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.
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
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.