Actress Shruti Haasan tweeted that she was fine and was doing well after a stalker attacked her on November 19 at her residence in Mumbai.
Shruti Haasan, who is the daughter of Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan, also informed a colleague form the southern film industry that the police was looking into the matter.
Used to obsessive fans who sometime cross boundaries, stars in India often brush unwanted attention under the carpet.
Controversy queen Poonam Pandey is no stranger to obsessive fan behavior. “While on a visit to Delhi recently, I was harassed by constant crank calls and some fans also banged on my room’s door at night. This kind of behavior is repeated a number of times at all sorts of places.”
The actor accepts that at times such behavior gets frightening. She believes that this kind of unwanted attention is part of being who she is - controversial and in the public sphere.
John Abraham lodged a complaint against a male stalker in October this year. John said in his complaint that the man was harassing him and his parents with constant phone calls.
Shahid Kapoor was stalked by the daughter of yesteryear actor Raaj Kumar, Vastavikta Pandit in 2012. The actor didn’t press charges.
After the success of The Dirty Picture and Kahaani, Vidya Balan was also stalked by a young man who managed to breach her house. The actor’s spokesperson told a newspaper, “He managed to get into her flat and asked the domestic help if Vidya had gone to meet her niece and nephew.” While the police was called, the case was not pursued.
Sushmita Sen received expensive gifts, including bridal attire, wedding accessories and cosmetics from a crazed fan in 2008. The man also wrote her letters and threatened to kill her if she refused his proposal. The actor had to file a police complaint.
Model Jahanvi Kapoor cut her wrists before Abhishek Bachchan’s marriage to Aishwarya, claiming to be his wife. The police took her away but no case was registered as she was found to be mentally unstable.
Katrina Kaif was also frightened by an obsessed fan who landed at her doorstep in 2009. Though he was turned away, the man was spotted making rounds of her residential area, leading to police’s intervention.
