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Fact Check: SRK’s selfie with Ambani family was not taken after the release of Pathaan

Shah Rukh Khan’s movie Pathaan was released on January 25 amidst a range of controversies. The hashtag #boycottpathan trended on social media for several reasons. After this, an image of Shah Rukh Khan taking a selfie with the Ambani family is going viral on social media.

By 4 Feb 2023 4:30 AM GMT
Fact Check: SRK’s selfie with Ambani family was not taken after the release of Pathaan

Shah Rukh Khan’s movie Pathaan was released on January 25 amidst a range of controversies. The hashtag #boycottpathan trended on social media for several reasons. After this, an image of Shah Rukh Khan taking a selfie with the Ambani family is going viral on social media.

The image is being shared by the users with the narrative that Shahrukh Khan watched Pathaan movie with the Ambani family and then clicked a selfie. Mukesh Ambani, Neeta Ambani, Akash Ambani, Anant Ambani, and also A R Rahman are seen in the selfie with Shah Rukh Khan.

The caption on the image goes in Hindi “तुम लोग बायकॉट करते रहो थिएटर के बाहर वहाँ अंबानी परिवार शाहरुख़ के साथ पठान देख रहा है I”

When translated, it states “you guys keep boycotting outside the theatre. There the Ambani family is watching Pathaan with Shah Rukh”


Fact Check:

The claim that the viral image shows Ambani family taking selfie with Shah Rukh Khan after watching Pathaan movie is FALSE. The image is an old one.

When we performed a reverse image search using Google, we found that the image was dated to 2015. The image was published in Financial Express on December 28, 2015. According to the report, Reliance Jio 4G was launched on September 28, 2015, when Shah Rukh Khan was present on stage with the Ambanis.

A series of images of the event were published in the report on Financial Express, which also has the viral image of the Ambani family taking a selfie with Shah Rukh Khan and AR Rahman.

This image was also published in an article about Reliance Jio high-speed cable published in April 2016, on Rediff.com.

We also found some tweets sharing the same image in 2015.

Therefore, the image shared is from 2015 and not taken after the release of Pathaan movie. The claim is false.

Claim :   SRK and Ambani family took a selfie after watching the Pathan movie
Claimed By :  Twitter Users
Claim Reviewed By :  Telugupost Network
Claim Source :  Twitter
Fact Check :  False
News Summary - SRK’s selfie with Ambani family was not taken after the release of Pathaan
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Satya Priya BN

A motivated professional with a zeal to learn with more than 7 years of experience as a Content and Digital manager in Press, Electronic, and Digital media. Fact checker with more than 4 years of experience in fact checking. Trained by Google News Initiative India Training Network. Fact check trainer, Factshala Trainer, BBC Young Reporter India Trainer and also participated in Trauma literacy training. Worked in Newsmeter.in as a Fact Check Lead from September 2019 to October 2021. Worked as a Freelance Senior Researcher with BBC World Service, Investigations Unit from January 2022 to Aril 2022 and also as Freelance Fact Checker for Newsmeter.in Also Conducting workshops on Fact Checking for various communities including Media students etc. Conducted fact checking workshops for school students as part of pilot project – BBC Young Reporter India in the past few months. Participated in Workshop on Countering Disinformation for Telugu Television Reporters conducted by US Consulate General and Osmania University in 2022 as Trainer. Trained the journalists on several topics of Fact checking such as Types of misinformation, Tools and Techniques of photo and video verification, Geolocation, writing fact checks, Health fact checking etc. Co-authored the first Fact check manual- “How to write Fact-checks” in Telugu language as part of the workshop. Presently working as Fact check lead in Telugupost.com.
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