Fact Check: Claim that the viral video shows African singer singing Bollywood song is FALSE
The claim is viral on Facebook and also other platforms, it goes as "*This African Singer is from Kenya. He is a Black Kenyan. Just close your eyes and listen to his voice. Just Amazing"
A video of a person singing a hindi Bollywood song is being circulated with a claim that the person seen in the video is an African singer from Kenya, even then he is singing hindi song very well.
The claim is viral on Facebook and also other platforms, it goes as "*This African Singer is from Kenya. He is a Black Kenyan. Just close your eyes and listen to his voice. Just Amazing"
Fact check:
The claim that the singer in the viral video is from Kenya is FALSE. He is an Indian Hindi singer named Sanjay Sawant.
When observed carefully, we can see the logo Jagruti video films, Bhuj along with its address in the video. The keyframes extracted from the video are searched using Google Reverse image search adding the keywords Jagruti video films bhuj. One of the results showed a youtube video posted by Jagruti films in January 2021 with the title "Na Kisi Ki Aankh Ka Noor Hoon - Rafi - Laal Quila 1960 - Old Hindi Songs - Old Songs Hits Hindi '' . This video has the same video where the singer is singing the same song.
We also found Sanjay Sawant's social media pages. His Instagram page states "Professional Singer for more than 20 years. Performed many shows worldwide. Follow to know about new covers and shows."
https://www.instagram.com/sanjaysawantmusiic/
And his facebook page also has more information.
https://www.facebook.com/singersanjaysawant
Therefore, the viral video is being shared with a FALSE claim that the singer seen is an African singer from Kenya. The singer is Indian and a well-known performance artist named Sanjay Sawant.