Ranveer Singh went out of his way to help me, recalls paparazzo Varinder Chawla: ‘He said don’t worry, I’ll do whatever I can’

Paparazzo Varinder Chawla revealed that Ranveer Singh helped him get the strike removed from his Instagram account

The paparazzi industry is highly depended on social media engagement, across various platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Millions of people consume celebrity content through social media. One such popular Bollywood paparazzo is Varinder Chawla, who has around 7.2 million followers on Instagram. In a recent interview, he revealed that his account was blocked for three days after getting a strike by ICC for the world cup coverage. Varinder shared that Dhurandhar star Ranveer Singh extended help and connected him with ICC Chairman Jay Shah.

During a podcast with Siddharth Kannan, he was asked about landing in legal trouble while maintaining a paparazzi page. “Yes, it happens a lot. I got stuck badly once, my page was suspended for three days. The pages are big, touchwood, there is a good audience, so we come in everyone’s eyes quickly. There was a match… I think when we won the World Cup. The entire nation was celebrating at that time,” he shared.

The paparazzo further added, “My team also took 2-3 videos of the crowd celebrating and posted them. I remember the atmosphere at that time, Anant sir’s wedding was also happening. I got an Instagram strike for three days, saying that the your page has been blocked for three days. When I went to check my mail, I got to know that the strike was done by ICC.” Recounting those terrible three days of distress, he expressed, “Your YouTube channel or page is like a shop for you..a livelihood. It felt such that someone has set your shop on fire. I went mad during those three days..I was crying and wailing, thinking what just happened. I did not commit any big mistake, the whole country was celebrating. This shouldn’t have happened.”

He continued, “I tried a lot during those three days. I spoke to Meta about it, but there are some terms and conditions that had to be followed for those three days. My page remained on freeze and it was unblocked after three days. But, those strikes were right there. Meta told me that if you get another strike, your page will be suspended forever. Even if you make the slightest mistake, your shop will be set on fire.”

During the difficult situation, he eventually asked for help from Ranveer Singh. “They said that I should request ICC, only they can solve your issue. Will you believe? I spoke to so many people, tried everything, I have never asked anything from anyone, touchwood. But on that day, I requested someone to help me and that person was Ranveer Singh. He said, ‘Don’t worry, I will do as much as I can’. He helped, his team helped me.”

The actor’s team helped him get connected to Jay Shah to resolve the concern. “They took me to ICC. They made me send an email to Jay Shah sir. Then, I got a call from his team, from BCCI. They told me that it’s not a problem, Jay Shah sir received my mail and it’s fine, you just made a small mistake. They said that ‘We will fix it, but be careful and don’t make such a mistake again’. I did that and within 15 days, the entire matter got solved and things became clear. Ranveer Singh, then Jay Shah… despite being such big people, they helped me,” Varinder concluded.