapoor & Randhir Kapoor lost their cool during #GaneshVisarjan , watch the video pic.twitter.com/Y9tJnlAnJy

— BombayTimes (@bombaytimes) September 15, 2016

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