“Rare footage of Savarkar in Andaman jail shot by a British journalist”
Social media posts
Claim dated 20 Nov 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video does not show real Savarkar shot by a British journalist. This video is made by digitally stitching together visuals from the various films made on Savarkar by Prem Vaidya in 1983. These films are available with the films division of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 November 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 26 November 2020, 6 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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