A video showing an elderly woman dancing is widely shared on social media, claiming that Indian actress Vyjayanthimala dancing at the age of 99.
The video is shared on Facebook with a caption: “Difficult to believe she is Vyjayanthimala… She was all grace, an excellent dancer. At 99, she can still dance. Really… Retired but not tired.”
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim, and found it to be FALSE.
Performing a Reverse Image Search, we traced a news report by ABP Live, dated December 6, 2022, embedding the same viral video. According to the news report, the age of the elderly woman seen in the video is 93 years. In the video, she is dancing to Bollywood veteran Shammi Kapoor’s song ‘Badan Pe Sitare Lapete Huye’. Though the report does not mention that the elderly woman in the viral video is actress Vyjayanthimala.
Searching further, we found several media reports in December 2022, stating that “a video is going viral on social media, in which a 93-year-old grandmother is seen dancing with a lot of fun. She is seen doing a tremendous dance to Shammi Kapoor and Vyjayanthimala’s song ‘O Jaane Tamanna Kidhar Ja Rahi Ho..’. This clearly means a different song has been digitally added to the vital video.
Also, news related to actress Vyjayanthimala describes that she does not look like the woman seen in the viral video. The BJP leader and actress Khushboo Sundar also tweeted her photo with Vyjayanthimala on November 21, 2022. According to IMDB information, Vyjayanthimala was born on August 13, 1933, which means that she’s aged 89 years.
Thus, it is confirmed that an unrelated video is falsely shared as Indian actress Vyjayanthimala dancing at the age of 99.
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