Old interview of SRK speaking about boycott falsely linked to 'Pathaan'
An interview clip of the Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan in which he talks about the social boycott campaign of the film is being shared widely on the internet.
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 5 Jan 2023 4:48 AM GMT
Hyderabad: An interview clip of the Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan in which he talks about the social boycott campaign of the film is being shared widely on the internet. Social Media users are linking it to his upcoming film `Pathaan'.
SRK can be heard saying in the video, "I am not bragging, but this wind (boycott campaign) cannot shake me; only leaves get shaken by the wind."
Facebook users shared the video and said the campaign against `Pathaan' should not stop until it flops.
Suresh Chavhanke, the Editor-in-Chief of Sudarshan News, also shared the clip claiming the same.
Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the viral clip is from an interview of SRK given to film trade analyst Komal Nahta in 2016 before the release of `Fan'.
On performing a reverse image search of the video's keyframe, we found another clip of the interview posted by Zee5 on Facebook on 15 April 2016. According to the caption, SRK talked about Fan during this interview with Komal Nath.
Taking a cue from this, we searched for the full interview and found it published on Daily Motion in 2016. In this video, after 33.45 minutes, Komal Nahta asks SRK about the social boycott against his previous film `Dilwale'. He sportingly replies that if a film does not do well as expected, these campaigns can be used as an excuse.
And at around 34.50 minutes SRK said: "This wind (boycott campaign) cannot shake me; only leaves get shaken by the wind."
The viral clip of SRK is from a 2016 interview. Hence, we conclude that the viral clip is being falsely linked to 'Pathaan' to mislead people.
