Fact Check: Comic drama of a wedding going viral with a FALSE claim
A video of a bride and groom fighting during the garland ceremony is going viral with a claim that it is a real incident. In the video, the groom is seen engrossed in the photoshoot, while the bride is trying to feed him a sweet. Enraged with the negligence of the groom, the bride forcefully stuffs the sweet into his mouth.
A video of a bride and groom fighting during the garland ceremony is going viral with a claim that it is a real incident. In the video, the groom is seen engrossed in the photoshoot, while the bride is trying to feed him a sweet. Enraged with the negligence of the groom, the bride forcefully stuffs the sweet into his mouth.
The claim in Hindi says, "*विवाह ब्रेकिंग न्यूज़* *सा
सुचना #MarriedAtFirstSight"
When translated, it claims "*marriage breaking news* Be careful, be alert friends, the wedding season is going on, do not pay attention to the
photoshoot excessively, otherwise it can be expensive. Important information in public interest.
Fact check:
The claim is false, as the video is part of a drama series.
On the top right corner of the video, we can see the logo AVI music. Taking this cue, we searched the keyframes of the video along with the keywords 'AVI music".
The logo led us to a YouTube channel AVI Music with a caption 'Mithila's No.1 comedy channel'.
The channel features several comic videos in Maithili language. The viral video is part of a longer video published by the YouTube channel on April 5, 2022. The video is titled 'स्वयम्बर मे दुल्हा दुल्हिन के
The viral sequence can be seen from 2.50 minutes in the YouTube video. There is description relating to the video but without the names of the artists and the crew that worked in the production of the movie.
The About Us page of the channel states that it hosts videos in Maithili language for entertainment as well as to spread awareness.
We found several comic skits on the channel with the same artists seen in the viral video.
Therefore, video of a comic skit published by a comedy YouTube channel in Maithili language is going viral as a real incident. The claim is FALSE.
