Actress Nidhhi Agerwal had to go through some terrifying moments when she visited the city of Hyderabad for the promotion of her coming film The Raja Saab. A viral video shows the actress getting brutally mobbed and manhandled while leaving the venue by a gigantic fan crowd. The security personnel present were not much help as Nidhhi tried to force her way into her car, fully shocked and traumatized. A disbelieving Nidhhi is heard telling, "Oh my God. What the hell was that?" after she manages to get inside.
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Chinmayi Sripaada slams crowd behaviour
The footage brought an angry response from singer and activist Chinmayi Sripaada, who reacted furiously to the incident on X. “Pack of men behaving worse than hyenas. Actually why insult hyenas. Put ‘like-minded’ men together in a mob, they will harass a woman like this. Why doesn't some God take them all away and put them in a different planet?,” she wrote.
Chinmayi’s post kicked off an online debate, with several attacking her for framing the issue as “men versus women.” She replied sarcastically, citing the cultural baggage behind such harassment. Later, she sarcastically replied, “Yeah. It is the same when a man gets groped, and a woman gets groped by rabid men. Forgot how our culture works, sorry :).”
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Questions raised on crowd management and safety
The incident has raised serious questions about crowd control, security arrangements at film events, and the safety of women in public spaces. So far, neither Nidhhi nor the makers of The Raja Saab have issued any statement officially regarding the incident.
Nidhhi's Career Highlights
Nidhhi Agerwal began her Bollywood journey with Munna Michael opposite Tiger Shroff before she started getting busy in South Indian cinema. She has so far established herself with successful Telugu and Tamil films such as iSmart Shankar, Eeswaran, and Hari Hara Veera Mallu.
