Veteran actress-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan’s love-hate relationship with photographers is well known. In a recent interview, popular paparazzo Manav Mangalani explained why Jaya behaves the way she does in front of the camera. He revealed that the main reason is that Jaya is not used to the media attention and hates being caught off guard.

An interview with Entrepreneur Alina for the podcast alinea amputationManav Mangalani opened up about why Jaya Bachchan behaves a certain way in front of the paparazzi. Claiming that the actress is not media conscious, Manav said, “She is not used to so much media. In her days, there were hardly a few people who would do all this very politely. Now, the media has grown a lot.”

Manav added, “She doesn’t mind it when they are at press conferences or film premieres. She hates it when they see her out of nowhere. She is shocked, ‘How come so many people have gathered here, we just went out for dinner.'”

He added, “Then she also says funny things. She suggests angles to the paps. She says, ‘Why are you clicking photos from a low angle, shoot from here.’ She is not a media savvy person. She is used to four-five people from a particular channel and that’s it.”

On the professional front, Jaya Bachchan was last seen in Karan Johar’s Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani, co-starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt.