Fact Check: Bollywood stars aren’t boycotting people – these pics are from 2018 Kathua gang rape protest – India Today
Actor Arjun Kapoor not too long ago spoke concerning the development of boycotts in opposition to Bollywood films. He stated, “I believe we made a mistake by being silent about it and that was our decency, however folks have began benefiting from that,” including that the Bollywood fraternity wants “to return collectively and do one thing about it as a result of what folks write about us or the hashtags that development, are far-off from actuality.”
Following this, many on social media shared a collage of actors and singers holding placards saying “Boycott Folks”. These sharing this claimed, “In protest of the ‘Boycott Bollywood Marketing campaign’, Bollywood strikes again after an attraction by famous person Arjun Kapoor.”
In protest of #BoycottBollywood
Marketing campaign #Bollywood strikes again after attraction by famous person #ArjunKapoor !! #Urduwood has determined to boycott folks. Now they may make movies however won’t launch them.@arjunk26 @karanjohar @iHrithik @BeingSalmanKhan #BoycottbollywoodCompletely pic.twitter.com/8Su9ASVz7F— Bhavya (@bhavya1705) August 17, 2022
AFWA’s probe revealed that these images have been digitally manipulated. These images are from 2018 when stars protested in opposition to the gang rape and homicide of eight-year-old Asifa Bano in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir.
Archived variations of posts with comparable claims may be seen right here and right here.
AFWA Probe
The very first thing we observed was that the placards’ textual content seemed digitally added. So, we tried to search for the unique images.
We first reverse-searched the picture and located the identical collage on Fb shared on June 6, 2019. Nevertheless, the placards contained completely different textual content — pertaining to the kidnapping, gang rape, and homicide of an eight-year-old Muslim woman referred to as Asifa Bano by six Hindu males and a juvenile in January 2018 within the Rasana village close to Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir.
Subsequent searches led us to a information report from April 15, 2018, that contained images seen within the collage. Actors like Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhaskar, Radhika Apte, Esha Gupta and others held placards that learn, “I’m Hindustan. I’m Ashamed. #Justiceforourchild 8-year-old gang-raped. Murdered. In ‘Devi’-sthan Temple. #Kathua.”
We additionally discovered two images from this collage on the Instagram profiles of actors Swara Bhaskar and Kalki Koechlin.
Therefore, we conclude that the viral collage was digitally manipulated. Bollywood actors and singers should not boycotting folks following Arjun Kapoor’s assertion.
(With inputs from Yash Mittal)
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