Fact Check: Kareena Kapoor did not ask people to not watch 'Laal Singh Chaddha', 2020 video shared with false spin – India Today
The excitement round Aamir Khan’s highly-anticipated upcoming film “Laal Singh Chaddha”, a remake of Tom Hanks’ Hollywood hit “Forrest Gump”, has been loud on social media. Nevertheless, amid the memes and discussions, a video that options Khan’s co-star Kareena Kapoor Khan has gone viral with a startling declare.
These sharing the video claimed that Kapoor appealed to individuals to boycott “Laal Singh Chaddha”. It was additionally shared together with the hashtag #BoycottLaalSinghChaddha.
Within the viral video, she may very well be heard saying, “The viewers has made us, nobody else has made us. The identical individuals pointing fingers are those who’ve made these nepotistic stars proper? Aap jaa re ho na movie dekhne? Mat jao (You’re going to theatres to look at the movie? Don’t go). No person has compelled you. So I don’t perceive it. I discover this entire dialogue is totally bizarre.”
The India In the present day Anti Faux Information Conflict Room (AFWA) discovered that the viral clip was taken from a 2020 information debate and it has no reference to “Laal Singh Chaddha”. Kapoor was responding to a query about nepotism in Bollywood.
The viral posts are saved right here and right here.
AFWA Probe
A easy reverse search of frames from the viral video led us to an August 2020 report in Pinkvilla. It quoted the identical response from Kapoor that had gone viral in an interview about nepotism in Bollywood.
One other report in India Occasions across the identical time talked about this interview was given to journalist Barkha Dutt for “We The Girls”.
We then discovered the longer model of the interview on the YouTube channel of Mojo Story, a information outlet led by Dutt. The title of the YouTube video was, “Kareena Kapoor has been referred to as the Final Insider. That is what she says on the Nepotism Debate”.
Across the 3.35 mark within the video, Dutt asks Kapoor, “The best way I see it, Kareena you’ll undoubtedly get a neater begin, you’ll undoubtedly get extra doorways to open, but when the viewers doesn’t such as you there’s nothing you are able to do about it.” Kapoor’s response was the part seen within the viral clip.
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So, it’s clear that on this video from 2020, what Kareena Kapoor mentioned was within the context of nepotism in Bollywood. It has nothing to do with “Laal Singh Chaddha”.
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