Sara Tendulkar, the daughter of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, has publicly hit back at a paparazzi page after it shared a video of her with a fat-shaming caption, joining a growing chorus of Indian celebrities pushing back against intrusive coverage. Her response came just days after Salman Khan slammed photographers for trailing him to a Mumbai hospital, in what has become a flashpoint moment for the industry's relationship with the paparazzi.
What Sara Tendulkar actually said
The incident began when a paparazzi handle called Tahir Jasus posted an airport clip of Sara alongside her sister-in-law, entrepreneur Saaniya Chandhok, who married Sara's brother Arjun Tendulkar in March 2026. The caption, written in Hindi, read "Moti wali Sara hai, bagal wali bhabhi hai" -- which translates as "The fat one is Sara, the woman next to her is her sister-in-law." Sara screenshotted the post to her Instagram Story and replied, "You are disgusting. This is not 'journalism.'" After the original was deleted, she followed up: "You can delete your post, but that doesn't make you any less disgusting."
Important correction on the Salman Khan link
Earlier framing of this story incorrectly described Salman Khan as Sara Tendulkar's husband. He is not. Sara is unmarried; the two stories ran in parallel because Salman Khan had separately criticised paparazzi for following him to hospital in the same week, and several Indian outlets grouped the incidents as a wider backlash against pap culture. We regret the earlier inaccuracy.
A wider conversation about paparazzi conduct
Sara's intervention quickly trended across Indian social media, with commenters pointing out that fat-shaming captions on candid footage cross a line beyond ordinary celebrity coverage. The episode arrives at a moment when several Bollywood and sports-adjacent figures, including Salman Khan, have been pushing back on hospital chases, airport ambushes and demeaning captions. Gulf-based audiences, who follow Indian celebrity news closely from the UAE, have been a notable part of the discussion online.
What happens next
The paparazzi page in question pulled the post but has not issued a public apology. Sara Tendulkar has not commented further, and the Tendulkar family has not released a formal statement. The broader debate, however, looks set to continue, with industry voices renewing calls for paparazzi pages to adopt clearer editorial standards on captions and consent.
