Have seen you on screen but don’t remember your name – is a statement that actors often come across during random fan encounters. But this one incident in Khan Market, involving actor Amit Sadh and a Delhi-based street photography content creator duo, has stirred the hornets' nest on Instagram.
What happened?
Creators at @therealstreets_ on Instagram spotted Amit in Khan Market, and approached him saying, “We are portrait photographers and content creators. We take stranger portraits...” During the brief intro, Amit quipped: “Are you paying in bitcoins?” and jokingly added, “I am an actor and I don’t work for free.”
Having said that, Amit (46) went on to please the creators with what they want and asked: “What do you want?” in response to which he was told by a woman: “Just two or three pictures, humein laga hi tha aap koi actor ho, but yaad nhi aa raha tha kahan dekha hai (We had a hunch you are an actor, but couldn’t place you).” A man in the background soon says aloud the name: “Amit Sadh” and the video then displays the actor’s portraits.
What has stirred an Instagram debate?
{{/usCountry}}Having said that, Amit (46) went on to please the creators with what they want and asked: “What do you want?” in response to which he was told by a woman: “Just two or three pictures, humein laga hi tha aap koi actor ho, but yaad nhi aa raha tha kahan dekha hai (We had a hunch you are an actor, but couldn’t place you).” A man in the background soon says aloud the name: “Amit Sadh” and the video then displays the actor’s portraits.
What has stirred an Instagram debate?
{{/usCountry}}The Reel has so far garnered over 1.4M views, 58k likes, and 1.5k comments and sparked a flurry of reactions since several users are calling out the street photographer for failing to recognise the actor considering this. “Never say that I don’t remember your name. It’s disrespectful. Use such opportunities,” one user wrote, and another commented: “The way he handled the situation is commendable. I relate with the feeling of people looking at you & not being able to pinpoint where exactly do they know you from,” another user commented.