Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has announced the release of his new movie, Pathan. In the above context, many social media users have dug up an old interview of Shah Rukh Khan, where the King of Bollywood is speaking to a news channel about ‘growing intolerance (in India)’. Netizens have been calling for a boycott of SRK’s film Pathan with the hashtag #BoycottPathanMovie.
Against this backdrop, many social media users are sharing a video of SRK celebrating Janmashtmi. The video is shared with a caption, claiming that Khan celebrated Janmashtmi after #BoycottPathanMovie trends on social media.
The caption reads: “ये तो खुले आम इस्लाम का अपमान है,कट्टरवादी फतवा जारी करके धर्म से ना निकाल दें।बायकॉट ने क्या हालत कर दी है पठान की। ,,एक कहावत है, जब गालाल… लगी…. तो खैरात लगी बंटने..खैर शाहरुख खान अब जो भी कर ले, केवल मटका नहीं, उस नारियल को अपने सर पर फोड़ ले… कुछ नहीं होने वाला, बायकॉट जारी रहेगा.सुशांत की मौत पर हंसने वाले बॉलीवुड के इन भेड़ियों को श्राप लगेगा। *बहिष्काR matlab बहिष्काR” (English translation: “This is an open insult to Islam, don’t expel him from the religion by issuing a fundamentalist fatwa. What has the boycott done to Pathan? Well, whatever Shah Rukh Khan does now, not just put the matka, break that coconut on your head… Nothing is going to happen, the boycott will continue. These wolves of Bollywood, who laughed at Sushant’s death, will be cursed. Boycott means boycott.”)
The link to the post can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile did the fact-check, and found it to be misleading.
Doing a Google Reverse Image Search with one of the keyframes, we found the same video uploaded by a YouTube channel Filmibeats on August 24, 2019.
The video was shared with a caption: “Shah Rukh Khan breaks dahi handi & celebrates the festival. On the occasion of Janmashtami, a video of Shah Rukh Khan has surfaced online, in which the star can be seen breaking ‘dahi handi.’ Fans are in love with Shah Rukh’s cute and happy avtar.”
The same video also had been uploaded by ETimes on August 24, 2019, with a description: “On the occasion of Janmashtami, Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has won the hearts of his fans by breaking the dahi handi.”
Since the video is old, we can ascertain that the viral claim is misleading.
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