
Our celebrities are no strangers to the dark and obsessive side of star worship. Time and again, they fall prey to fans who don’t know where to draw the line…
The actress was fortunately away in Barcelona, when a 25-year-old fan was caught moving suspiciously around her building. Further investigation revealed that he was carrying sweets, bangles and flowers for his favourite actress. Not so innocent when you consider that he wanted to meet her anyhow and deliver his gifts in person…
It is not uncommon for devoted fans to send across tokens of their love to their favourite stars…Which is why when gifts started coming in regularly from an anonymous fan, Sushmita Sen thought nothing of it. Realisation dawned that she was dealing with a crazed personality when a bridal dress and wedding accessories started to arrive in the mail! She had to file a police complaint when this was followed by abusive letters and threats to marry the fan – or else face death.
Nine months is a long time to deal with fear; that’s just how long Katrina was stalked by a crazed fan. He would follow her everywhere, wait outside her residential building, and even tried to enter a promotional event where she was present. Inexplicably, the harassment later stopped, despite Katrina not filing a complaint.
A male fan took his devotion to the hunky John Abraham to extreme levels. Besides bombarding the actor with constant calls on his landline, he would even call up the actor’s parents in a bid to connect with the object of his devotion. It reached a stage where John was left with no option but to sign a police complaint against his stalker.
There have been many such incidents, but the question is...how far will a FAN go in the name of love and stalking!