Overview
- A large crowd of reporters and paparazzi gathered at Salim Kumar’s funeral on Sunday, and a video of his son Chandu shouting at photographers went viral.
- Eyewitness accounts and footage show some photographers moving close to the area where last rites were performed despite police instructions to keep distance.
- Film producer Supriya Menon publicly criticised the coverage as voyeuristic and vulgar and urged journalists to let families grieve in private.
- Paparazzo Viral Bhayani and other industry figures also condemned the conduct and said they are reducing field staff and calling for more respectful coverage, but no formal rules or enforcement have been announced.
- The episode highlights a broader, long‑running problem of cameras turning grief into content and follows earlier incidents at other celebrity funerals, raising questions about self-regulation, platform incentives, and the privacy of grieving families.