A photograph of actor Anupam Kher with Akshay Kumar with the declare that the latter was his son.
A number of social media customers shared a collage of 4 pictures that includes actor Anupam Kher. The fourth photograph of him with actor Akshay Kumar carried the textual content claiming that the latter was his son. In its investigation, the PTI Reality Verify Desk discovered that the textual content on the photograph made a false declare.
Declare
A Fb person shared on April 12 a collage of 4 pictures of actor Anupam Kher. The primary two featured Kher, third of him with spouse Kirron Kher, and the fourth one with Akshay Kumar with the textual content ‘son’.
The caption of the submit with over 186k views learn, “80 और 90 के दशक पर बॉलीवुड पर राज करने वाले एक्टर अनुपम खेर को कौन नहीं जानता उन्होंने अपने एक्टिंग से लाखों करोड़ों बना लिए हैं आज हम आपको अनुपम खेर के कुछ पुरानी तस्वीर दिखाएंगे। अक्षय कुमार को अनुपम खेर अपना बेटे के समान मानते हैं “
An English translation of the caption learn, “Who doesn’t know actor Anupam Kher, who dominated Bollywood within the 80s and 90s? He has made lakhs of crores from his performing. In the present day we’ll present you some outdated photos of Anupam Kher. Anupam Kher considers Akshay Kumar like his son.”
Right here is the hyperlink and archive hyperlink to the submit, and under is a screenshot of the identical:
Investigation
Beginning the investigation, the Desk ran the viral photograph by way of Google Lens, and got here throughout a number of Fb posts, carrying the identical photograph and comparable declare.
Two such posts will be considered right here and right here and archive hyperlinks will be considered right here and right here, respectively.
The Desk additional carried out a personalized key phrase search on Google and got here throughout a report by Hindustan Instances, revealed on October 31, 2023.
The title of the report learn, “Anupam Kher pens birthday submit for son Sikandar Kher, mentions Kirron Kher’s want: Might you shave each alternate day”
Here’s a hyperlink to the report and under is a screenshot of the identical:
Taking a cue from this, the Desk scanned Kher’s official Instagram account and located the identical image shared by him.
“Comfortable Birthday dearest Sikandar! You’ve gotten grown to be a beautiful man! Assured, susceptible, more often than not accountable, funnier after all and loving if you need! And a FANTASTIC actor! 😁😍 ! My want for you – Might God provide you with all of the happiness on the planet! Might you might have a protracted , wholesome and peaceable life! Might you shave each alternate day if not on a regular basis and so forth! Your mom’s want other than all this – GET MARRIED! 😬! Love and prayers all the time! ❤️🙌🕉 @sikandarkher” learn the caption of the submit.
Right here is the hyperlink and archive hyperlink and under is a screenshot of the identical:
The Desk the carried out one other superior Google search, whereas in search of info on Akshay Kumar’s household.
The IMDb web site talked about: “Rajiv Hari “Akshay Kumar” Om Bhatia was born on September 09, 1967, in Amritsar, Punjab to Aruna Bhatia and Hari Om Bhatia”.
Right here is the hyperlink to the IMDb web page and under is a screenshot of the identical:
Subsequently, the Desk concluded that Kher’s photograph with actor Akshay Kumar claiming to be his son was shared with deceptive declare.
CLAIM
A photograph of actor Anupam Kher with Akshay Kumar with the declare that the latter was his son.
FACT
Photograph shared with textual content that makes a false declare.
CONCLUSION
A number of social media customers shared a photograph of Anupam Kher with Akshay Kumar, with a textual content written on it claiming that Kumar was the previous’s son. In its investigation, the Desk discovered that the photograph was shared with a false declare.
This story was initially revealed by PTI Reality Verify, and republished by NDTV as a part of the Shakti Collective.